This week marked 10 years since Russia downed Malaysia Airlines flight #MH17. The Kremlin has been lying & denying responsibility for killing 298 innocent people for a decade. Here is a useful recap of Russia's lies 👇
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“Russian economy is booming”, “sanctions are not working” – we hear these claims every day. But how true are they? We take a closer look at Kremlin’s manipulative narratives to lift the veil over the actual state of Russian economy and impact of Western sanctions. #DontBeDeceived By claiming that "sanctions don't work" the Kremlin tries to distract from the fact that sanctions limit Russia's access to investment & tech, increase costs & cause reputation risks. Over time, sanctions make economies less efficient & less globally competitive #DontBeDeceived

Join us for an exciting day today as we explore responses to #disinformation and foreign information with the leading experts & policy-makers from around the globe! Tune in for the keynote opening speech by HRPV @JosepBorrellF at #BeyndDisinformation Russia is using foreign information manipulation and interference as a crucial instrument of war against Ukraine. The war not only on the battlefield, but also in the information space, says #HRVP @JosepBorrellF

Year 2022 was a busy year for the pro-Kremlin disinformation machinery. Russia launched an unprovoked war of aggression against its peaceful neighbour Ukraine, covering the heinous act with a thick layer of #disinformation and information manipulation #DontBeDeceived During the coming days, let’s recap some of the most brazen and shameless moments of lies and deceit by the pro-Kremlin #disinformation in 2022 👇

Ukrainian counteroffensives according to Russian #disinformation. Many excuses and explanations suggest confusion and disarray among the propagandists. Extreme calls for escalation and recent cries for a quick annexation betray deepening desperation.
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Disinfo: “Russian Army is regrouping. No worries; all is going according to plans. Only minimal reduction of the territory controlled.”
This excuse featured immediately after the first occupied territories were lost to the liberating Ukrainian forces.
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For 31 years Moldova 🇲🇩 has safeguarded its freedom & independence against external turmoil & internal challenges. As it celebrates its Independence Day today, we asked the Moldovans what it means to them. This is what they said: 👇🧵 Independence is a process, not the result, proving it is a test of civic maturity.

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the Russo-Georgian War waged back in 2008. We continue to record Russian #disinformation narratives targeting audiences both in #Georgia and elsewhere.
In the thread below, we have collected some of the key disinformation narratives: Russian disinformation has been denying any responsibility over the conflict, and attempting to deflect the blame. For example, by blaming the Kremlin's favorite scapegoats, "Anglo-Saxons", for the war.
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So you’re about to head off for a well-deserved annual leave & are looking for something to read at [enter a location], but Nordic noir & rom-com are not really you’re genres? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a list of summer reading for #disinfo aficionados interested in research. It's often claimed that conspiracy thinking is becoming more & more common. @JoeUscinski et al ran 3 studies to find out, if it's really the case. Long story short – they didn’t find any systematic evidence for an increase in conspiracism. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Repetitiveness is a defining feature of pro-Kremlin disinformation, as it makes their lies sound more believable. Over the next weeks, we're bringing you an overview of five key narratives in pro-Kremlin disinfo. Narrative #1: the Elites v the People. euvsdisinfo.eu/key-narratives… By employing the ‘Threatened Values’ narrative, Pro-Kremlin outlets ridicule alleged Western ‘moral decay’, and trample on Western views on the rights of women, ethnic and religious minorities, and LGBTQI+ groups.
Narrative #2: "Threatened Values".
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For over 100 days, Russia has continued its unjustified war against Ukraine. Every day accompanied with brutality and #disinformation. Read more here: euvsdisinfo.eu/reality-built-… Russia has used #disinformation to deflect the blame for the unimaginable atrocities that they have committed in Ukraine, and in futile attempts to undermine the international support and solidarity for Ukraine.

🧵 Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Ukraine has been in the front & centre of their efforts to dismiss, distort, distract & dismay. Over the next days, we’ll be bringing you our TOP7 stories on 🇷🇺 aggression against 🇺🇦. Here it goes 👇 7⃣ RT & Sputnik want to pass as independent media outlets. In fact, they are anything but. Here are the seven things you should know about these Kremlin’s weapons of mass deception. euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlins-w…

🧵 2021 was quite a ride on the #disinformation rollercoaster and 2022 is looking to be no steadier. Over the next days, we’ll be bringing you our TOP🔟 stories from last year. Here it goes 👇 🔟 On 17 July 2021, 7 years passed from the downing #MH17, a passenger flight with 298 people on board. Since then, Russian authorities have attempted to hide their evident connections to the crime behind a veil of lies and denial. euvsdisinfo.eu/mh17-seven-yea…

2020 has brought many challenges and with them - a large volume of #disinformation. Here’s our recap! (THREAD 1/20)
euvsdisinfo.eu/what-happened-… In late JANUARY we collected the first examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation spinning conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19. (2/20) euvsdisinfo.eu/conspiratorial…