The Center has recorded the start of a new phase in Russia’s large-scale disinformation campaign “atrocities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.” ▫️ Russian media outlets are widely spreading reports alleging that Ukrainian forces murdered and raped dozens of civilians in the village of Russkoe Porechnoe, Kursk region. ▫️ As “evidence,” Russian…
Russian propaganda is spreading a fake video allegedly created by the UNITED24 Media, claiming that more than 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers received medical rehabilitation in Europe through a corruption scheme. ▫️ The video claims that medical boards issued preferential referrals for rehabilitation abroad for $1000 or more. It also alleges that NABU has evidence of the…
According to open-source information, the number of people in Moscow willing to go to war against Ukraine has dropped significantly. While last fall, up to 200 volunteers enlisted daily, that number has now decreased to around 40. Additionally, an increasing number of recruits are migrants from Asia and Africa. The relatively large one-time payment of…
Sergei Naryshkin, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, proposed that experts from the Russian Historical Society discuss the possibility of dividing Ukraine’s territory among different countries. According to Naryshkin, historians from Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia will supposedly be invited to debate the “right to Ukrainian lands.” ▫️ By initiating such discussions, Russia aims…
Fake information is circulating online, claiming that leaflets containing negative statements about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have appeared on the streets of Poland. Photos are being shared as supposed evidence to support this claim. A detailed analysis of the images reveals that they are fake: all the leaflets are pasted in exactly the same way,…
Russian officials have joined the Kremlin’s disinformation campaign alleging “atrocities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.” ▫️ Propaganda outlets are widely sharing a statement from Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, who repeats earlier fakes about civilians allegedly found tortured in the Kursk region. However, no evidence has been provided to support these allegations….
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Russian media outlets are widely spreading narratives about the alleged “complicity of most European nations in Nazi crimes” and the West’s alleged attempts to “rewrite history.” ▫️ Propagandists accuse the West of “downplaying Russia’s role in liberating Europe from Nazism,” “reviving fascism,” and planning a “genocide of Russians.” They are…
The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has announced plans to change its name to avoid restrictions resulting from new legislative initiatives by Estonian authorities. Moving forward, it will be called the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church. The Estonian Ministry of the Interior has urged the church to sever all ties with the Russian Orthodox…
Russian propaganda is spreading another fake as part of a large-scale disinformation campaign named “Clandestine Transplantation.” ▫️ Russian media, experts, and the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova have simultaneously claimed to have uncovered black market transplant centers in Chasiv Yar and “structures for the illegal removal of military organs.” All these reports lack factual…
The Russian propaganda campaign for the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism is gaining momentum, with diplomatic missions playing an active role. For instance, exhibitions dedicated to the Siege of Leningrad have been opened in the so-called “Russian House” in Cyprus and at the UN headquarters. Through such events, Russia seeks to manipulate the…
Russian propaganda is actively spreading narratives from an interview with Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, about an alleged threat of attack and nuclear strikes on Russia and Belarus by Western countries. ▫️ Shoigu claims that NATO is “building up military capabilities” near the borders of the Union State, practicing…
The Kremlin intentionally uses culture as a propaganda tool abroad. In Germany, the Russian House in Berlin, a so-called cultural center established by the governmental organization “Rossotrudnichestvo”, plays a significant role in this effort. ▪️ Recently, the Russian House in Berlin hosted a screening of the Russian play “Legends of the Invalidenstrasse” about “the life…
