Category: Propaganda

Yandex is the Kremlin’s Weapon Against Democracy

Yandex is the Kremlin’s Weapon Against Democracy

Its close cooperation with the Russian authorities and security services

dsr_admin Sep 29, 2022
Russian Society is in the Midst of a Profound Transformation not Captured by Traditional Opinion Polls

Russian Society is in the Midst of a Profound Transformation not Captured by Traditional Opinion Polls

Between March-April 2022, the trust in television as a source of information fell thirty percent

dsr_admin Sep 5, 2022
Propaganda Issues

Propaganda Issues

Critics of Russian propaganda often reproduce its core mistake — taking their own perceptions of reality for reality itself

dsr_admin Apr 16, 2022
Stoking Anxiety: How the Russian Media Covers Tensions with Ukraine

Stoking Anxiety: How the Russian Media Covers Tensions with Ukraine

And What Ordinary Russians Think About It

dsr_admin Feb 3, 2022

The Pandemic: Anti-Western rhetoric and information campaign by the Kremlin-controlled Russian media

Today, it is hard to say whether the unraveling COVID-19 pandemic provided the reason for the Russian government to dust off their old textbooks, but the spread of…

dsr_admin Jun 30, 2021
Disinformation, Euroskepticism and pro−Russian Parties in Eastern Europe

Disinformation, Euroskepticism and pro−Russian Parties in Eastern Europe

What social groups support pro-Russian parties in Eastern Europe? This paper demonstrates that pro-Russian parties in Eastern Europe tend to have electorates with significantly more Euroskeptic attitudes than voter bases of mainstream…

greg Mar 25, 2021

Navalny, “Nationalism”, and Never-Ending Reflexive Control

How the Kremlin Undermines Western Solidarity with the Russian Opposition Using the Left

greg Feb 6, 2021
Who Is Behind the Renewed Effort to Push Nord Stream 2 on Europe?

Who Is Behind the Renewed Effort to Push Nord Stream 2 on Europe?

The PR Campaign: April 2020 has witnessed a conspicuous uptick of publications in Western and Russian media in support of the Nord Stream 2 project: Germans want closer…

dmitry Apr 9, 2020

Kremlin’s Efforts to Sow Uncertainty and Distrust in Germany Fall Short

A special report by the EEAS on Coronavirus Disinformation offers a thorough analysis of tactics, strategies and vectors of effort by  Kremlin-controlled media on the issue of Coronavirus.…

dmitry Apr 6, 2020
Michael Weiss: Misrule of Law: How the Kremlin Uses Western Institutions to Undermine the West

Michael Weiss: Misrule of Law: How the Kremlin Uses Western Institutions to Undermine the West

Watch the full version of the “Misrule of Law: How the Kremlin Uses Western Institutions to Undermine the West” report presentation in Kyiv, Ukraine. Speaker: Michael Weiss, the…

dmitry Nov 18, 2019

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