An examination of how Russian state propaganda works and why it is so effective: the mechanics of disinformation, the way official narratives are built and spread, and how the manipulation of public opinion sustains power at home while shaping perceptions of Russia abroad
Its close cooperation with the Russian authorities and security services
Between March-April 2022, the trust in television as a source of information fell thirty percent
Critics of Russian propaganda often reproduce its core mistake — taking their own perceptions of reality for reality itself
And What Ordinary Russians Think About It
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 the disease beyond China’s borders served as the occasion for the Russian propaganda to open a new “front” in the information war.
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 parties.
How the Kremlin Undermines Western Solidarity with the Russian Opposition Using the Left
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…
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.…
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…
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