Propaganda

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

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14 publications
Civil Society

Yandex is the Kremlin’s Weapon Against Democracy

Its close cooperation with the Russian authorities and security services

Article by Vladimir Milov Sep 29, 2022
Civil Society

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

Article by Vladimir Milov Sep 5, 2022
Civil Society

Propaganda Issues

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

Article by Fedor Krasheninnikov Apr 16, 2022
Civil Society

Stoking Anxiety: How the Russian Media Covers Tensions with Ukraine

And What Ordinary Russians Think About It

Article by Yury Krylov Feb 3, 2022
Civil Society

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

Kremlin Media Manipulation at Home and in Russian-Speaking Countries

Report by Free Russia Foundation Jun 30, 2021
Kremlin's Malign Influence

Disinformation, Euroskepticism and pro−Russian Parties in Eastern Europe

Pro-Russian parties’ voters are more Euroskeptic regardless of ideology

Report by Maria Snegovaya Mar 25, 2021
Politics

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

The Case of Alexey Sakhnin and the Western Left

Article by Anton Shekhovtsov Feb 6, 2021
Economics

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

The April 2020 Poll, Its Sponsors and the PR Campaign Around It

Article by Ivan Vasilyev Apr 9, 2020
Kremlin's Malign Influence

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

Kremlin-Controlled Media and Coronavirus Disinformation in Germany

Article by Alexey Kozlov Apr 6, 2020
Kremlin's Malign Influence

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

Video of the Report Presentation in Kyiv, Ukraine

Article by Michael Weiss Nov 18, 2019

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