Is Europe tired of helping Ukraine? A deep dive into Moldova’s post-Davos Conspiracy Theories

It is not true that the Western media is covering up the missile attacks in Western Russia – the attacks have been covered by many major international media outlets and agencies. The author of the claim, Patrick Lancaster, is not an “independent journalist” as he portrays himself – he has been based in Donbass since 2014 and reports on events there from a Russian perspective

Is the Kremlin really worried about the West’s alleged lack of funding to support Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion?

It is not true that the Western media is covering up the missile attacks in Western Russia – the attacks have been covered by many major international media outlets and agencies. The author of the claim, Patrick Lancaster, is not an “independent journalist” as he portrays himself – he has been based in Donbass since 2014 and reports on events there from a Russian perspective

Join the conference “Building Resilience to Foreign Authoritarian Disinformation in Southeast Europe” (22 Feb 2023)

The conference will take place as a hybrid event with main venue in Sofia, Bulgaria and via Zoom. Check the conference agenda for more information Join us next week to discuss how we can overcome vulnerabilities in Southeast Europe related to foreign authoritarian influence and the spread of disinformation by developing the institutional, regulatory and…

Expert on Darik: Bulgarians believe in conspiracies and pro-Russian propaganda the most of all Europeans

CSD, together with several other organizations, including the AEJ, organized a press conference to talk about the Kremlin’s pro-Russian disinformation and anti-democratic messages in Bulgaria in the context of the information war. According to T. Galev from CSD, when disinformation or propaganda is spread on purpose, we can classify the situation as an information war.…

The Russian disinformation narratives aiming to undermine support for Western aid to Ukraine in Greek Media

Summary of the article: Kremlin-led disinformation in Greece Main disinformation narrative: Europe and the US are wasting money to support Ukraine while their economies are in crisis. Other disinformation narratives: The US and Europe lack the military capacity to support Ukraine.   Disinformation narratives propagated by the Kremlin are not generally prevalent in Greek social,…

It is not true that Bulgaria “supported Nazism” in UN vote

Bulgaria did not “endorse” Nazism in a UN vote. Bulgaria, along with the rest of the EU, voted against a draft resolution proposed by Russia and other countries (Belarus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua and Syria) aimed at legitimizing Russian aggression in Ukraine. This is a resolution regularly tabled by Russia to combat “Nazism”. However, in the context of the invasion in Ukraine, the document is perceived as an attempt by the Kremlin to justify Russian aggression, utilizing popular pro-Russian disinformation narratives regarding the claims of ‘genocide’ in the Donbas area and the need to ‘denazify’ Ukraine.