Banning the Russian paralympians from Rio 2016 targets the World Football Cup in Russia (2018), the Russian presidential elections (2018) and the recently increasing Russian authority.
Russia was banned from the Paralympics in Rio 2016 because of massive state-organised doping.
Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.
