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All 1,004 articlesLukashenka’s ongoing retaliation against Belarusians
Five years after the 2020 mass protests, Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s war on Belarusian society shows no sign of ending. Driven by fear of those who defied him, he has turned Belarus into a semi-totalitarian state marked by mass arrests, political prisoner trading, blacklists of “enemies of the state”, and total media control.
Summoning the ghost of the Reich
The Kremlin’s information manipulation apparatus is sparing no resources in its effort to cast Germany as a historical villain, saturating its channels with narratives of a resurgent, aggressive power.
The Kremlin’s tale of the European bogeyman
Moscow pays lip service to peace, yet its disinformation peddlers talk constantly of war. This is no accident. Portraying European defence as ‘aggressive militarisation’ and support for Ukraine as ‘warmongering’ is a manipulative attempt to create a skewed reality.
Putin’s final chapter: how war became Russia’s national curriculum
The Kremlin’s revised history textbooks culminate in a full chapter on Russia’s war against Ukraine as every piece of the historical revisionism puzzle falls into place.
The myth of betrayal: the West as the eternal enemy
Revised history schoolbooks in Russia revive Cold War-style myths, painting the West as an eternal enemy to justify Russia's aggression and authoritarianism
The Kremlin’s self-fulfilling curse
The Kremlin lays the disinformation groundwork for the NATO Summit, decrying alleged threats and expansionism but ignoring the real root cause for the defence boost – Russia’s sustained aggression and belligerence against its neighbours.
Russia’s military history: never in the wrong
The Kremlin continues to rewrite history in school textbooks to justify past and future wars, glorify militarism, and indoctrinate youth, portraying Russia as a perpetual victim and noble defender.
Europe or China: Who is Africa’s biggest economic partner?
Reality is not always what it seems but perception matters. China likes to tell the world it is Africa’s biggest and best economic partner, but the numbers paint a very difference picture.
Never let a crisis go to waste
In the Kremlin’s playbook of manipulation, every crisis, every tragedy, is an asset. The Israel-Iran escalation is no exception.
Mpox, myths and media manipulation
Pro-Kremlin disinformation tactics are again weaponising health fears in Africa, echoing deadly Cold War-era campaigns that once fuelled HIV/AIDS denial.
The curious case of missing manhood: How a rumour became a foreign weapon
Information manipulators use old gossip, intimate fear, and anti-Western conspiracy theory to push the boundaries of information manipulation.
African Initiative: Russian FIMI operation disguised as a news agency
The Kremlin repurposed the former Wagner Group assets to create the African Initiative – an information manipulation operation posing as a real news agency to spread disinformation.
Polish elections in the eyes of Moscow
The Polish Presidential elections showed how the Kremlin spin machine works. In a haze of hyperbolic accusations and false claims, one element stood out: erode popular support for Ukraine.
Samoa Agreement: No EU strings attached for Nigeria on LGBTIQ+ rights
The story of how a global agreement among 104 countries sparked a disinfo storm in Nigeria over supposed EU conditions on LGBTIQ+ rights.
An unpleasant incident
The Kremlin downplays Ukraine’s devastating attack on Russian military airfields, looking for distractions and feebly recycling old lies about terrorism and Anglo-Saxons instead.
The world in black and white
The past months have seen an intensification of pro-Kremlin disinformation about a Europe that wants war and a Russia-US alliance that wants peace.
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