US EditionInvestigating Polar Bear Hunting? Russian Fake News Campaign Against Chancellor Merz
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz is said to have shot three polar bears in Canada. Behind the allegations is a propaganda campaign directed from Russia.
Fake videos and false news sites keep spreading false claims about Western politicians - also about Chancellor Merz, who allegedly killed polar bears. The trail leads to Russia. From C. Reveland and P. Siggelkov.
Russian Telegram channels distribute a fake contract allegedly signed by women joining the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The forged document claims that the servicemen undertake to “unquestioningly follow the orders of the commanders of the personal...
This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation. In a widespread video, several people in balaclavas enter the house, and a female voice behind the scenes claims that it is the military “without documents” taking away her son, who is allegedly “unfit for duty”. However, as pointed out in the CPU, this video is a frank production. This is indicated by closed faces, the lack of identifying signs that would confirm the belonging of peo…
Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, and especially since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian misinformation has intensified in parallel with technological developments. This misinformation is part of a logic of hybrid strategies used by several authoritarian countries to manipulate the facts. Russia stands out by using its own strategies through disinformation devices such as the RRN (Recent Reliable News) at the origin of Davi…
The Russian disinformation campaign continues to spread fakes and manipulative materials in order to create a distorted image of Ukraine as a country that allegedly despises religious values. For example, news spread online that a Ukrainian church was allegedly turned into a cafe with beer and snacks. Why this is not so - in our material. What happened? On June 30, the Telegram channel "Medved" (archive), which systematically spreads Russian pro…
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