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It is not the first time that Kremlin propaganda has portrayed Russia as a protector of traditional and family values, as a "pure" and solely "normal" country, unlike European cities dominated by violence, LGBT doctrine, Muslims, and the…

Russia has repeatedly called for elections in Ukraine–and more recently, the United States as well, following Donald Trump's inauguration–accusing Zelensky of being an illegitimate president and even a dictator. Calls for elections and…

By focusing on the narrative of Zelensky's supposed "illegitimacy," the Kremlin attempts to obscure the truth: under Ukraine's Constitution, it is legally impossible to hold elections or referendums in the country during military…

By exploiting fears and other societal vulnerabilities, creating false narratives, and employing advanced amplification techniques, the Kremlin seeks to manipulate and polarize electorates, shape the political environment, and weaken…

After Ukraine decided to close the valves for Russian gas, Russia immediately identified the “culprits” behind the decision. According to Euvsdisinfo, Russia falsely claims that the responsibility for halting Russian gas supplies lies…

In a video published on the YouTube channel “Sloboden Svet” , members of the Makedonska era treta — suverenisti party, with the flag of the Vergina Sun, enthusiastically talk about BRICS. They use well-known narratives which serve the…

The Kremlin’s propaganda intention to portray itself as some sort of great protector of traditional and family values also reaches Macedonian citizens through social networks and a part of them accept those moves from Russia with…

The disinformation front regarding food has become particularly strong with the beginning of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. In May 2022, the Russian authorities and state media outlets reinforced efforts to blame the United…

In June 2023, France exposed an extensive Russian disinformation campaign called Recent Reliable News (RRN), named after a pro-Russian website. Earlier in February, the French government warned about a network of about 200 portals that…

Russia, which took control of Durov’s first company and which prompted him to establish Telegram while being in exile is now expressing concern about his arrest. Media outlets there report on the absurdity of the accusations against him and…

Russian propaganda tried to portray the fact that the Ukrainian government banned the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church as a “persecution of Christians” and as a tendency of the West, which supports Ukraine, to destroy Orthodoxy and the…

Little is known about who is behind this Russian “fact-checking” website – "War on fakes”. The creators of the website identify themselves only as “administrators of several Russian non-political Telegram channels”, and not one of its…

In our country, several Russian alternative medicine magazines are sold: "Russian herbalist", "Russian doctor" and "Russian medicine". They send messages such as: "Russian advice is worth your health", "Russians have medicine" and "You ask,…

The claim of the Russian ambassador to the country, Sergey Baznikin, that the Russian armed forces do not shell civilian buildings and that the footage from Mariupol is fake, seems strange and at least sounds unreasonable in a situation…

From the very beginning of his column in the daily newspaper "Nova Makedonija", Russian Ambassador Sergei Baznikin points out that Russia is committed to a quick cessation of hostilities and finding a solution through diplomacy, at the…

Russian "troll farms" - organized online agitators identify complaints in other countries and then insert themselves in those debates in order to boost them. Instead of promoting a political ideology, professional Russian trolls focus on…

The NGO MOST recently published a study dedicated to the fight against false news and narratives. The study "Disinformation and information distortion in North Macedonia December 2021" focuses on the dominant narratives in 2020,…

DUI was an opposition party 15 years ago, in 2006 when Gruevski formed a government with the DPA, NSDP and LDP. This party has been part of the Government for 13 years - since 2008. Hence, the information announced by the party…