Analysis

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…

It’s not very difficult to note that every other post on the website is anti-Western and portrays Western countries as unjust, controversial and full of crime. Conspiracy theories aimed at fostering disruption and uncertainty among citizens…

Disinformation claiming that the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been living lavishly is once again circulating in the region. This time, he “purchased” an opulent villa with a winery and a vineyard belonging to the English…

Back in early June, Microsoft warned that Russia is waging a malign disinformation campaign aimed at the Paris Olympics and the French President Emmanuel Macron. According to their information, the influence operations include fabricated…

Current phenomenon of anti-Catholicism can be seen on social networks where the Orthodox beliefs of Macedonian citizens are being manipulated. Such promotion of anti-Catholicism comes either from the neighborhood or from Russia and that can…

Numerous conspiracy theories and disinformation spread following the attempted assassination of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Truthmeter examined several of the narratives shared in the country so far, that coincidentally or…

Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the elections brought to life an old Russian narrative, also present in neighboring Serbia as well as in our country as harmful foreign influence and that is that the Western leaders are weak and ephemeral, while…

A frequent Kremlin narrative is that Iraqi leader Hussein, Libyan Gaddafi, and Syrian Assad were great patriots with good social policies, but victims of American imperialism, leading to the emergence of some new, worse structures like the…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán headlined the last month with the amount of information and disinformation both concerning Russia and its position on peace in Ukraine and concerning the role of other major powers in this conflict. But…

The topic of climate is fertile soil for spreading disinformation. Denying the existence of global warming, conspiracy theories claiming the climate change is a tool in the hands of secret societies or powerful individuals in order to…

A new study by an international team of fact-checkers, led by Maldita.es, traced the path of Russian disinformation about Zelensky, his family, and those in his inner circle. The disinformation traveled from fake news portals and small…

A chain reaction of Russian high-level officials was triggered by the delivery and operational deployment of long-range Western missile systems used by the U.S. and Germany. At the beginning of June 2024, a Ukrainian Member of Parliament…

The Russian Embassy in North Macedonia is marking the anniversaries of Macedonian  historical figures on their social media platforms. This comes off as highly unusual and inappropriate for two reasons. Firstly, it is the Embassy’s job to…

Bloomberg published recent insights from documents revealing that Russian agent Artem Kureyev led a Russian influence campaign in Europe, managing to contact the Macedonian Darko Todorovski. They agreed on a payment of 300 Euros to write…

The Russian Embassy in Skopje congratulated our citizens on the holiday “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, generally describing them as Slav educators. The greetings of the Russian Embassy in Sofia, however, described them as Bulgarian, which was…

Recently, similar disinformation has been circulating both in EU member states and in our country. Most of the April fact-checks in our country and the EU referred to disinformation related to the EU and the war that Russia is fighting in…

Starting in 2022, the EU banned several Russian media outlets, and on the 17th of May 2024, another four outlets were added to this list, which is completely justified. Unfortunately, disinformation has a rich tradition in Russia, dating…