„Not a Living Soul“ – linguistic and political manipulation from the Russian playbook

A Facebook post is spreading false information that the English language has no equivalent for the Russian expression “ni dushi” (ни души) or the...

How did the paths of Macedonian Todorovski and Russian propaganda agent Kureyev cross?

Bloomberg published recent insights from documents revealing that Russian agent Artem Kureyev led a Russian influence campaign in Europe, managing to contact the Macedonian...

Video of Russian frigate in Cuba recorded five years ago

The days before the arrival of the Russian warships, images and videos were circulating online, allegedly showing the arrival of the frigate “Admiral Gorshkov”...

Old video of a protest in Istanbul shared as new one after Rafah attack on the 26th of May

Turkish media did not report a single protest in front of the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul following the Rafah airstrike on the 26th of...

It is not true that Germany and NATO deploy 90 thousand troops to the front with Russia

The claim that NATO and Germany are deploying 90 thousand troops to the Ukranian front against Russia is false. The issue at hand is actually the largest...

Manipulation with a footage of enforced mobilization in Ukraine

A Facebook video purportedly shows a fight between Ukrainian citizens and the Recruitment Service enforcing the mobilization. It is described as a scene of...

Pro-European Georgians, not foreign mercenaries, organized protests against the “Foreign Agent” Law

The protest’s organizers are not “foreign sectarian mercenary non-governmental organizations”, but Georgians, including professors, doctors, students, activists, opposition politicians, workers, etc. Their democratic will...

Some Serbian media dramatized the parade of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) on Liberation Anniversary

The participation of members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) and the Kosovo Police in the parade commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Liberation Day...

Analysis of the News: „Katasonov: Putin is preparing Russia for a catastrophe of planetary proportions!“

June 2024. As part of the program Regional Initiative for combating disinformation “Western Balkans Combatting disinformation Center: Exposing malicious influences through fact-checking and Analytical Journalism“,...

France did not deploy troops to Ukraine

The Defense Ministry of France denied that it sent troops to Ukraine when such disinformation on this topic started spreading on the social networks stimulated by...

The propaganda that Russia is fighting “Nazis in Ukraine” reemerges

The pro-Russian post aims to justify the military invasion of Russia in Ukraine. Presenting Ukraine as the land of the Nazis is a false...

It is not true that the sanctions against Russia are ineffective

Footage of a rocket launch is abused as evidence that the sanctions against Russia are ineffective. The footage is real, but the accompanying description...

Zelenskyy did not buy a casino in Cyprus

It is disinformation that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bought a casino and a hotel in Cyprus through his offshore company. High political representatives from...

Suspicious footage claims Poland prepares a war against Russia

The post claims with no basis in fact that the Poles “are preparing for direct battle” against the Russians, while the latter are “ready...

Inconsistency and hypocrisy of Russian foreign policy towards Macedonians

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...

The decision to remove border controls is being falsely interpreted as the creation of “Greater Albania”

The decision by Kosovo and Albania to remove border controls has been misinterpreted by some Serbian media, falsely claiming that a “Greater Albania” is...