Agonist Press

Hits: 0 In early February 2021, Margarita Simonyan, head of the Russian disinformation outlet RT.com, called upon the Russian leadership to violate the country’s obligations to international law, bilateral agreements and human decency: Mother Russia, bring Donbas home! Mother Russia, represented by the official spokespeople of the Kremlin and Russia’sПродолжить чтение

Hits: 1 Pro-Kremlin media spread disinformation to support the build-up of Russian troops and military equipment along Ukraine’s borders. In the times of a global infodemic, misleading information, conspiracy theories and outright lies seem ubiquitous. It would be almost tempting to see disinformation as an unpleasant but inevitable feature ofПродолжить чтение

Hits: 0 Everyone likes a good laugh, and satire is an essential part of the public discourse. Satire can be fine-tuned and subtle, but also vulgar and loud. Poking fun at the powerful, the pompous and the self-righteous is a core element of democracy. Ridicule, caricature and mockery are instrumentsПродолжить чтение

Hits: 0 Last week we wrote about the recent wave of disinformation on sanctions. Sanctions, or in EU jargon – restrictive measures, are part of the toolbox countries have to impose costs on other (non-)state-actors spreading disinformation. Why does spreading disinformation remain an attractive option for interference in the informationПродолжить чтение

Hits: 0 This article looks at the evolving information environment around the COVID-19 and vaccines roll-out in the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia during the month of February and into the first week of March 2021. Every major public health crisis brings out rumours, conspiracies and intentionally spread disinformation onПродолжить чтение