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In a time that calls for international cooperation to fight a common threat, Kremlin mouthpiece Sputnik chooses to spread disinformation about COVID-19. A Sputnik article published on 15 March promoted an entire catalog of unfounded…

Disinformation framing Latvia as Russophobic is part of a long-term campaign, this time resurfacing due to the implementation of US sanctions. Starting from December, pro-Kremlin outlets have been targeting Latvia and accusing it of…

Facebook announced a new takedown of 122 user accounts, pages, groups, and Instagram profiles originating in Russia that violated its policy against foreign or government interference. According to Facebook’s internal investigation, the…

The divisive situation around the newly adopted Law on Freedom of Religion in Montenegro has been used by disinformation outlets in the Balkan region to foment division, which resembles the practice earlier detected in Ukraine, Armenia,…

Silverman is the media editor of BuzzFeed News and a dis- and misinformation expert. He started digging into the topic in 2014 while researching the spread of misinformation on social media and news, for a project at the Tow…

Author: Dionis Cenusa Cooperation between different external factors in supporting policy change in Moldova may be a rarer case on the common geopolitical competition space of Russia, the EU and the US. This consensus of the external…

Author: Dionis Cenusa The intentions of the European Union to integrate its eastern neighborhood into a functional, qualitative and democratic normative-institutional model accumulate new sources of unpredictability. The conditions…

The authorities of the Republic of Moldova made enormous concession in their relationship with the Transnistrian administration, thus this "small steps" policy practically creates a de facto state beyond the Dniester. If that is the…

Author: Dionis Cenușa The concomitant movements in the East and West directions made during the first 100 days of government are producing results for Moldova, writes the political researcher Dionis Cenușa in an analytical…

This move is often used to strengthen the truthfulness or authority of any given message. Nevertheless, among such news there is a huge amount of fictional claims from marginal websites, which ought to be examined. For example, Russian…