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The Illusion of Maidan: Who is comparing the storming of the Capitol to the protests in Belarus and the Maidan in Ukraine and why

23/01/2021

Maria Avdeeva, European Expert Association, iSANS expert

The threat of Maidan has become the main narrative of pro-Kremlin propaganda. In the hands of propagandists, the Maidan has become a universal scarecrow that is used when it comes to protests. Commenting on the capture of the Capitol by an armed gang of Trumpists, mouthpieces of pro-Kremlin propaganda compare it to the events in Ukraine. A specific feature of the use of this narrative in Belarus is the attempt to justify the violence by Lukashenko’s security forces against peaceful protesters.

The premiere of “Tskhinvali 1920”

06/12/2020

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The documentary, produced by the Georgian Institute for Security Policy (GiSP), focuses on the events in the Tskhinvali region in 1920, exactly 100 years ago:

“Georgia, with help from German troops, occupied Abkhazia in 1918, and Georgian troops were even crueler in South Ossetia during 1919 and 1920. This was essentially what is called genocide today,” – declared Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019 in yet another attempt from the Kremlin to falsify history for its own needs and propaganda.

Biden’s Putin Challenge

13/11/2020

David J. Kramer, director of European and Eurasian studies and a senior fellow at the Vaclav Havel Program on Human Rights and Diplomacy at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs and a former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will face tremendous challenges when he enters office, starting with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. When it comes to foreign policy, China will be at the top of the to-do list along with restoring and reinvigorating badly frayed alliances. Dealing with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin should be high on that list, too.

Slovakia Undergoes Russian Influence

15/12/2020

Grigorij Mesežnikov, political scientist and the President of the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) in Slovakia

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Systemic Narratives that Seek to Undermine the Country’s Choices

Since 2014, a fairly developed ecosystem of local agents of Russian information and propaganda influence, using their native language, has emerged and exists in relatively comfortable conditions in Slovakia. These agents are the main distributors of locally produced Russian propaganda and feed systemic narratives into Slovak society.

Twenty-five whales of pro-Kremlin propaganda in Belarus

19/11/2020

Andrei Yeliseyeu, Director of EAST Research Center (Warsaw), iSANS expert

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A selection of propaganda narratives about Belarus

The whole assortment of hundreds and thousands of propaganda stories revolve around a dozen original storylines.

To see the forest through the trees

Day after day, Russian national television stations, big news and multimedia agencies, and dozens of smaller pro-Kremlin sites churn out hours of audio and video and dozens to hundreds of stories about Belarus. Targeting a Belarusian audience, pro-Kremlin resources also communicate distinctively about events in other countries.

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