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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.

Czech Civil Society Tackling COVID-19 Infodemics. Covid as a challenge to public communications

08/10/2020

Šimon Pinkas, Project Assistant at Prague Security Studies Institute

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has become a security challenge of global significance, one not limited to the medical dimension only. As Tedros A. Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization Director-General, pointed out during the annual Munich Security Conference, the COVID-19 pandemic is accompanied by so-called “infodemics”. This term describes an upsurge in information related to the pandemic, of which a significant part is factually incorrect or outright manipulative. Infodemics can have a considerable impact on the ability of states to tackle the disease as pollution of the information space contributes to the hardships related to the governments’ ability to communicate effectively with its citizens. Without such communication, however, confused and scared citizens are likely to look for information on their own and become exposed to conspirators or alarmist voices.

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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