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Fake: Zelenskyi bought Hitler's state limousine for $15 million

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    10.10.2024

A lie: "The leader of the "Kyiv regime" Volodymyr Zelenskyi became the owner of a Mercedes-Benz 770k parade car that belonged to Adolf Hitler for $15 million," - such news was reproduced by the Russian pseudo-media with reference to the Seattle Tribune website.

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Manipulation: territories of Ukraine in exchange for peace

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    07.10.2024

The Financial Times published on its pages the news that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiga, during his visit to the USA, discussed with allies the territorial concessions that Ukraine would make for the sake of peace. This thesis fully coincides with the goals of the kremlin and the "Chinese peace plan", which russia's allies are trying to push through.

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Digest of Russian fakes for SEPTEMBER

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    30.09.2024

We have collected various fakes that were distributed around the world by the russian special services and media in September. They don't have problems with fantasy, just like they don't have problems with funding to pollute the media space. Please read this material so as not to contaminate yourself with disinformation feces produced in russia.

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Fake: Sweden is ready to pay 30,000 euros to Ukrainian refugees to leave the country

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    23.09.2024

"Europeans are fed up with Ukrainians" - such loud statements are accompanied by messages and publications of russian propagandists that the Swedish authorities allegedly promised to pay Ukrainian citizens 30,000 euros each for voluntary return home.

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Russia started a hybrid war against Israel

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    20.09.2024

The Israeli publication Haaretz published a long article on the russian Federation's hybrid war against Israel. In particular, it reveals the scope, depth, cynicism and limits of russian efforts to influence public opinion in the country. The leak, which contains thousands of documents, including emails, internal plans and fabricated articles, offers insight into moscow's efforts to deepen tensions and polarize rival camps in Israel, as well as undermine its relations with other countries and weaken support for Ukraine.

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Why informational terror is so important to the Kremli

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    16.09.2024

EUvsDisinfo journalists published a new report on the propaganda machine of Vladimir putin's regime. The information terror of the russians is becoming more and more aggressive. There are more and more lies, manipulations, and threats. Today, the russian special services do not deny themselves attempts to terrorize even the first persons of democratic countries.

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Fake: The Ukrainian military uses Nazi symbols en masse

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    09.09.2024

Lies: the organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RSF) discovered more than a thousand cases of the use of symbols of the Third Reich, slogans and gestures by servicemen of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region (russia). The organization's director of advocacy and strategic litigation, Antoine Bernard, demands that the world pay attention to the glorification of Nazism in the ranks of the Armed Forces. kremlin media write about this with reference to the BBC story.

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The US introduced new sanctions against Russian propaganda

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    06.09.2024

The day before, the USA applied new sanctions against Kremlin propagandists. In addition, the American Ministry of Justice officially accused two employees of the russian media holding RT of money laundering and violation of the law on "foreign agents". The key persons are Konstantin Kalashnikov and Olena Afanasyeva (RT employees). According to the indictment by the Southern District of New York and according to US Attorney Damian Williams, they ran a disinformation operation from moscow using fake identities and a front company.

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Manipulation: Ukrainian authorities pressure and bring legal cases against religious figures

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    20.08.2024

Since the very beginning of its own aggression against Ukraine (that is, since 2014), russia has been trying to create an image of "Ukrainian radicalism", "neo-Nazism" and the like on the world stage. One of the areas where the kremlin's special services are investing a lot of resources is religion. Let's try to figure out what is really happening in 2 minute.

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10th anniversary of the great tragedy MH17 and the great Russian fake

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    18.07.2024

10 years ago, russian terrorists shot down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger liner, which was on flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, in the sky above the Donetsk region, using the standard Buk anti-aircraft missile system of the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Soviet Union. 298 people died.

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Manipulation: Russia is ready for peace talks to stop the war

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    24.05.2024

On the eve of the Peace Summit in Switzerland (June 13-15, 2024), the russians are intensifying their efforts to disrupt this important historical event. Through various diplomatic and economic channels, moscow sends a signal that it is ready for negotiations for a complete end to the war. Russianfake.com explains why this is a big manipulation of the hopes of the democratic world to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine.

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How world brands provide the Kremlin in its barbaric operations

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    21.05.2024

The investigation of our colleagues from InformNapalm once again proved that the products of Sony, NVidia, Siemens, Vecor, Aimtec are widely used in the manufacture of weapons for putin's terrorist regime. Read about a large criminal scheme, bypassing sanctions right now.

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Russian propaganda and fakes pose a threat to the whole world

Fakes and propaganda often imperceptibly penetrate the news feed and social networks, shaping people's thoughts, or doubts, or emotions. When this is repeated in a circle, a person inevitably becomes a carrier of the "information virus", regardless of position, status and profession. The only thing that can save her from this is to rely on facts and evidence. But it is important to determine their source.

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Kremlin cybercriminals are attacking government websites and companies in Belgium

Hackers use DDoS attacks to overload servers with an excessive number of malicious requests, making websites inaccessible to real users.
In particular, the websites of the banking federation Febelfin, the Ministry of Economy, and the port of Antwerp-Zebrugge are not working. The website of the Belgian Cyber ​​Security Center is also unavailable.

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According to VRT (https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/10/10/hackerscollectief-opnieuw/), the pro-russian hacker group NoName057 is involved in cyberattacks. Hackers claim that their actions are a response to the statement of Defense Minister Lyudivin Dedonder about the intention to purchase three Caesar artillery installations for Ukraine.
Let's add that NoName057 has been carrying out attacks on allied sites since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine.
At the same time, a fairly powerful cyber community is also working on the side of Ukraine, which neutralizes similar hacker groups, as well as institutions involved in the kremlin's armed and informational aggression. You can join here

"Reporters Without Borders" is launching a project to analyze the impact of propaganda and disinformation in the world

The key goal of the "Propaganda Monitor" project is to highlight the mechanisms and multifaceted nature of propaganda, increase public awareness of the problems it covers, and help better navigate the information space.As stated on the organization's website, the first season of the project will be devoted to Russian propaganda, with a special emphasis on the Kremlin-controlled media "rt".

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"If the promotion of credible journalism is the antidote to disinformation and propaganda, then understanding their mechanisms and identifying their subjects is a necessary condition for blocking them," RSF believes. In addition, the Propaganda Monitor section of the site brings together RSF's previous research and analysis on the topic, portraits, interviews and other content produced by international teams.

Russia bribed more than 130,000 citizens of Moldova to prevent its accession to the EU

In Moldova, a large-scale operation by russia with the aim of influencing the results of the referendum on the country's accession to the European Union and the results of the presidential elections was revealed. The head of the General Inspectorate of the Police of Moldova, Viorel Chornuetsanu, said that only in September, 15 million dollars were transferred from russia to the accounts of Moldovan citizens. They were supposed to spread disinformation, carry out provocations and attack state institutions.

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"russia seeks not only to corrupt voters, but also to provoke protests and destabilization on the territory of Moldova," Chernuetsanu said.
As a reminder, a referendum will be held in Moldova on October 20, during which voters will answer the question: "Do you support the introduction of European integration into the constitution of Moldova." Based on its results, countries can make changes to the basic law related to European integration. At the same time as the referendum, the presidential election of Moldova will be held.

Russian special services are recruiting Europeans with pro-Russian views to Telegram

The messenger, originating from russia, has become a tool for illegal networks recruiting young men in EU countries for the purpose of murder and sabotage. According to Western security services, the kremlin's special services are involved in these illegal actions.As indicated in the investigation by OCCRP (an international non-governmental investigative journalism organization that covers topics related to organized crime, corruption, etc.), one of these cases was an appeal to the fictional character Valery Ivanov, who was offered money for sabotage through the "Hello Bot" account - attacks on NATO military facilities or assassinations.

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Similar Telegram channels are actively advertised in pro-russian media, including the "grey zone" channel (mercenary media of the Wagner group, russia). This method of recruitment has a low success rate, but is cheap for russia and can create chaos in Western societies, which is one of the main goals of the kremlin. Read the full text of the investigation here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cocktail-how-europeans-are-recruited-through-telegram-to-commit-sabotage-arson-and- murder

Russia uses AI to spread fakes about Western companies in Ukraine

To carry out disinformation attacks, moscow's special services created fake news sites londoninsider.co.uk and talk-finance.co.uk with registration in Great Britain. These fake media copy British media resources. As established (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/fake-uk-news-sites-spreading-false-stories-about-western-firms-in-ukraine) The Guardian investigators, under the russian propaganda operation was caught by the American firm Sarn, which works in Ukraine in the field of energy and military equipment.

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In the fake materials under the title "Guns, money and Sarn: How a Czech-American group looted Ukraine", the company is accused of alleged "arms trading", "judicial fraud" and "embezzlement of funds".
It is noted that the defamatory content on the sites has all the signs of using artificial intelligence, and the involved linguist came to the conclusion that the original text was created by a russian-speaking person. It was also found that under the materials on londoninsider.co.uk is the name of a real British journalist, but he denies any involvement with this resource.
According to the researchers, the increase in the number of fake British news sites is happening against the background of the intensification of disinformation campaigns on the Internet by russia. Please check the sources of information.

Russia intensified its information war against Moldova

On October 20, the people of Moldova will go to the polling stations to elect a new president. Also in the bulletin: questions about the country's future relations with the European Union. In anticipation of the double vote, the kremlin's disinformation machine started working with renewed vigor. moscow wants to convince Moldovans not to support the pro-European course of President Maia Sandu, which allegedly leads to the loss of sovereignty and threatens the country's security.Some pro-russian media outlets in Moldova engage in blatant outright disinformation, while others only quote opposition politicians fighting against Moldova's EU accession, such as former president Ihor Dodon, fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor, and former governor of Gagauzia Iryna Vlach.

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Moldova received the status of a candidate for the EU in June 2022. The kremlin perceived this reversal of the former republic of the Soviet Union as the joining of Moldova to the anti-russian front, with which the West allegedly seeks to surround russia. For the past two years, pro-kremlin media have tried to portray Moldova's legal decisions on its path to the EU as "Russophobic" as part of the West's "hybrid war" against russia.And this despite the fact that russia illegally occupied part of the territory of Moldova (Transnistria) back in 1991, creating its own puppet government.Read more details about the information attacks of the kremlin in the article EUvsDisinfo:https://euvsdisinfo.eu/kremlin-disinformation-on-moldovas-referendum/

Russian fake factory attacks US presidential candidate Kamala Harris

This is stated in a new Microsoft report. The company's experts determined that russian web trolls were circulating a fake video purporting to show Harris causing a hit-and-run accident that paralyzed a 13-year-old girl in San Francisco in 2011.The researchers discovered that during this influence operation, a video was created in which the actors were paid to shoot. Microsoft says this video was created by Storm-1516, a group linked to russian special services: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/09/17/russian-election-interference-efforts -focus-on-the-harris-walz-campaign/

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In another fake video, the actress pretended to be Harris in order to fabricate false claims about Harris' involvement in the accident. According to Microsoft, each of these videos received millions of views, and one was released via a fake news outlet in San Francisco to make it seem more credible.Another kremlin group, Storm-1679, which spread fake news about the Paris Olympics, is now also spreading false content about Harris. One of the fake videos featured a fake billboard in New York City with false claims about her politics.From the editors: if russia attacks only one of the US presidential candidates in the information space, certain conclusions can be drawn about the relationship of the other candidate with the head of the kremlin.

Polish special services neutralized a group of cyberspies controlled by Moscow, and Norway is preparing for sabotage

The exposed cyber group is connected to the Belarusian and russian special services, Polish Minister of Digitalization Krzysztof Hawkowski said.
The attackers started their cyberespionage campaign with an attack on the website of the Polish Press Agency (PAP), and their key goal was to infiltrate various Polish institutions, government agencies and state-owned companies that are connected to the security sector to steal information.

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The minister also noted that more than 400,000 incidents related to cyber attacks were recorded in just six months.
Meanwhile, in Norway, a change in the threat level of sabotage on critical infrastructure facilities by the russian Federation is recorded. According to intelligence data, russia has become more prone to sabotage, in particular at oil and gas facilities, than a year ago. As noted by the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SSR), Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensens, quoted by Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/norways-spy-chief-sees-russia-more-likely-attempt-sabotage- 2024-09-10/), this intensification is, among other things, related to the kremlin's attempts to stop Western support for Ukraine: "We are observing planned acts of sabotage throughout Europe, which indicates Russia's clear efforts in this direction."

Kremlin bots attacked Macron and France's agreement with the UAE

russian propaganda is actively spreading the lie that the United Arab Emirates, after the arrest of the owner of the Telegram social network Pavel Durov in Paris, allegedly froze an agreement with France to purchase a batch of fighter jets from it. Al Jazeera's fake story on this topic became the most viral video of the "matryoshka" and "doppelganger" disinformation network. He was picked up by the media of russia, Iran and India.

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On the X network, it collected 7.7 million views, and the "Al Jazeera video" published by bots was actively distributed on X and Telegram. The promotion of the video was facilitated by the founder of the Mega file exchange and blogger Kim Dotcom, who published the video after the russian channels, - the analysis of the fact-checking journalist David Puente shows.For some reason, russia is very worried about the fate of a supposedly "independent businessman" who apparently secretly cooperates with the kremlin's special services (a recent meeting with putin's representatives confirms this). And the arrest of Durov was definitely not part of their plans.

Russia has created a network of influence on events in several countries in Meta

According to the August 2024 Meta study, this network originated in russia and focused on fake news websites that spread fake news about politics.In Georgia, the influence network criticized protesters against the "foreign agent law" and supported the ruling Georgian Dream party. In Azerbaijan, she spread negative messages about the West and local events. In Armenia, she supported russia, criticized the prime minister and promoted pro-russian narratives.The network used fake accounts to redirect people to its websites. In particular, she has collaborated with people in Armenia to create videos on TikTok, YouTube and Meta apps.
The network was discovered thanks to the notification of the non-profit organization ISFED from Georgia. 

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The investigation also revealed ties to individuals associated with the moscow-based marketing firm IMA Digital.In August of this year, Meta also exposed a fake network spreading russian propaganda to a European audience. Meta has removed 20 Facebook accounts, 14 pages and 9 Instagram accounts for violating its policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior. This network, created in russia, was aimed at English-speaking and French-speaking audiencesFake news websites such as Euro Top News used fictitious journalistic pseudonyms and fake addresses to appear legitimate. Content on websites and social networks was probably created with the help of artificial intelligence.UPD: Meta has closed access to all its platforms to the russian propaganda media group RT (Russia Today).After careful consideration, we have expanded our current measures against Russian state media. Russia Today, RT and other related organizations are now banned from our apps worldwide due to foreign interference," the company said in a statement.

Journalists of the Washington Post refuted yet another Russian fake

Since the beginning of the offensive of the Ukrainian army on the Kursk region of russia, the kremlin's special services have launched a powerful disinformation campaign. One of the key topics in it is the killing and torture of the civilian population of the Kursk region by the Ukrainian military. Of course, the purpose of these fakes is to tarnish the reputation of the Ukrainian army and sow doubts in the countries allied to Ukraine regarding further support.

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However, representatives of several world media over the last week managed to visit the areas of hostilities on the territory of russia. In particular, a recent report was published by the Washington Post. One of the journalists' conclusions is that there is no evidence that the Ukrainian military is purposefully killing, torturing or abusing local residents. On the contrary, the Ukrainian army is trying to provide humanitarian aid to everyone.Read the full report here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/18/ukraine-russia-sudzha-kursk/

Pro-Kremlin media spread fakes about "Democratic plans to kill Trump"

These sites masquerade as American news channels and are linked to John Mark Dugan, an ex-US military man who fled to russia and plays a key role in the kremlin's global disinformation network.According to disinformation researchers, hundreds of fake media outlets have recently appeared, which, thanks to available AI tools, are fueling a surge of false narratives ahead of the US presidential election, writes AFP. 

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The articles about the "Democratic attempt on Trump" spread false claims and cited an audio recording of an allegedly private conversation between former President Barack Obama and a Democratic Party strategist.As reported by the NewsGuard organization, the audio recording was created with the help of AI for an article on the little-known website DeepStateLeaks.org. The audio was distributed through a network of 171 fake news sites, including the Atlanta Beacon and the Arizona Observer, which in turn cited DeepStateLeaks as its source.NewsGuard added that the articles appeared to be AI-rewritten versions of the same story.

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