How a Kremlin-Linked Influence Operation is Systematically Manipulating Western Media to Construct & Communicate Disinformation

PART 1

DETECTION REPORT

September 2021

www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2551849/final-report.pdf

Several tactics are being used by pro-Kremlin sources to spread stories about Ukraine.
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/60292915

A profound failure of the Western imagination has brought Europe to the brink of war.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/lavrov-russia-diplomacy-ukraine/622075/

The Kremlin and its agents are peddling false arguments to amplify the case for war in Ukraine. They are rice-paper thin.
— Read on cepa.org/russias-five-false-narratives-for-war/

Last week, Estonia expanded sanctions against Lukashenka’s regime
— Read on belsat.eu/en/news/07-02-2022-pms-of-lithuania-and-latvia-advocate-pan-european-sanctions-against-lukashenka-s-regime/

Leader of the Crimean Tatar people Dzhemilev nominated for Nobel Peace Prize – EMPR: Russia – Ukraine war news, latest Ukraine updates
— Read on empr.media/news/occupied-crimea/leader-of-the-crimean-tatar-people-dzhemilev-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/

Belarus and Russia to sign an agreement on military-technical cooperation program until 2025
— Read on belsat.eu/en/news/04-02-2022-belarus-and-russia-to-sign-agreement-on-military-technical-cooperation-until-2025/

In 12th century the land is first mentioned as Ukraine. Russia does not exist – EMPR: Russia – Ukraine war news, latest Ukraine updates
— Read on empr.media/culture/history/first-mentioned-ukraine-russia-not-exists/

The quantity and activity of Kremlin-linked Twitter accounts has surged dramatically since September 2021, according to a report.
— Read on english.nv.ua/nation/russian-troll-farm-activity-up-by-3-000-since-late-2021-research-finds-50212317.html

On January 17, Ilya Dabradzey, a student of Pinsk teacher training college, was detained in Savetski district court of Minsk, the human rights centre Viasna reports.
— Read on belsat.eu/en/news/31-01-2022-picketing-young-man-gets-10-days-in-jail-for-having-white-red-white-strips-on-backpack/