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Quand Moscou tente de redéfinir l’ordre mondial

20 février 2025

Après de premiers échanges avec les États-Unis, les dirigeants russes essaient de faire progresser, dans un cadre bilatéral, leurs revendications bien établies sur l’Ukraine. Nous analysons les stratégies de négociation et les tactiques utilisées par la Russie. Les événements de ces derniers jours montrent comment les dirigeants autocratiques profitent de leur position pour élaborer un nouveau discours et soigner leur image tant au niveau national qu’international. Un contrôle important sur l’espace informationnel, rendu possible par la répression brutale des médias indépendants, et la diffusion massive de narratifs soigneusement sélectionnés peuvent avoir un effet persuasif.

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Le réseau mondial de propagande du Kremlin

15 février 2024

De plus en plus de rapports dénoncent les activités de l’écosystème mondial de désinformation du Kremlin, qui n’hésite pas à mettre des vies humaines en danger pour de mesquins jeux de pouvoir. Les experts de l’agence française VIGINUM, également connus pour leurs précédents travaux sur le réseau «Reliable recent News» ou «Doppelgänger», ont révélé dans leur dernier rapport l’existence d’un réseau de désinformation pro-Kremlin qu’ils ont surnommé «Portal Kombat». Le réseau ainsi identifié est composé de «portails d’information» qui diffusent des informations pro-Kremlin sur l’invasion à grande échelle de l’Ukraine par la Russie. Il dénigre aussi le gouvernement ukrainien afin d’influencer l’opinion publique, notamment en France. D’après le rapport VIGINUM, le réseau géré par le Kremlin est constitué d’au moins 193 sites Web qui, au départ, s’adressaient au public russe et ukrainien. Par la suite, ces sites se sont réorientés pour cibler les pays occidentaux au lendemain de l’invasion à grande échelle de l’Ukraine par la Russie.

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Peur, haine et ignorance: quand la désinformation du Kremlin s’attaque à la communauté LGBTIQ+

23 octobre 2023

Le Kremlin a de nombreuses étiquettes pour désigner ses ennemis réels et inventés. Il traite certains d’entre eux de nazis. Il en qualifie d’autres de sombres «élites mondiales». Parfois, il s’en prend aux bureaucrates de Bruxelles. Souvent, les experts de la désinformation pro-Kremlin frappent en dessous de la ceinture dans le but de diaboliser leurs adversaires. Le Kremlin ne s’en cache pas. Si vous ne soutenez pas la vision qu’a Poutine pour son pays, alors vous êtes très probablement un défenseur décadent et fier de l’être de la communauté LGBTIQ+. Et LGBTIQ+ est presque toujours synonyme de dégradation morale dans la vision déformée du monde qu’a le Kremlin.

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Shrug of an Answer

19 octobre 2023

Attacks against the EU’s critical infrastructure saw the pro-Kremlin creative juices flowing, and remorseless propagandists leave no human tragedies in peace. Last week, the Finnish authorities reported that Balticconnector, a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia(, was ruptured, likely because of an ‘external activity.’( Related to this incident, in addition to factual reporting, the pro-Kremlin ecosystem started circulating a number of narratives resembling those utilised earlier in relation to the explosions of the Nord Stream pipelines. Hamas’ attack against Israel continues to stir interest in pro-Kremlin disinformation circles, as the disinformers attempt to capitalise on human suffering by attaching their false narratives to the tragic events unfolding.

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The Sound and the Fury of the Kremlin’s Deception

12 octobre 2023

On Saturday 7 October, Hamas launched multiple and indiscriminate attacks against Israel. After this deadly incursion of Hamas, top-ranking Kremlin officials went on an information offensive and tried to pin fault for the escalation on the West. While the EU and many countries across the world immediately condemned the terrorist incursions. Russia’s official statement was ambiguous. Worse still, several top-ranking Kremlin officials went on an information manipulation offensive and tried to pin fault for the escalation on the West. In addition, pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets did not hesitate to cynically use these horrid assaults to draw a false parallel between Hamas and Ukraine.

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Selling Distortions and fabrications Instead of a Sunset

5 octobre 2023

Pro-Kremlin information manipulators push distorted versions of reality and attempt to capitalise on momentum with fabrications. This week’s Disinfo Review takes yet another deep dive into the distorted world of the pro-Kremlin information manipulation ecosystem. We explore not only how Russian propagandists sought to capitalize on the controversy surrounding Yaroslav Hunka, where the Canadian parliament unknowingly applauded a former Waffen SS soldier, but also delve into the Kremlin’s longstanding tactics of distorting and misrepresen-ting factual reporting. Facts will not get in the way of pro-Kremlin propaganda.

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Russian Information Manipulation Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa

2 octobre 2023

While Russia asserts that it is uniquely positioned to provide security to African nations in need, the reality paints a starkly different picture. Over the past five years, Russia has cultivated a disinformation eco-system, where fabricated and unverified information often eclipses factual reporting and independent journalism in a number of African countries. Beyond the realm of using information manipulation against the West, this insidious activity undermines trust in democratic institutions and raises significant security concerns for local populations. The motivations behind Russia’s use of FIMI targeting African countries are multi-layered.

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Shaping and Manipulating the Information Space

30 septembre 2023

n the UN, Lavrov tried to talk about anything other than Moscow’s role in its war against Ukraine while Moscow tried to blame US and European leaders for the events in Nagorno-Karabakh. Speaking to a half-empty hall, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made another attempt during the UN General Assembly in New York to derail the international focus by avoiding any mention of the obvious: Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Instead, Lavrov spent most of his time blaming the West for everything from creating an unjust world to waging a hybrid war on Russia. Simply exchange the words ‘West’, ‘US’, or ‘Ukraine’ with ‘Russia’, and vice versa. The result will give a more sober reflection of realities!

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The Kremlin’s Twisted Tale of Peace

27 septembre 2023

Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets claim Russia wants peace, even as it continues to wage its brutal war against Ukraine. Blaming the West and falsely claiming the world is on Russia’s side reveal the Kremlin’s efforts to manipulate the peace narrative. In fact says EUvsDiSiNFO, we have seen this manipulative tactic to reverse the roles of the victim and the aggressor in other pro-Kremlin disinfor-mation cases. This time, the Kremlin deploys it to deny Ukraine’s legitimacy as the victim of aggression and dismiss its striving for peace. If the Kremlin were really interested in peace, it should be willing at least to engage in negotiations with Ukraine, the country that it has invaded repeatedly since 2014.

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The Kremlin’s Disinformation Love Song to North Korea

21 septembre 2023

According to the Kremlin’s disinformation mouth-pieces, the big show in town this week, quite literally, was the visit of North Korean Supreme Leader (read: dictator) Kim Jong-Un to Russia. It was a welcome distraction from the 3-day-‘special military operation’ – turned-into-endless-existential-war for most pro-Kremlin outlets. As such, it enjoyed broad and detailed, if heavily disinformation-laden, coverage. Kremlin disinformation pundits balance between praising the relationship with the DPRK and appearing to be too needy of North Korean help, as Kim Jong-Un’s visit provided a welcome distraction from the Ukrainian counteroffensive and economic troubles in Russia.

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