The EUvsDisinfo website, created by the European Union to combat Russian propaganda, has published a ranking of the most awkward failures of pro-Kremlin sources of information in 2020.
Polite poisoner
The Navalny case is “a big embarrassment for the Russian state,” the newspaper writes. Speech, in particular, about the call of the oppositionist to one of his alleged poisoners. The creators of the rating note that the FSB officer ignored all possible security measures and “politely tried to please the fake boss”, confessing to the crime.
Dastardly vaccine
The EU vs Disinfo project has identified over 700 cases of misinformation about the coronavirus since January 2020. They say that the pro-Kremlin media played along with the “anti-vaccinationists” and conspiracy theorists, criticizing Western vaccines in order to further conduct a marketing campaign in support of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.
Director faking fakes
Russian Oscar winner Nikita Mikhalkov wanted to demonstrate that images of mass demonstrations against Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus were forged. As evidence of the forgery, he showed a fake photo on his TV show.
Strange wiretapping
Alexander Lukashenko circulated a grossly falsified recording of the interception of a conversation allegedly between representatives of the German and Polish special services, who were allegedly planning a regime change in Belarus and complained that Lukashenko was a “tough nut to crack.”
Imaginary images
Vladimir Soloviev is one of the leading Russian experts in the dissemination of disinformation. In the TV show, he showed footage of alleged military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh, but in fact – from the video game Arma3. The game, released seven years ago, should really be a great success in the Kremlin, as it was already used in 2018 by the Russian Defense Ministry to show footage from Syria, the newspaper writes.
Sensational semiotics
Armenian pro-Kremlin media found “evidence” of the involvement of “Illuminati” in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in the video of Lady Gaga. This approach is also used by the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, which annually seeks out “evidence” of a conspiracy on the cover of The Economist.
Duma garbage
Several members of the illegitimate Russian parliament “valiantly followed the paradigm of bullshit.” They announced “Danish brothels for zoophiles” and “US attacks against Russia with climate weapons.”
Close Zoom
In November 2020, the St. Petersburg police searched and closed the cafe for violating sanitary rules. The owner of the establishment, Café Zoom, is convinced that the authorities really wanted to end the LGBTI festival being held online on Zoom’s video conferencing platform.
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