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class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/central-african-republic/ aria-label="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/chad/ aria-label="Chad">Chad</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/chile/ aria-label="Chile">Chile</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/china/ aria-label="China">China</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/colombia/ aria-label="Colombia">Colombia</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/comoros/ aria-label="Comoros">Comoros</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/cook-islands/ aria-label="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/costa-rica/ aria-label="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/croatia/ aria-label="Croatia">Croatia</a><a 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href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/dominica/ aria-label="Dominica">Dominica</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/dominican-republic/ aria-label="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a><span data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries_letter_top disabled-result nav__countries_letter nav__countries_e nav__countries-index">E</span><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/ecuador/ aria-label="Ecuador">Ecuador</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/egypt/ aria-label="Egypt">Egypt</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/el-salvador/ aria-label="El Salvador">El Salvador</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/equatorial-guinea/ aria-label="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/eritrea/ aria-label="Eritrea">Eritrea</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/estonia/ aria-label="Estonia">Estonia</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/eswatini/ aria-label="Eswatini">Eswatini</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/ethiopia/ aria-label="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a><span data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries_letter_top disabled-result nav__countries_letter nav__countries_f nav__countries-index">F</span><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/fiji/ aria-label="Fiji">Fiji</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/finland/ aria-label="Finland">Finland</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/france/ aria-label="France">France</a><span data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries_letter_top disabled-result nav__countries_letter nav__countries_g nav__countries-index">G</span><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/gabon/ aria-label="Gabon">Gabon</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/gambia/ aria-label="Gambia, The">Gambia, The</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/georgia/ aria-label="Georgia">Georgia</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/germany/ aria-label="Germany">Germany</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/ghana/ aria-label="Ghana">Ghana</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/greece/ aria-label="Greece">Greece</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/grenada/ aria-label="Grenada">Grenada</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/guatemala/ aria-label="Guatemala">Guatemala</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/guinea/ aria-label="Guinea">Guinea</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/guinea-bissau/ aria-label="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/guyana/ aria-label="Guyana">Guyana</a><span data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries_letter_top disabled-result nav__countries_letter nav__countries_h nav__countries-index">H</span><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/haiti/ aria-label="Haiti">Haiti</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/holy-see/ aria-label="Holy See">Holy See</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/honduras/ aria-label="Honduras">Honduras</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/hungary/ aria-label="Hungary">Hungary</a><span data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries_letter_top disabled-result nav__countries_letter nav__countries_i nav__countries-index">I</span><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/iceland/ aria-label="Iceland">Iceland</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/india/ aria-label="India">India</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/indonesia/ aria-label="Indonesia">Indonesia</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/iran/ aria-label="Iran">Iran</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/iraq/ aria-label="Iraq">Iraq</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/ireland/ aria-label="Ireland">Ireland</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/israel/ aria-label="Israel">Israel</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/italy/ aria-label="Italy">Italy</a><span data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries_letter_top disabled-result nav__countries_letter nav__countries_j nav__countries-index">J</span><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/jamaica/ aria-label="Jamaica">Jamaica</a><a class="noindent" href=https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/japan/ aria-label="Japan">Japan</a><a 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</div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:25%"><div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-state-gray-color has-text-color"><em>Last updated: February 8, 2024</em></p> </div></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column has-state-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:70%"> <div class="wp-block-group has-state-white-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <figure class="wp-block-pullquote"><blockquote><p>“There is truth and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit. And each of us has a duty and responsibility, as citizens, as Americans, and especially as leaders – leaders who have pledged to honor our Constitution and protect our nation — to defend the truth and to defeat the lies.”</p><cite>Joseph R. Biden, Jr.<br><strong>President of the United States</strong></cite></blockquote></figure> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Disinformation is one of the Kremlin’s most important and far-reaching weapons.  Russia has operationalized the concept of perpetual adversarial competition in the information environment by encouraging the development of a disinformation and propaganda ecosystem.  This ecosystem creates and spreads false narratives to strategically advance the Kremlin’s policy goals.  There is no subject off-limits to this firehose of falsehoods.  Everything from human rights and environmental policy to assassinations and civilian-killing bombing campaigns are fair targets in Russia’s malign playbook.</p> </div> <div style="height:18px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Truth disarms Russia’s disinformation weapons.  The Kremlin creates and spreads disinformation in an attempt to confuse and overwhelm people about Russia’s real actions in Ukraine, Georgia, and elsewhere in Europe.  Because the truth is not in the Kremlin’s favor, Russia’s intelligence services create, task, and influence websites that pretend to be news outlets to spread lies and sow discord.  Disinformation is a quick and fairly cheap way to destabilize societies and set the stage for potential military action.  Despite having been exposed for engaging in these malign activities countless times, Russia continues to work counter to international norms and global stability.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:25%"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-state-dark-gray-color has-text-color" style="font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:4px;text-transform:uppercase">Menu</h2> <div class="wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-small-font-size is-style-outline--f05febf898fb3024214bfa312b54a539"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-state-white-color has-state-link-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button" href="#new-releases" style="border-radius:0px">New Releases</a></div> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-small-font-size is-style-outline--fe1d2fc54d5ae62844c083d5f3a74d3c"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-state-white-color has-state-link-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button" href="#reports" style="border-radius:0px">Reports</a></div> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-small-font-size is-style-outline--26746372f3678b2a3d7551b7401b588f"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-state-white-color has-state-link-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button" href="#statements" style="border-radius:0px">Statements</a></div> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-small-font-size is-style-outline--80e5ba10ccf890f1d73cbb78ac58f33d"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-state-white-color has-state-link-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-left wp-element-button" href="#past-products" style="border-radius:0px">PAST PRODUCTS</a></div> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-small-font-size is-style-outline--d874cf9ce0651e2a956818b6c191f90e"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-state-white-color has-state-link-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button" href="#resources" style="border-radius:0px">Resources</a></div> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-small-font-size is-style-outline--3eb8be383ad0bd44a7c07cb26afb20fb"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-state-white-color has-state-link-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-left wp-element-button" href="#counter-disinformation-dispatches" style="border-radius:0px">Counter Disinformation Dispatches</a></div> </div> <div style="height:1px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-state-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-state-white-color has-state-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background" id="new-releases">New Releases</h2> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p></p> </div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">june 13, 2024</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="external-link" href="https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-exposing-russias-subversive-activity-and-electoral-interference-targeting-moldova/">Joint Statement Exposing Russia’s Subversive Activity and Electoral Interference Targeting Moldova</a> <span class="icon-external" title="external link icon" role="img" aria-label="external link icon"></span></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Canada, and the United Kingdom on Russia’s subversive activity and electoral interference targeting Moldova.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">june 7, 2024</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="external-link" href="https://www.state.gov/russia-spreads-disinformation-to-cover-up-its-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-ukraine/">Russia Spreads Disinformation to Cover Up Its Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>To conceal and divert attention from its violations, the Kremlin routinely spreads unfounded and debunked allegations accusing the United States and Ukraine of using chemical and biological weapons activities in Ukraine. It is, in fact, the Russian Federation that has an active chemical weapons program and is in violation of its international obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The United States determined Russia used the chemical weapon chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and riot control agents (RCA) as a method of warfare in violation of the CWC. Russia’s use of chloropicrin in Ukraine marks the first time since World War One that this agent is being deployed on the battlefield. By spreading disinformation through media and from international platforms, Russia attempts to create confusion and obfuscate facts to sow enough doubt to undermine the unity and effectiveness of an international response to Russia’s own chemical weapons use.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This report is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/rusia-disemina-desinformacion-para-encubrir-su-uso-de-armas-quimicas-en-ucrania" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Español</a> | <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B6%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7/">Arabic</a> | <a href="https://www.state.gov/%E4%BF%84%E7%BD%97%E6%96%AF%E6%95%A3%E5%B8%83%E8%99%9A%E5%81%87%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%E6%8E%A9%E7%9B%96%E5%85%B6%E5%9C%A8%E4%B9%8C%E5%85%8B%E5%85%B0%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E5%8C%96%E5%AD%A6%E6%AD%A6%E5%99%A8/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chinese</a> | <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Russian</a> | <a href="https://www.state.gov/la-russie-propage-de-la-desinformation-pour-dissimuler-son-utilisation-darmes-chimiques-en-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">French</a> | <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%94-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8E-%D1%89%D0%BE%D0%B1-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ukrainian</a> | <a href="https://www.state.gov/russia-espalha-desinformacao-para-encobrir-o-uso-de-armas-quimicas-na-ucrania/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Portuguese</a> | <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B4-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Persian</a></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">February 12, 2024</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="external-link" href="https://www.state.gov/the-kremlins-efforts-to-spread-deadly-disinformation-in-africa-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Kremlin’s Efforts to Spread Deadly Disinformation in Africa <span class="icon-external" title="external link icon" role="img" aria-label="external link icon"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center is exposing Russia’s intelligence services for providing material support and guidance to “African Initiative,” a new information agency focused on Africa-Russia relations that has spread disinformation regarding the United States and European countries.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">February 8, 2024</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/the-wagner-groups-atrocities-in-africa-lies-and-truth/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Wagner Group’s Atrocities in Africa: Lies and Truth </a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The death of Wagner Group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin on August 23, 2023, provides an opportunity to review some of the most egregious ways in which the Russian government has lied about the role, purposes, and so-called successes of the Wagner Group. This bulletin analyzes and counters the false claims Russia continues to spread about the Wagner Group’s activities in Africa and reveals them for what they are – criminals motivated by greed rather than an effective counterterrorism force.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This report is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/les-atrocites-commises-par-le-groupe-wagner-en-afrique-mensonges-et-verite/">French</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">January 25, 2024</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/more-than-a-century-of-antisemitism-how-successive-occupants-of-the-kremlin-have-used-antisemitism/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">GEC Special Report—More than a Century of Antisemitism: How Successive Occupants of the Kremlin Have Used Antisemitism to Spread Disinformation and Propaganda</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>In this two-part report, the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) documents how successive occupants of the Kremlin have exploited antisemitism for disinformation and propaganda purposes.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This report is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d8%a3%d9%83%d8%ab%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d8%b1%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%af/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%e4%b8%80%e4%b8%aa%e5%a4%9a%e4%b8%96%e7%ba%aa%e4%bb%a5%e6%9d%a5%e7%9a%84%e5%8f%8d%e7%8a%b9%e5%a4%aa%e4%b8%bb%e4%b9%89%ef%bc%9a%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e5%8e%86%e5%b1%8a%e6%8e%8c/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/plus-dun-siecle-dantisemitisme-comment-les-occupants-successifs-du-kremlin-ont-utilise-lantisemitisme-pour-propager-de-la-desinformation-et-de-la-propagande/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d8%a8%db%8c%d8%b4-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%db%8c%da%a9-%d9%82%d8%b1%d9%86-%db%8c%d9%87%d9%88%d8%af%d8%b3%d8%aa%db%8c%d8%b2%db%8c-%da%86%da%af%d9%88%d9%86%d9%87-%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a6%d9%88%d9%84%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/mais-de-um-seculo-de-antissemitismo-como-os-sucessivos-ocupantes-do-kremlin-tem-usado-o-antissemitismo-para-espalhar-desinformacao-e-propaganda/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2%D1%88/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/mas-de-un-siglo-de-antisemitismo-maneras-en-que-los-sucesivos-ocupantes-del-kremlin-han-utilizado-el-antisemitismo-para-diseminar-desinformacion-y-propaganda/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8F-%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D1%83-%D1%8F%D0%BA-%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3/">Ukrainian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%db%8c%db%81%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%af%d8%b4%d9%85%d9%86%db%8c-%da%a9%db%8c-%d8%a7%db%8c%da%a9-%d8%b3%db%92-%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%af-%d8%b5%d8%af%db%8c-%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%85%d9%84%d9%86-%da%a9%db%92/">Urdu</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">novemeber 07, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/the-kremlins-efforts-to-covertly-spread-disinformation-in-latin-america/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">october 19, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/gec-special-report-exporting-pro-kremlin-disinformation-the-case-of-nova-resistencia-in-brazil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GEC Special Report—Exporting Pro-Kremlin Disinformation: The Case of Nova Resistência in Brazil</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The Kremlin uses both open and hidden networks to manipulate information and spread anti-democratic, authoritarian ideologies around the world. This report focuses on Nova Resistência, a neo-fascist, pro-authoritarian group in Brazil with close ties to U.S.-sanctioned fascist Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. Nova Resistência, its “sister” groups of New Resistance, and its overall network use Kremlin disinformation and propaganda to attempt to destabilize democracies, engage in support for revanchist military activity through quasi-paramilitary groups, and upend the rules-based international order.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The report is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/relatorio-especial-do-gec-exportando-desinformacao-em-favor-do-kremlin-o-caso-da-nova-resistencia-no-brasil/">Portuguese</a> and <a href="https://www.state.gov/informe-especial-del-centro-del-departamento-de-estado-de-ee-uu-para-la-participacion-global-gec-exportar-la-desinformacion-favorable-al-kremlinel-caso-de-nova-resistencia-en-b/">Spanish</a></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 24, 2023</span></span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" a="" href="https://www.state.gov/the-kremlins-war-against-ukraines-children/">The Kremlin’s War Against Ukraine’s Children</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The Kremlin appears determined to erase Ukraine’s existence as a state by attempting to rob it of its future. To deflect responsibility, Russia disseminates disinformation and propaganda attempting to distort its abuses as “humanitarian” gestures. Russia also conducts disinformation and propaganda-filled activities aimed at brainwashing children in Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine or children from Ukraine it deports to Russia into believing that the Kremlin is saving them from a “Nazi regime in Kyiv.” Accountability is imperative.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B6%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e5%af%b9%e4%b9%8c%e5%85%8b%e5%85%b0%e5%84%bf%e7%ab%a5%e5%8f%91%e5%8a%a8%e7%9a%84%e6%88%98%e4%ba%89/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/la-guerre-du-kremlin-contre-les-enfants-de-lukraine/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a8-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%9a%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9a%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%96%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%be/">Hindi</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d8%ac%d9%86%da%af-%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%84%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c%d9%87-%da%a9%d9%88%d8%af%da%a9%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%88%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c%d9%86/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/la-guerra-del-kremlin-contra-los-ninos-de-ucrania/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85-%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9/">Ukrainian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%85%d9%84%d9%86-%da%a9%db%8c-%db%8c%d9%88%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%86-%da%a9%db%92-%d8%a8%da%86%d9%88%da%ba-%da%a9%db%92-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%81-%d8%ac%d9%86%da%af/">Urdu</a>. </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 17, 2023</span></span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" a="" href="https://www.state.gov/russias-war-on-ukraines-grain-and-global-food-supply-in-five-myths/">Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Grain and Global Food Supply, in Five Myths</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>In the aftermath of Moscow’s July 2023 withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Kremlin continues to distort data, deny facts, and manipulate math attempting to perpetuate five false myths. Russia’s disinformation myths cannot hide the hard truths that (1) sanctions did not apply to Russia’s grain, (2) Ukraine’s grain is critical to getting adequate food to low-income countries, (3) Russia cannot replace Ukraine’s grain supply, (4) the Kremlin is on track to destroy more grain than it has offered to donate, and (5) every day more Russian missiles and drones intentionally target the vital pipeline that provides Ukraine’s grain to the rest of the world and keeps food prices stable.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3-%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%B6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%83/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/俄罗斯赖以破坏乌克兰谷物和全球粮食供应的五个/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/la-guerre-de-la-russie-contre-les-cereales-ukrainiennes-et-lapprovisionnement-alimentaire-mondial-en-cinq-mythes/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a8-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9c-%e0%a4%94%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%bf/">Hindi</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/a-guerra-da-russia-contra-os-graos-da-ucrania-e-a-cadeia-de-abastecimento-global-em-cinco-falacias/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b8-%d1%81-%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d0%b7%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%bc-%d0%b8-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/cinco-mitos-sobre-la-guerra-de-rusia-contra-el-grano-de-ucrania-y-el-abastecimiento-mundial-de-alimentos/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/bes-soylencede-rusyanin-ukrayna-tahilina-ve-kuresel-gida-arzina-karsi-yuruttugu-savas/">Turkish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d0%b2%d1%96%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%96%d1%97-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b7%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%97%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d1%82%d0%b0-%d1%81%d0%b2%d1%96/">Ukrainian</a> and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%db%8c%d9%88%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%86-%da%a9%db%92-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%da%af%db%8c%d8%b1-%d8%ba%d8%b0%d8%a7%d8%a6%db%8c-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%84/">Urdu</a>. </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-state-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-state-white-color has-text-color" id="reports">Reports</h2> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p></p> </div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">January 25, 2024</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/gec-special-report-exporting-pro-kremlin-disinformation-the-case-of-nova-resistencia-in-brazil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GEC Special Report—</a><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/more-than-a-century-of-antisemitism-how-successive-occupants-of-the-kremlin-have-used-antisemitism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More than a Century of Antisemitism: How Successive Occupants of the Kremlin Have Used Antisemitism to Spread Disinformation and Propaganda</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>In this two-part report, the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) documents how successive occupants of the Kremlin have exploited antisemitism for disinformation and propaganda purposes. Part One details the contemporary Kremlin’s use of antisemitic disinformation in the context of its war against Ukraine and describes how Russia’s leaders and propagandists spread anti-Jewish conspiracy theories to shift blame and distort world events. Part Two provides a historical overview of how Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union used this insidious technique to further their ends.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">october 19, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/gec-special-report-exporting-pro-kremlin-disinformation-the-case-of-nova-resistencia-in-brazil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GEC Special Report—Exporting Pro-Kremlin Disinformation: The Case of Nova Resistência in Brazil</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The Kremlin uses both open and hidden networks to manipulate information and spread anti-democratic, authoritarian ideologies around the world. This report focuses on Nova Resistência, a neo-fascist, pro-authoritarian group in Brazil with close ties to U.S.-sanctioned fascist Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. Nova Resistência, its “sister” groups of New Resistance, and its overall network use Kremlin disinformation and propaganda to attempt to destabilize democracies, engage in support for revanchist military activity through quasi-paramilitary groups, and upend the rules-based international order.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The report is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/relatorio-especial-do-gec-exportando-desinformacao-em-favor-do-kremlin-o-caso-da-nova-resistencia-no-brasil/">Portuguese</a> and <a href="https://www.state.gov/informe-especial-del-centro-del-departamento-de-estado-de-ee-uu-para-la-participacion-global-gec-exportar-la-desinformacion-favorable-al-kremlinel-caso-de-nova-resistencia-en-b/">Spanish</a></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">February 23, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/disinformation-roulette-the-kremlins-year-of-lies-to-justify-an-unjustifiable-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disinformation Roulette: The Kremlin’s Year of Lies to Justify an Unjustifiable War</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Over the year of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin deployed a disinformation roulette of false narratives to deceive the world about the Kremlin’s neo-imperial intentions and attempt to justify an unjustifiable war. The Kremlin routinely changed its false claims to distract from its battlefield failures and political isolation. From NATO “encirclement” and “genocide against Donbas” to “denazification,” to “desatanization,” and “defending Russia’s sovereignty,” these false rhetorical contortions serve one goal — to mask Russia’s apparent effort to erase the sovereign, independent state of Ukraine from the map and subjugate its people.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">May 11, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-Kremlins-Chemical-Weapons-Disinformation-Campaigns_edit.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Kremlin’s Chemical Weapons Disinformation Campaigns <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[1 MB]</span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The Kremlin’s spreading of unfounded and debunked allegations that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and biological weapons activities in Ukraine is part of a well-established Russian disinformation tactic. The Kremlin has a long track record of accusing others of the very violations they commit.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">January 20, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kremlin-Funded-Media_January_update-19.pdf">Kremlin-Funded Media: RT and Sputnik’s Role in Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Russian state-owned and state-directed media, such as RT and Sputnik play a crucial role in how Russia uses disinformation to advance its foreign policy.  These state-funded, and state-directed outlets disseminate Russian narratives to foreign audiences, and regularly amplify content from the other pillars of Russia’s disinformation ecosystem, including websites associated with Russia’s intelligence services. The State Department’s Global Engagement Center’s “Kremlin-Funded Media: RT and Sputnik’s Role in Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem” report exposes Kremlin-controlled organizations that masquerade as independent media.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The report is also available in <a class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kremlin-Funded-Media_Arabic.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arabic <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[3 MB]</span></a>, <a class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kremlin-Funded-Media_Chinese.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[3 MB]</span></a>, <strong><a aria-label="Les médias financés par le Kremlin : le rôle de RT et de Sputnik dans l’écosystème de désinformation et de propagande de la Russie" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kremlin-Funded-Media_French_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">French <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[4 MB]</span></a>, </strong><a class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DE_Kremlin-Funded-Media_January_update-19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">German <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[1 MB]</span></a> <strong><a class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Kremlin-Funded-Media_Persian.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Persian <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[3 MB]</span></a>, <a aria-label="Mídia financiada pelo Kremlin: o papel da RT e da Sputnik no ecossistema de desinformação e propaganda da Rússia" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kremlin-Funded-Media_Portuguese_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Portuguese <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[4 MB]</span></a>, </strong><a aria-label="Финансируемые Кремлем СМИ: роль RT и Sputnik в экосистеме российской дезинформации и пропаганды" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kremlin-Funded-Media_Russian_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Russian</strong> <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[3 MB]</span></a>, <a class="pdf" aria-label="Medios financiados por el Kremlin: El papel de RT y Sputnik en el ecosistema de desinformación y propaganda de Rusia" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kremlin-Funded-Media_Spanish_March-07_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Spanish</strong> <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[3 MB]</span></a>, and <a class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Kremlin-Funded-Media_Urdu.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Urdu <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[3 MB]</span></a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pillars-of-Russia%E2%80%99s-Disinformation-and-Propaganda-Ecosystem_08-04-20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The State Department’s Global Engagement Center released the “Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem” report in August 2020. The report outlines the five pillars of Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem and how these pillars work together to create a media multiplier effect. In particular, it details how the tactics of one pillar, proxy sources, interact with one another to elevate malicious content and create an illusion of credibility. The report is also available in <a aria-label="Les piliers de l’écosystème de désinformation et de propagande de la Russie" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LS-2020-0111499-PILLARS-OF-RUSSIA-DISINFORMATION-FRE.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">French <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[7 MB]</span></a>, <a aria-label="Pilares del Ecosistema de Desinformación y Propaganda de Rusia" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pilares-del-Ecosistema-de-Desinformacioi%CC%80n-y-Propaganda-de-Rusia.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spanish <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a>, <a aria-label="Pilares do Ecossistema de Desinformação e Propaganda da Rússia" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pillars-of-Russias-Disinformation-and-Propaganda-Ecosystem_Port_High.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Portuguese <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a>, <a aria-label="Основные элементы экосистемы российской дезинформации и пропаганды" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/LS-2020-0111499-PILLARS-OF-RUSSIA-DISINFORMATION-RUS.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russian <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a> and <a aria-label="تقرير خاص ملركز املشاركة العاملية: أغسطس/آب 2020 ركائز النظام البيئي الرويس للتضليل والدعاية" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/LS-2020-0111499-PILLARS-OF-RUSSIA-DISINFORMATION-ARA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arabic <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a>. </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-state-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-state-white-color has-state-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background" id="statements">Statements</h2> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p></p> </div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">June 28, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="external-link" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/28/fact-sheet-president-biden-and-g7-leaders-announce-further-efforts-to-counter-putins-attack-on-food-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FACT SHEET: President Biden and G7 Leaders Announce Further Efforts to Counter Putin’s Attack on Food Security<span class="icon-external"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">June 9, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="external-link" href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3057517/fact-sheet-on-wmd-threat-reduction-efforts-with-ukraine-russia-and-other-former/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fact Sheet on WMD Threat Reduction Efforts with Ukraine, Russia and Other Former Soviet Union Countries<span class="icon-external"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 9, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/the-kremlins-allegations-of-chemical-and-biological-weapons-laboratories-in-ukraine/">The Kremlin’s Allegations of Chemical and Biological Weapons Laboratories in Ukraine</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 5, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="external-link" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/05/statement-by-nsc-spokesperson-emily-horne-on-russian-disinformation-and-efforts-to-undermine-free-press/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on Russian Disinformation and Efforts to Undermine Free Press<span class="icon-external"></span></a></span></p> </div></div> </div> <div class="state-expandable-text-block align-wide state-expandable"> <div class="state-expandable-text-preview has-inner-blocks"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-state-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-state-white-color has-state-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background" id="past-products">Past Products</h2> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p></p> </div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">may 23, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/russia-must-stop-its-attacks-on-food-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia Must Stop Its Attacks on Food Security</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The Kremlin weaponizes hunger and disseminates disinformation, attempting to deceive the international community about the causes of the food crisis and to undermine the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), which has been critical in alleviating the devastating consequences of Putin’s illegal war against Ukraine. The Kremlin lies to hide its use of blackmail to make even more money off the war it started at the expense of the planet’s most vulnerable populations.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in: <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%E4%BF%84%E7%BD%97%E6%96%AF%E5%BF%85%E9%A1%BB%E5%81%9C%E6%AD%A2%E5%AF%B9%E7%B2%AE%E9%A3%9F%E5%AE%89%E5%85%A8%E7%9A%84%E6%94%BB%E5%87%BB/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/la-russie-doit-cesser-ses-attaques-contre-la-securite-alimentaire/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%87-%d8%a8%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%ad%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%86%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%ba%d8%b0%d8%a7%db%8c%db%8c-%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d9%85/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/russia-deve-parar-seus-ataques-a-seguranca-alimentar/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%BF%D1%80/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/rusia-debe-detener-sus-ataques-a-la-seguridad-alimentaria/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%94-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB/">Ukranian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3-%DA%A9%D9%88-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86%DB%92-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88%DA%BA-%DA%A9%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF/">Urdu</a>. </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">April 24, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/faces-of-kremlin-propaganda-maria-zakharova/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Faces of Kremlin Propaganda: Maria Zakharova </a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>A loyal Kremlin messenger and among the most enthusiastic purveyors of Russia’s disinformation and propaganda, Maria Zakharova has served as the Russian Foreign Ministry (MFA)’s spokesperson since 2015. In the lead-up to Russia’s <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/disinformation-roulette-the-kremlins-year-of-lies-to-justify-an-unjustifiable-war/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">unprovoked</a>, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Zakharova spared no effort to deny that Russia had any plans for war, and repeatedly <a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220511031306/https:/interaffairs.ru/news/show/33796" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused<span class="icon-external"></span></a> Western media of disinformation when they reported otherwise.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in: <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%81%d8%a7/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e7%9a%84%e5%ae%a3%e4%bc%a0%e9%9d%a2%e5%ad%94%ef%bc%9a%e7%8e%9b%e4%b8%bd%e4%ba%9a%c2%b7%e6%89%8e%e5%93%88%e7%bd%97%e5%a8%83/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/les-visages-de-la-propagande-du-kremlin-maria-zakharova/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%da%86%d9%87%d8%b1%d9%87-%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%aa%d8%a8%d9%84%db%8c%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%aa-%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%84%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%a7-%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%88/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/rostos-da-propaganda-do-kremlin-maria-zakharova/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8/%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B7%D0%B0/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/rostros-de-la-propaganda-del-kremlin-maria-zakharova/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%87%D1%8F-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80/">Ukrainian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%85%d9%84%d9%86-%da%a9%db%92-%d9%be%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%be%db%8c%da%af%d9%86%da%88%db%92-%da%a9%db%92-%da%86%db%81%d8%b1%db%92-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%a7-%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%a7/">Urdu</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 27, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/gendered-disinformation-tactics-themes-and-trends-by-foreign-malign-actors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gendered Disinformation: Tactics, Themes, and Trends by Foreign Malign Actors</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><a class="external-link" href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/malign-creativity-how-gender-sex-and-lies-are-weaponized-against-women-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gendered disinformation <span class="icon-external"></span></a> is a subset of misogynistic abuse and violence against women that uses false or misleading gender and sex-based narratives, often with some degree of coordination, to deter women from participating in the public sphere. Both foreign state and non-state actors strategically use gendered disinformation to silence women, discourage online political discourse, and shape perceptions toward gender and the role of women in democracies. In a groundbreaking study, Canada, the European External Action Service (EEAS), Germany, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States jointly assessed the tactics used by these actors to sow gendered and other identity-based disinformation across the world. Key findings from this report are detailed below.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%88%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b6%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b9-%d8%a7/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%E6%80%A7%E5%88%AB%E5%8C%96%E8%99%9A%E5%81%87%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%EF%BC%9A%E5%A4%96%E6%9D%A5%E6%81%B6%E6%84%8F%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA%E8%80%85%E7%9A%84%E6%89%8B%E6%AE%B5%E3%80%81%E5%AE%A3%E4%BC%A0%E4%B8%BB/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/desinformation-genree-tactiques-themes-et-tendances-des-acteurs-malveillants-etrangers/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D9%BE%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/desinformacao-de-genero-taticas-temas-e-tendencias-de-atores-estrangeiros-malignos/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/desinformacion-de-genero-tacticas-temas-y-tendencias-por-parte-de-actores-malignos-extranjeros/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D2%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F-%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8/">Ukrainian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%81-%D8%B3%DB%92-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%B7-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%84%DA%A9/">Urdu</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class='state-expandable-text-expanded has-inner-blocks' style='display: none;' aria-hidden="true"> <div class='jquery-jump-fix'></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 14, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/the-kremlins-never-ending-attempt-to-spread-disinformation-about-biological-weapons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Kremlin’s Never-Ending Attempt to Spread Disinformation about Biological Weapons</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Since the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem has increased the volume and intensity of its disinformation about biological weapons in an unsuccessful attempt to deflect attention from its invasion of Ukraine, to diminish international support for Ukraine, and to justify its unjustifiable war. Moscow continues to push false information about biological weapons, without providing any credible evidence.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%84%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%87%d9%8a-%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%88%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%b6%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%84%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%a9">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e4%b8%8d%e6%96%ad%e6%95%a3%e5%b8%83%e6%9c%89%e5%85%b3%e7%94%9f%e7%89%a9%e6%ad%a6%e5%99%a8%e7%9a%84%e8%99%9a%e5%81%87%e4%bf%a1%e6%81%af">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/les-inlassables-tentatives-de-desinformation-du-kremlin-sur-les-armes-biologiques/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d8%aa%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b4-%d8%a8%db%8c-%d9%be%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86-%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%84%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%b3%d8%aa-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%88%d9%84%d9%88%da%98%db%8c%da%a9%db%8c">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/a-tentativa-interminavel-do-kremlin-de-espalhar-desinformacao-sobre-armas-biologicas/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b6%d0%b0%d1%8e%d1%89%d0%b0%d1%8f%d1%81%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bf%d1%8b%d1%82%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bf%d1%80/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/el-intento-sin-fin-del-kremlin-de-diseminar-desinformacion-sobre-las-armas-biologicas/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96-%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%B4/">Ukrainian</a> and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%85%d9%84%d9%86-%da%a9%db%8c-%d8%ad%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%aa%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%aa%db%8c-%db%81%d8%aa%da%be%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%da%ba-%da%a9%db%92-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%db%92-%d9%85%db%8c%da%ba-%d8%ba%d9%84%d8%b7-%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%88%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%be%da%be%db%8c%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%db%92-%da%a9%db%8c-%da%a9%d8%a8%da%be%db%8c-%d9%86%db%81-%d8%ae%d8%aa%d9%85-%db%81%d9%88%d9%86%db%92-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%db%8c-%da%a9%d9%88%d8%b4%d8%b4?preview=true">Urdu</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">February 23, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/disinformation-roulette-the-kremlins-year-of-lies-to-justify-an-unjustifiable-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disinformation Roulette: The Kremlin’s Year of Lies to Justify an Unjustifiable War</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Over the year of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin deployed a disinformation roulette of false narratives to deceive the world about the Kremlin’s neo-imperial intentions and attempt to justify an unjustifiable war. The Kremlin routinely changed its false claims to distract from its battlefield failures and political isolation. From NATO “encirclement” and “genocide against Donbas” to “denazification,” to “desatanization,” and “defending Russia’s sovereignty,” these false rhetorical contortions serve one goal — to mask Russia’s apparent effort to erase the sovereign, independent state of Ukraine from the map and subjugate its people.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b6%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b9%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%b0%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%84%d9%84/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%e8%99%9a%e5%81%87%e4%bf%a1%e6%81%af%e8%bd%ae%e7%9b%98%e8%b5%8c%e5%8d%9a%ef%bc%9a%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e4%b8%ba%e6%97%a0%e7%90%86%e6%88%98%e4%ba%89%e8%af%a1%e8%be%a9%e7%9a%84/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/la-roulette-de-la-desinformation-un-an-de-mensonges-du-kremlin-pour-justifier-une-guerre-injustifiable/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/roleta-da-desinformacao-o-ano-das-mentiras-do-kremlin-para-justificar-uma-guerra-injustificavel/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d1%80%d1%83%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b7%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%86%d0%b8%d0%b8-%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b4-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%81%d0%ba/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/ruleta-de-desinformacion-el-ano-de-mentiras-del-kremlin-para-justificar-una-guerra-injustificable/">Spanish</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b7%d1%96%d0%bd%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%86%d1%96%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%80%d1%83%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d1%80%d1%96%d0%ba-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bb%d1%96%d0%b2/">Ukrainian</a></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">November 04, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/yevgeniy-prigozhins-africa-wide-disinformation-campaign/">Yevgeniy Priogozhin’s Africa-Wide Disinformation Campaign</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Several self-styled pan-African voices linked to sanctioned oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s network of influence in Africa are calling for greater Russian influence across the Sahel. The Prigozhin effort purports to support Pan-African ideals, such as greater brotherhood and collaboration among peoples of African descent, but in reality the effort allows for support of Wagner’s unrestrained exploitation of African resources.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%e5%8f%b6%e5%a4%ab%e6%a0%b9%e5%b0%bc-%e6%99%ae%e9%87%8c%e6%88%88%e6%b4%a5%e5%9c%a8%e9%9d%9e%e6%b4%b2%e7%9a%84%e9%80%a0%e8%b0%a3%e6%b4%bb%e5%8a%a8/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/la-campagne-de-desinformation-devgueni-prigojine-dans-toute-lafrique/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%da%a9%d9%85%d9%be%db%8c%d9%86-%db%8c%d9%88%da%af%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%be%d8%b1%db%8c%da%af%d9%88%da%98%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%be%d8%ae%d8%b4-%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%aa/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/campanha-de-desinformacao-em-toda-a-africa-por-parte-de-yevgeniy-prigozhin/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b7%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%86%d0%b8%d0%b8-%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%b3%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b3/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/campana-de-desinformacion-de-yevgeniy-prigozhin-en-toda-afric/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%96%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b7%d1%96%d0%bd%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%86%d1%96%d1%97-%d1%94%d0%b2%d0%b3%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b3%d0%be/">Ukrainian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%db%8c%d9%88%da%af%db%8c%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%be%d8%b1%db%8c%da%af%d9%88%da%98%d9%86-%da%a9%db%8c-%d9%be%d9%88%d8%b1%db%92-%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%82%db%81-%d9%85%db%8c%da%ba-%da%86%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a6/">Urdu</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 31, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/faces-of-kremlin-propaganda-margarita-simonyan/">Faces of Kremlin Propaganda: Margarita Simonyan</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Despite the many hats Margarita Simonyan wears, her main function is Vladimir Putin’s loyal propagandist.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%ba%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%a7-%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%88%d9%86/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e5%ae%a3%e4%bc%a0%e4%ba%ba%e7%89%a9%ef%bc%9a%e7%8e%9b%e6%a0%bc%e4%b8%bd%e5%a1%94%c2%b7%e8%a5%bf%e8%92%99%e5%b0%bc%e6%89%ac/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/les-figures-de-la-propagande-du-kremlin-margarita-simonyan/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/rostos-da-propaganda-do-kremlin-margarita-simonyan/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/rostros-de-la-propaganda-del-kremlin-margarita-simonyan/">Spanish</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%87%D1%8F-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80/">Ukrainian</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 30, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-the-contribution-of-cooperative-threat-reduction-partnerships-to-global-health-security/">Joint Statement on the Contribution of Cooperative Threat Reduction Partnerships to Global Health Security</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Our governments have partnered openly and transparently through the Biological Threat Reduction Program, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 24, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/russias-war-on-ukraine-six-months-of-lies-implemented/">Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The date August 24, 2022, marks the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. This year’s Independence Day carries particular significance as it coincides with six months of Russian President Putin’s full-scale war of aggression against the people of Ukraine, their sovereignty, and cultural identity.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%E4%BF%84%E7%BD%97%E6%96%AF%E5%AF%B9%E4%B9%8C%E5%85%8B%E5%85%B0%E5%8F%91%E5%8A%A8%E7%9A%84%E6%88%98%E4%BA%89%EF%BC%9A%E6%95%A3%E5%B8%83%E8%B0%8E%E8%A8%80%E5%85%AD%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88%E4%B9%8B%E4%B9%85/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/la-guerre-de-la-russie-contre-lukraine-six-mois-de-mensonges-mis-en-oeuvre/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/guerra-da-russia-contra-a-ucrania-seis-meses-de-mentiras-plantada/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%b2-%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d1%88%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%82%d1%8c-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%81/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/la-guerra-de-rusia-en-ucrania-seis-meses-de-mentiras-implementadas/">Spanish</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d0%b2%d1%96%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%96%d1%97-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b8-%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%97%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d1%88%d1%96%d1%81%d1%82%d1%8c-%d0%bc%d1%96%d1%81%d1%8f%d1%86/">Ukrainian</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 22, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/fact-vs-fiction-kremlin-disinformation-about-international-sanctions/">Fact vs. Fiction: Kremlin Disinformation About International Sanctions</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Since February 2022, the international community has imposed numerous sanctions on Russia in response to its war against Ukraine. A new study from Yale provides data directly contradicting the false narrative the Kremlin has spread about the state of Russia’s economy.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%e4%ba%8b%e5%ae%9e%e4%b8%8e%e8%b0%8e%e8%a8%80-%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e6%95%a3%e5%b8%83%e7%9a%84%e6%9c%89%e5%85%b3%e5%9b%bd%e9%99%85%e5%88%b6%e8%a3%81%e7%9a%84%e8%99%9a%e5%81%87/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/faits-et-fiction-la-desinformation-du-kremlin-sur-les-sanctions-internationales/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/fato-vs-ficcao-desinformacao-do-kremlin-sobre-sancoes-internacionais/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%84-%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/realidad-y-ficcion-desinformacion-del-kremlin-respecto-a-las-sanciones-internacionales/">Spanish</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d0%bc%d1%96%d1%84-%d1%87%d0%b8-%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d1%96%d1%81%d1%82%d1%8c-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b7%d1%96%d0%bd%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%86%d1%96%d1%8f-%d1%89%d0%be-%d1%80%d0%be/">Ukrainian</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">July 11, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/to-vilify-ukraine-the-kremlin-resorts-to-antisemitism/">To Vilify Ukraine, The Kremlin Resorts to Antisemitism</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>To serve its predatory ends, the Kremlin is exploiting the suffering and sacrifice of all those who lived through World War II and survived the Holocaust. In the process, the Kremlin is detracting from critically important global efforts to combat antisemitism and is instead propagating one of antisemitism’s most insidious forms, Holocaust distortion. With antisemitism on the rise around the world, it is imperative for all to call out this particularly pernicious kind of Russian disinformation.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A3-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AC/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%e4%b8%ba%e4%ba%86%e8%af%8b%e6%af%81%e4%b9%8c%e5%85%8b%e5%85%b0%ef%bc%8c%e5%85%8b%e9%87%8c%e5%a7%86%e6%9e%97%e5%ae%ab%e8%af%89%e8%af%b8%e5%8f%8d%e7%8a%b9%e4%b8%bb%e4%b9%89/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/pour-diffamer-lukraine-le-kremlin-recourt-a-lantisemitisme/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%84%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%af%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85-%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%af%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%88%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a8%d9%87-%db%8c%d9%87%d9%88%d8%af/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/para-difamar-a-ucrania-o-kremlin-recorre-ao-antissemitismo/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%BA-%D0%B0%D0%BD/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/para-denigrar-a-ucrania-el-kremlin-recurre-al-antisemitismo/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bb%d1%8c-%d0%b2%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%94%d1%82%d1%8c%d1%81%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bc%d1%96%d1%82%d1%81%d1%8c%d0%ba%d0%b8%d1%85-%d0%b2%d0%b8/">Ukrainian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/%db%8c%d9%88%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%86-%da%a9%d9%88-%d8%a8%d8%af%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85-%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%86%db%92-%da%a9%db%92-%d9%84%db%8c%db%92-%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%85%d9%84%d9%86-%da%a9%d8%a7-%db%8c%db%81/">Urdu</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">June 22, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/russias-disinformation-cannot-hide-its-responsibility-for-the-global-food-crisis/">Russia’s Disinformation Cannot Hide its Responsibility for the Global Food Crisis</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Russia has increased disinformation to hide its brutal war on Ukraine’s negative impact on global food security and falsely place blame on sanctions intended to stop the war – sanctions with explicit carve-outs for agricultural products. More cynically still, Russia is targeting some of the most at-risk, food insecure regions – Africa and the Middle East – to manipulate populations into believing a lie and persuade their leaders to support Russia’s agenda to end Ukraine sanctions.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This bulletin is also available in <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%88%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b6%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d9%84%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%83%d9%86-%d8%a3%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%ae/">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%E4%BF%84%E7%BD%97%E6%96%AF%E7%9A%84%E8%99%9A%E5%81%87%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E6%8E%A9%E7%9B%96%E5%AE%83%E5%AF%B9%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E7%B2%AE%E9%A3%9F%E5%8D%B1%E6%9C%BA%E5%BA%94%E8%B4%9F/">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/la-russie-ne-peut-pas-masquer-sa-responsabilite-dans-la-crise-alimentaire-mondiale-a-coup-de-desinformation/">French</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%BE%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85/">Persian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/a-desinformacao-da-russia-nao-pode-ocultar-sua-responsabilidade-pela-crise-global-de-alimentos/">Portuguese</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%b6%d0%b5%d1%82-%d1%81-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%89%d1%8c%d1%8e-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b7%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%86/">Russian</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/la-desinformacion-de-rusia-no-puede-esconder-su-responsabilidad-por-la-crisis-alimentaria-mundial/">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BF/">Ukrainian</a>, and <a href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/%DA%AF%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%81-%DA%A9%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D8%A8%D8%AD/">Urdu</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">May 23, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/wagner-group-yevgeniy-prigozhin-and-russias-disinformation-in-africa/">Wagner Group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, and Russia’s Disinformation in Africa</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Russia deploys disinformation across different continents for varied objectives, often working through tested proxies to support Kremlin foreign policy objectives indirectly, which provides a level of deniability. In some parts of Africa – including, most recently, Mali – Kremlin-linked proxies exploit instability to gain influence, particularly through disinformation and the deployment of the Wagner Group forces.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">May 6, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/vladimir-putins-historical-disinformation/">Vladimir Putin’s Historical Disinformation</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>For decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin has attempted to appropriate and exploit history to further his geopolitical aims. Owning and controlling Russia’s collective memory of World War II is one of Putin’s greatest obsessions.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">May 2, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/prc-efforts-to-amplify-the-kremlins-voice-on-ukraine/">People’s Republic of China Efforts to Amplify the Kremlin’s Voice on Ukraine</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The  People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials as well as official media routinely amplify Kremlin propaganda, conspiracy theories, and disinformation. This amplification is designed to rationalize President Putin’s unjustified and unprovoked war against Ukraine while undermining trust in the United States, democratic institutions including NATO, and independent media.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">May 2, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PRC-Timeline.pdf">PRC Amplifies Russia’s Narratives While Claiming Neutrality</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">April 21, 2022</span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://stories.state.gov/what-is-a-special-military-operation/">What is a “Special Military Operation”?</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">April 18, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/faces-of-kremlin-propaganda-dmitri-peskov/">Faces of Kremlin Propaganda: Dmitri Peskov</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Dmitri Peskov has served as Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson since 2008. In this capacity, he has played a key role in propaganda and disinformation campaigns to cover up the Kremlin’s links to <em>v</em>arious poisonings. Serving Putin has been lucrative for Peskov, and despite being a civil servant for his entire career, he and his family are now multimillionaires.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">April 8, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/russian-federation-disinformation-about-its-atrocities-in-bucha/">Russian Federation Disinformation About Its Atrocities in Bucha</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>After Ukraine’s forces liberated the town on March 31, 2022, disturbing reports emerged of civilians found lying dead in the streets, in back yards, and in mass graves. The Putin Regime’s disinformation campaign in response to the discovery of apparent killings of civilians in Bucha is notable for its speed and adaptability.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">April 7, 2022</span><br>The Kremlin continues to spread disinformation about the atrocities in Bucha and the surrounding region. Independent analysts and media outlets have already debunked the Russian Federation’s false claims. Learn more: </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-list"> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Ffact-check-what-really-happened-in-bucha%2Fav-61388310&data=04%7C01%7CHutchinsTN%40state.gov%7C9e5a55a7aeb54f5ef94e08da18caddd8%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637849556844470373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=AIHDgXPwlgAXqeoUkhmyV309cWARQKyLjiOpN%2Frcs5o%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DW</a></li> <li><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2F60981238&data=04%7C01%7CHutchinsTN%40state.gov%7C9e5a55a7aeb54f5ef94e08da18caddd8%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637849556844470373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=a%2F%2Fuq%2BN2HnUSM0OsdghezQs6vxeKr3E%2FaAao2MhplOo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BBC</a></li> <li><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedmo.eu%2F2022%2F04%2F04%2Ffact-checking-russian-disinformation-about-buchas-massacre%2F&data=04%7C01%7CHutchinsTN%40state.gov%7C9e5a55a7aeb54f5ef94e08da18caddd8%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637849556844470373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=P75rZs68CicE0fwQlCU%2BxhgE3z%2B0ots6GkDjkPwF7P0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EDMO</a></li> <li><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bellingcat.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2F04%2F04%2Frussias-bucha-facts-versus-the-evidence%2F&data=04%7C01%7CHutchinsTN%40state.gov%7C9e5a55a7aeb54f5ef94e08da18caddd8%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637849556844470373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4xAM5sUHTfklxhP5W7%2F5bkOiEwVtpwRyZ3Nol80wz4w%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bellingcat</a></li> <li><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffactcheck.afp.com%2Fdoc.afp.com.327R8KF&data=04%7C01%7CHutchinsTN%40state.gov%7C9e5a55a7aeb54f5ef94e08da18caddd8%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637849556844470373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=kFiHMan5%2FNRBJXFukQWsXiK8LxSqG3BtDHXGxfGWRPg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AFP</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">march 31, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/faces-of-kremlin-propaganda/vladimir-solovyov/">Faces of Kremlin Propaganda: Vladimir Solovyov</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 22, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://share.america.gov/real-news-site-or-russian-propaganda/">Real news site or Russian propaganda?</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 16, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://share.america.gov/how-to-tell-fact-from-fiction-online-even-in-wartime/">How to tell fact from fiction online — even in wartime</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 15, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://share.america.gov/russias-media-crackdown-hides-war-in-ukraine/">Russia’s media crackdown hides war in Ukraine</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 14, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a aria-label="March 14, 2022 Kremlin Disinformation Bulletin" style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/kremlin-disinformation-bulletin-2/">Kremlin Disinformation Bulletin</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 11, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Mar/11/2002954612/-1/-1/0/FACT-SHEET-THE-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE'S-COOPERATIVE-THREAT-REDUCTION-PROGRAM-BIOLOGICAL-THREAT-REDUCTION-PROGRAM-ACTIVITIES-IN-UKRAINE.PDF">The Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program – Biological Threat Reduction Program Activities in Ukraine</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">February 26, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a aria-label="February 26, 2022 Kremlin Disinformation Bulletin" style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/kremlin-disinformation-bulletin/">Kremlin Disinformation Bulletin</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">January 20, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/fact-vs-fiction-russian-disinformation-on-ukraine/">Fact vs. Fiction: Russian Disinformation on Ukraine</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">January 20, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://www.state.gov/russias-top-five-persistent-disinformation-narratives/">Russia’s Top Five Persistent Disinformation Narratives</a></span></p> </div> </div> <div class='jquery-jump-fix'></div> <p class="state-expandable-text-toggle"> <button aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="text-expanded-7faf1abca0" class="expand-text-button"> <span class="expand-text" style="">More Past Products</span> <span class="collapse-text" style="display: none;">Collapse Additional Content</span> <span class="state-expandable-block-chevron"></span> </button> </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> <div style="height:36px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="state-expandable-text-block align-wide state-expandable"> <div class="state-expandable-text-preview has-inner-blocks"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-state-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-state-white-color has-state-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background" id="resources">Resources</h2> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p></p> </div></div></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-state-dark-gray-color has-text-color" id="multimedia">Multimedia</h3> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">July 31, 2023</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500" class="pdf" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/International-Counter-Disinformation-Research-Agenda-508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Counter-Disinformation Research Agenda <span class="icon-pdf"></span> <span class="filesize">[1 MB]</span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left">The “International Counter-Disinformation Research Agenda” for was developed in Spring 2022 by a U.S. Department of State Global Engagement Center-led international working group of over 40 members across nine U.S. Federal Government agencies and over 10 partner nations and governmental organizations. The working group’s goal was to identify key short- to medium-term research needs, topics, and ideas related to countering disinformation to share with university and think-tank-based researchers. The aim is to inspire critical counter-disinformation-related research.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 16, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;">Video: <em>Navalny</em> Panel Discussion</span></p> </div>  <div style="display: block; position: relative; min-width: ; max-width: ;"> <div style="padding-top: 56%; "> <video-js id="6310181899112" data-video-id="6310181899112" data-account="1705665025" data-player="KSR9voLvh" data-usage="cms:WordPress:6.6.2:2.8.6:javascript" data-embed="default" class="video-js" data-application-id="" controls style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;"> </video-js> <script src="https://players.brightcove.net/1705665025/KSR9voLvh_default/index.min.js"></script> </div> </div>  <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left">On July 5, the United States, along with Canada and the Chairperson of the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons, co-hosted an event showing the award-winning documentary <em>Navalny.</em> The event highlighted the compelling evidence revealing Russia’s responsibility in the poisoning of Mr. Aleksey Navalny with a chemical weapon. A panel discussion followed the movie with film director Daniel Roher, Bellingcat’s lead Russia investigator Christo Grozev, and Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation head of investigations Maria Pevchikh. The panel highlighted the importance of international sanctions against Russia, the need to use facts to counter disinformation, and why Navalny’s case should remain in the public eye. Watch the updated full video on the U.S. Embassy The Hague’s <a class="external-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvAVIR5g6c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Youtube channel<span class="icon-external"></span></a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/disinformation_stops_with_you_infographic_set_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disinformation Stops With You Infographic Set <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left">A set of infographics that provides an overview of mis-, dis-, and malinformation and five proactive steps that individuals can take to help stop the spread of disinformation: recognize the risk, question the source, investigate the issue, think before you link, and talk to your circle.</p> </div> </div> <div class='state-expandable-text-expanded has-inner-blocks' style='display: none;' aria-hidden="true"> <div class='jquery-jump-fix'></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/foreign_interference_taxonomy_october_15.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foreign Interference Taxonomy <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left">Overview of terms used to describe different kinds of foreign influence activities for the purpose of undermining the interests of the United States and its allies.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="pdf" href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/information_manipulation_infographic_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Information Manipulation Infographic <span class="icon-pdf"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left">This resource highlights tactics used by disinformation campaigns (e.g., manipulating content service providers or defacing public websites) that seek to disrupt American life and the infrastructure that underlies it. It includes use of new and traditional media to amplify divides and foment unrest in the homeland, sometimes coordinated with illicit cyber activities.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" class="external-link" href="https://www.cisa.gov/mdm-resource-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s Mis-, Dis-, and Malinformation Resource Library<span class="icon-external"></span></a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">June 2, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;">Video: Disinformation in the Chemical Weapons Space</span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left">In November 2021, experts from Bellingcat, European Union, the New-York Times and the Global Engagement Center discussed state-sponsored disinformation in the chemical weapons space with the permanent representatives of almost 100 countries at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.</p> </div>  <div style="display: block; position: relative; min-width: 640px; max-width: 640px;"> <div style="padding-top: 56%; "> <video-js id="6307207879112" data-video-id="6307207879112" data-account="1705665025" data-player="KSR9voLvh" data-usage="cms:WordPress:6.6.2:2.8.6:javascript" data-embed="default" class="video-js" data-application-id="" controls style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;"> </video-js> <script src="https://players.brightcove.net/1705665025/KSR9voLvh_default/index.min.js"></script> </div> </div>  <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><a class="external-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcjjn9QhkTI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the full video >>><span class="icon-external"></span></a></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">May 16, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;">Deputy GEC Coordinator Karl Stoltz’s Remarks at the Stockholm Free World Forum</span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left">Deputy Coordinator Karl Stoltz delivered these remarks at the opening of the Stockholm Free World Forum Conference, on May 3, 2022. The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm co-organized this event with the Swedish  foreign and security policy-oriented think tank Stockholm Free World Forum.</p> </div>  <div style="display: block; position: relative; min-width: ; max-width: ;"> <div style="padding-top: 56%; "> <video-js id="6306266964112" data-video-id="6306266964112" data-account="1705665025" data-player="KSR9voLvh" data-usage="cms:WordPress:6.6.2:2.8.6:javascript" data-embed="default" class="video-js" data-application-id="" controls style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;"> </video-js> <script src="https://players.brightcove.net/1705665025/KSR9voLvh_default/index.min.js"></script> </div> </div>  <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 21, 2022</span></p> </div> <figure class="wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We saw this in Georgia in 2008. In eastern Ukraine in 2014. In Syria in 2018. In the UK in 2018. Now, it's happening again in Ukraine in 2022. The Kremlin has consistently made up lies to shift the blame and attempt to justify its atrocities. <a href="https://t.co/aV8ovnN6H3">pic.twitter.com/aV8ovnN6H3</a></p>— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1504270040295788546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p class="has-text-align-left"><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 16, 2022</span></p> </div> <figure class="wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We saw this in Georgia in 2008. In eastern Ukraine in 2014. In Syria in 2018. In the UK in 2018. Now, it's happening again in Ukraine in 2022. The Kremlin has consistently made up lies to shift the blame and attempt to justify its atrocities. <a href="https://t.co/aV8ovnN6H3">pic.twitter.com/aV8ovnN6H3</a></p>— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1504270040295788546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> </div> <div class='jquery-jump-fix'></div> <p class="state-expandable-text-toggle"> <button aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="text-expanded-984ae67ee2" class="expand-text-button"> <span class="expand-text" style="">More Multimedia</span> <span class="collapse-text" style="display: none;">Collapse Additional Content</span> <span class="state-expandable-block-chevron"></span> </button> </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> <div style="height:36px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="state-expandable-text-block align-wide state-expandable"> <div class="state-expandable-text-preview has-inner-blocks"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-state-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-state-white-color has-state-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background" id="counter-disinformation-dispatches">Counter Disinformation Dispatches</h2> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p></p> </div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The Global Engagement Center’s Counter Disinformation Dispatches summarize lessons learned about disinformation and how to counter it based on the experiences of frontline counter-disinformation practitioners, for the benefit of those newly engaged in this issue. Previous editions of the Dispatches are listed below and are also available in <a aria-label="Counter Disinformation Dispatches Spanish" href="https://commons.america.gov/results?language=es-es&term=GEC&sortBy=relevance&date=recent">Spanish</a>, <a aria-label="Counter Disinformation Dispatches Russian" href="https://commons.america.gov/results?language=ru-ru&term=GEC&sortBy=relevance&date=recent">Russian</a> and <a aria-label="Counter Disinformation Dispatches French" href="https://commons.america.gov/results?language=fr-fr&term=GEC&sortBy=relevance&date=recent">French</a>.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">march 25, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/96785DB5309B7A402540EF23F30FEDED/8B82EB625026CDAFF039C523302FD418?alternativeLink=False">Ukraine and the Power of “We”</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The Russian Army’s brutal war on Ukraine is killing thousands of innocent  civilians, including unconscionable attacks on hospitals. The valiant Ukrainian resistance is winning the world’s admiration and sympathy, while Russian cruelty destroys the appeal of its  “Russian World” concept.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">January 13, 2022</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/EADF33524CA772662540EF23F30FEDED?alternativeLink=True">Exploiting Primal Fears</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>This Dispatch focuses on how and why fear is used in disinformation, while also showing that pointing out people’s irrational fears can help counter these false narratives.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">October 4, 2021</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/0B93A366709ABDE82540EF23F30FEDED">Spinning Nemstov’s Murder and Attempted Murders of Navalny and Skripal</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Documentary evidence on instructions given to the Internet Research Agency (IRA) troll factory following Nemtsov’s murder, and extensive propaganda/disinformation claims following the Skripal and Navalny poisonings.</p> </div> </div> <div class='state-expandable-text-expanded has-inner-blocks' style='display: none;' aria-hidden="true"> <div class='jquery-jump-fix'></div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">August 23, 2021</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/CD46E76EEAD07F9E2540EF23F30FEDED">The Goals and Tactics of Russia’s Disinformation</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The overall goals are to manipulate and weaken adversaries.  The main tactics for weakening adversaries are to discredit, divide, disarm, and demoralize them.  Russian authorities value disinformation for its long-run, cumulative effects.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">June 7, 2021</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/689061769F38DD9B2540EF23F30FEDED/8B82EB625026CDAFF039C523302FD418">The Extraordinary Scope and Breadth of Russian Propaganda and Disinformation</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>A comprehensive analysis of how Russia likely segments target audiences and devises themes for each of them, based on an in-depth analysis by the Lithuanian Armed Forces Strategic Communication Department and analyses by Lithuanian NGO Debunk EU, which can serve as a template for other governments or organizations interested in conducting similar analyses for their countries.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 23, 2021</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/178967D6BEE416A92540EF23F30FEDED/F2AB8F86DC5635A4AF060D6555554232">Clandestine Disinformation and Agents of Influence</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Documentary evidence from KGB archives on how the KGB tried to influence the decisions of foreign governments in the early 1980s provides unimpeachable information on this little-known aspect of disinformation.  KGB-controlled messengers tried to convince foreign leaders that if they pursued policies opposed by the Soviet Union, this would create “nightmare scenarios” for them.  There is no reason to believe the same methods are not used today.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">December 1, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/63E0247A0D5761E32540EF23F30FEDED">What Can We Learn from the Active Measures Working Group?</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The U.S. government’s interagency Active Measures Working Group is widely credited with causing the Soviets to stop crude, overt, anti-American disinformation in the late 1980s.  The Dispatch examines the factors for its success, with lessons that may be useful today.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">November 10, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/2720FFD750697A352540EF23F30FEDED/F2AB8F86DC5635A4AF060D6555554232">Building an International Disinformation Network</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>How the SVR-directed Strategic Culture Foundation partnered with Global Research (a far-left website in Canada) and The 4th Media (an obscure website in Beijing), to begin to build an international disinformation system in the early 2010s.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">September 28, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/E0E82BD9EE0094502540EF23F30FEDED">Using Pseudo-Academic Online Journals to Amplify Fringe Voices</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>How the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) uses a pseudo-academic online journal, the Strategic Culture Foundation, to amplify the views of fringe voices in the West. </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">May 27, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/B253AE94519376FD2540EF23F30FEDED/F2AB8F86DC5635A4AF060D6555554232">The Coronavirus and Disinformation: Russia Remains True to Form</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>False Russian and Chinese claims that the coronavirus is a U.S. biological weapon follow 70 years of false claims of U.S. biowarfare.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">April 14, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/2C64C596085B19B22540EF23F30FEDED/0EDC28955D38E9EC16B21F2806CB3AEB">What Works in Debunking</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>Tips on debunking, the importance of discrediting, telling stories, recognizing the power of associations; how truth best competes with lies. </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">March 25, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/8D41EB2341B3EE972540EF23F30FEDED/F2AB8F86DC5635A4AF060D6555554232">The Myth that Debunking Doesn’t Work</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>The faulty social science finding that hampered counter-disinformation efforts starting in 2007.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">February 11, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/95383D12423453CD2540EF23F30FEDED/5069D0DCBA89C0A1EBAD456BEB5F1DD6">Three Ways to Counter Disinformation</a></span></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p>There are three basic ways to counter disinformation:  1) refuting disinformation claims before they can take hold, as is done in Lithuania; 2) a “counter-allegation” approach, in which one tries to correct misperceptions after they have become established; 3) a “counter-brand” approach, which emphasizes exposing the disinformer’s misdeeds as a way to discredit their false claims.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-paragraph"> <p><span dir="ltr" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.23px; font-weight: 600;">January 8, 2020</span><br><span style="font-family: EB Garamond; font-size: 24px;"><a style="font-weight: 500;" href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/C18DF8CD7B64226D2540EF23F30FEDED">A Counter-Disinformation System That 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