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Global narratives and local actors: 150 days of the war in Ukraine and over 1,500 disinformation in the region

The renewed open war in Ukraine has been going on for more than 150 days, but the spread of fake and manipulative news on this topic has been going on for much longer. Nevertheless, a real flood of misinformation and Russian propaganda about the war in this country in the Western Balkan region began to […]

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A conspiracy journalist justifies the Russian invasion using anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 08/07/2022 Balkan Info’s journalist Nemanja Blagojevic posted a status in which it is claimed that the “Khazars” are behind the war in Ukraine. This is a conspiracy theory with anti-Semitic overtones. On June 1, 2022, Nemanja Blagojevic posted a long status on his Facebook profile, trying to explain […]

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No, Ukraine did not build a NATO base in Severodonetsk

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 27/07/2022 Several web portals from the region have shared unfounded claims about the alleged construction of a NATO base in Ukraine. On June 19, 2022, the web portal Sputnik published an article entitled: Former Ukrainian official: Kyiv started building the NATO base in Severodonetsk last year The article […]

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No, Germany did not admit the failure of sanctions against Russia

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 10/08/2022 An anonymous web portal used the opinion of a German columnist to write an article with the title incorrectly claiming that Germany has admitted the failure of sanctions against Russia. Readers turned to us with a request to check the accuracy of the claims from the article […]