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The nuclear war put at the service of clicks and spreading fear 

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 02/06/2022 The potential use of nuclear weapons is often mentioned in the context of the war in Ukraine. As a rule, reporting on this topic is followed by sensationalist and manipulative headlines that try to attract clicks. Early in the morning on February 24, 2022, the Russian army […]

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How the media have been deceived by the text of the obscure Albanian site from Switzerland

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 27/05/2022 There is almost no media in Serbia that did not report the alleged statement of the mayor of Kyiv and former boxer Vitali Klitschko for a Swiss web portal that “Ukrainians will get rid of Russians the same way Albanians got rid of Serbs”. The news was […]

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How Telegram became the main channel for spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 01/06/2022 Over the years, the application and social network Telegram has increased its number of users, thus promising them privacy, although some experts question this. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is as digital as it is physical. Faktograf has already written about the propaganda war led on social networks, media […]

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Due to the war in Ukraine and natural disasters, the number of malnourished could increase by 13 million

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 10/06/2022 Due to the war in Ukraine and natural disasters, the number of malnourished could increase by 13 million The current food crisis, according to the UN, could, in 2023, very quickly, turn into a food catastrophe of global proportions. Food must never be a luxury, it is […]

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There is no evidence that a NATO biological laboratory is located in the tunnels below Azovstal

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 05/05/2022 Russian state media have spread disinformation that a secret NATO biological laboratory is located in the tunnels below Azovstal in Mariupol. The claim originated from Russian internet forums and is not based on facts. An unfounded claim suggesting that a secret NATO biological weapons laboratory is located […]

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Flags turned upside down in “Moraca” are part of the choreography, not disrespect for state symbols

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 19/04/2022 Montenegrin handball players made another great success by defeating the Greek national team in “Moraca”, thus securing a place in the World Cup after ten years. In accordance with the fans’ enthusiasm, flags fluttered in the hall. Montenegrins and media across the region wrote about the historic […]

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Photo-recycling: Russia did not capture two AZOV soldiers

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 19/04/2022 The war in Ukraine entered its eighth week, and what has marked its course so far, among other things, is the vast number of fake news and disinformation that have been placed both in the media and on various social networks. The disputed Ukrainian battalion – Azov […]

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Violence against Roma pushed into the pro-Russian narrative

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 28/04/2022 While the war in Ukraine continues to flare up, at the same time, war propaganda is flaring up in the pro-Russian media and on social networks, which want to justify the fight against the alleged “Ukrainian Nazis”. One of these Facebook posts shared a photo of Roma […]

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Russian propaganda of the website Srbija Danas (Serbia Today): Dead bodies are moving

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 05/04/2022 Over the weekend, dramatic footage surfaced from the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kyiv, testifying to the massacre of civilians. The footage shows dozens of bodies lying by the road or in the middle of the road as a convoy of Ukrainian military vehicles passes by. Ukrainian […]

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Serbian websites use a fake video to claim that a NATO commander was arrested in Ukraine

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 14/04/2022 A video in which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detains a man whose face is blurred was presented these days in the pro-regime media as the alleged arrest of NATO commander Roger Cloutier in Ukraine. The website of the national television Happy unquestionably claims that the […]