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DisinfoWatch’s database of COVID related misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, hoaxes and foreign propaganda. We use various tools to monitor and collect examples, which we then analyze and publish. By default, examples are sorted by date. RSS feed here.



Mis/Disinformation ExampleDateSource RegionThemesCategory
Converging False PRC–Russian Narratives Target Taiwan and President Lai
In an October 8, 2025 article, the Chinese Communist Party’s Global Times accused Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te of “seeking independence through military means” and “destroying cross-Strait peace,” while portraying the...
 8 October 2025China,,,,,,,Disinformation,Misinformation
Putin’s Valdai Club “Cultural Manifesto” is a Laundry List of Kremlin Tactical Narratives
On October 2, Vladimir Putin delivered a keynote speech at the annual Valdai Club conference in Sochi, using the platform to advance a series of false and inflammatory claims aimed...
 4 October 2025Russia,,,,,,,Disinformation,GONGO,Misinformation,State Soft Power Narrative
Russian embassy and TASS claim Canada is Covering up non-existent “Kiev nuclear crime”
The Russian embassy in Ottawa and TASS have published and amplified disinformation that falsely places responsibility for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) power-loss/shelling on Ukraine and accuses Canada of...
 2 October 2025Russia,,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation
RT Falsely claims “Canada keeps bankrolling Ukraine’s war crimes”
RT—formally identified by the Government of Canada as a Russian state disinformation asset—frames Canadian aid as funding “atrocities,” “neo-Nazi brigades,” and civilian attacks. The RT article offers no credible evidence...
 23 September 2025Russia,,,Disinformation
EU is Not “preparing to ‘occupy’ Moldova – Moscow”
RT repeats an SVR assertion—without evidence—that the EU, using NATO forces, plans to “occupy” Moldova after elections. Independent reporting frames this as a new Russian influence message; there is no...
 23 September 2025Russia,,,,,Disinformation,Election
Denial as Doctrine: Russian MFA Repeats ‘No Invasion’ Script For NATO/EU
In a Tweet posted by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov stated on September 19, 2025 that Russia that the Kremlin “has repeatedly stated...
 20 September 2025Russia,,,,,Disinformation,Misinformation
SVR Controlled “Strategic Culture” Makes False Flag Claims Targeting Poland and Ukraine
This Strategic Culture piece is a textbook Kremlin-proxy editorial: it declares two “false flags” without evidence, and resurrects the Bucha “staged” lie. It leans on circular sourcing (Russian MoD lines),...
 19 September 2025Russia,,,,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation,Foreign Propaganda
Kremlin Falsely Accuses Ukraine of Fabricating Mass Strike Casualties
On September 9, 2025, a Russian glide-bomb struck a pension disbursal point in Yarova, Donetsk, killing at least twenty-four civilians and injuring others. Within hours, RT published denials sourced to...
 10 September 2025Russia,,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation
RT Makes Repeated False Claim Ukraine Supporting Terrorists in Africa
The Claim: RT alleges that Ukrainian intelligence is using embassies to covertly move weapons, drones and “military instructors” to terrorist/opposition groups across Africa (Mali, Sudan, DRC, CAR, Chad), including supplying...
 4 September 2025Canada,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation
RT Video Pushes False Narrative of US-Russia Unity in War Against Ukraine
On its Telegram channel, Russian state media outlet RT posted a video claiming to show a captured US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, flown by Russian forces near Malaya Tokmachka in...
 18 August 2025Russia,,,,,Foreign Propaganda
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