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| Mis/Disinformation Example | Date | Source Region | Themes | Category |
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| 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 2025 | Russia | Canada,Mark Carney,Prime Minister,Ukraine | 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 2025 | Russia | Election,EU,Kremlin,Moldova,Russia,SVR | 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 2025 | Russia | Airspace,Estonia,NATO,Poland,Russia,Ukraine | 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 2025 | Russia | Bucha,Drones,False Flag,Incursion,Poland,Ukraine,Yarova | 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 2025 | Russia | Denial,Kremlin,Strike,Ukraine,Yarova | 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 2025 | Canada | Africa,AFRICA CORPS,Ukraine,Wagner | 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 2025 | Russia | Alaska,Anchorage,Putin,Summit,Trump,Ukraine | Foreign Propaganda |
| Kremlin Propagandists Promoting anti-Indian Hate in Canada A recent post on the Kremlin-aligned Tsargrad.TV Telegram channel — a Russian Orthodox neo-fascist outlet — spread a racist falsehood claiming that “Hindus now rule all three major parties in... | 12 August 2025 | Russia | Canada,Hate,Hindu,neo-fascist,Russia,Sikh,Tsargrad | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation,Hate |
| Canadian Memorial Targeted By Russian Pravda Operation The Canadian National Memorial to the Victims of Communism has become the subject of a smear campaign by a Russian Telegram account known for amplifying Kremlin disinformation and propaganda. The... | 12 August 2025 | Russia | Molotov-Ribbentrop,Occupation,Soviet Russia,terror,WWII | Disinformation,Hate,Misinformation |
| Kremlin Disinformation in Sputnik’s Account of Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive On August 6, 2025, Sputnik International published a 19-post thread that repeats a series of false or unverified assertions intended to portray Ukraine as a neo-Nazi aggressor and to cast... | 6 August 2025 | Russia | Kremlin,Kursk,Ukraine,War | Disinformation,Misinformation |