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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
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
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 2025Russia,,,,,,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 2025Russia,,,,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 2025Russia,,,Disinformation,Misinformation
Russian State Media RIA Novosti Actively Inciting Genocide
On July 30, 2025 Russia state media outlet RIA Novosti, published an opinion piece published by a radical Russian nationalist Kirill Strelnikov, titled “There is no other option: no one...
 31 July 2025Russia,,,Disinformation,Foreign Propaganda,Hate
Sputnik Falsely Alleges Ukraine Using & Producing Chemical Weapons
The Claims Sputnik Globe amplifies a statement by Russia’s representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), claiming that: Ukraine is “massively producing and using chemical weapons”...
 30 July 2025Russia,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation
Kremlin Invents Drug Smuggling Allegations Against Zelenskyy’s Inner Circle
A Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign, led by RIA Novosti and Sputnik News, alleges that Denys Yermak—the brother of the head of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration—is involved in smuggling narcotics into Ukraine on...
 29 July 2025Russia,,,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation
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