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German court sentences Russian man who plotted to kill Chechen critic

A Russian citizen who plotted the assassination of a Chechen dissident living in German exile was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday by a court in Munich, writes German news agency DPA. The convicted man, identified only as Valid D, had plotted to...

When Did Russia Return among the Top Ten Economies in the World – If at All?

In the first part of June, some of the Macedonian language media reported that Russia returned on the list of the Top 10 economies for the first time after 2014. Rarely did the news reported on the portals specify their sources. However, after fact-checking...

Loads of disinformation about Ukraine in a video promoting numerous pro-Russian narratives

Photo: Screenshot from a manipulative video about Zelenskyy and the Azov Batallion As a guest in a morning show on a USA television, the famous controversial journalist Lara Logan presented loads of unfounded claims about the war in Ukraine and the Russian aggression that almost...

Neither Putin is fighting evil, nor Gates is poisoning people from the sky

More than a year ago, the Russian military invaded Ukraine, which as a sovereign country has every right to defend itself. The narrative that “Putin is fighting evil” stems from Russian propaganda, struggling to justify the criminal acts performed on alien territory. Bill Gates...

The Russian Embassy in Skopje – Main Diplomatic Internet Spammer in North Macedonia

The Russian Embassy in Skopje is a record-breaker when it comes to the number of Facebook posts. The country is of top regional interest of Kremlin – out of the whole Balkans, only the Russian diplomatic mission in Romania posts more frequently on Facebook....

Selective reporting regarding the investigation of the Independent International Commission on Ukraine

In the articles of some media about the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine, the cases of war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine were completely omitted, and only the cases committed by Ukraine were presented. On October...

The state of online free expression worldwide in 2022

 "From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression and closed-door partnerships to attempts to restrict anonymity and end to end encryption, in many places, digital rights are under threat," writes IFEX.org in this article republished by Meta.mk. This statement was originally published by the IFEX member Electronic...

Global Voices: With the US intervention, Kosovo and Serbia resolve the car license plate dispute

Kosovo thanks the US; Serbia has its own interpretation, writes "Global Voices". Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with "Global Voices".   Two days after Kosovo and Serbia failed to reach an agreement on the row centering on a decision made by the Kosovo...

“Handmaiden’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood shuns Russian sanctions, ridicules travel ban

Canadian poet and writer Margaret Atwood was joined by Hollywood actor Jim Carrey in ridiculing the travel ban to Russia imposed on them alongside 98 other Canadians. On November 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published a list with a hundred...

All the “conspiracies” against Dodik: A narrative that does not stop even though time itself denies it

Photo: SNSD.org The narrative according to which foreign countries are working to “destroy” the Republic of Srpska and/or Milorad Dodik, the newly elected president of this BiH entity, is often published in numerous media, including on public service. Claims about “coloured revolutions”, “a plan to destroy...

A fictional report by Euronews: No auction of Russian works to be destroyed

Photo: Freepik/@ fabrikasimf A fake video of the Euronews television network is being shared on social networks about an auction in Germany where it will be possible to buy Russian works of art that will be destroyed, and the collected money will be donated to...

News Front: Pro-Russian disinformation from Crimea is also reaching Bosnia and Herzegovina

Photo: Freepik/@ fidaolga The private news agency News Front, which operates from the territory of Crimea, is a frequent propagator of pro-Russian disinformation in our area since it also publishes content in the Serbian language. The News Front web portal operates in several languages ​​in which...

Volodymyr Zelensky did not publish the book “My Struggle”

Photo: Volodimir Zelenski/Shutterstock A photo of the front page of the fictional book “My Struggle” by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is being compared on social networks to Adolf Hitler’s autobiography “Mein Kampf”. At the end of October, a photo of the book “My Struggle” was shared...

Fake news about Ukrainian gold in Poland used as a reason to make unfounded announcements of the entry of the Polish army into Ukraine

Incorrect claims that Ukraine transferred foreign exchange reserves and gold stocks to Poland were the basis for making unfounded announcements of the entry of the Polish army into Ukraine, which were also reported by web portals in the region.   On July 16, 2022, Webtribune published...

Live online discussion on September 22: Techno-authoritarianism in India

In public and appearances and speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared this present decade India’s “Techade”—a digital revolution at the grassroots level, touching all people and “refining” all aspects of politics, economy, and society. Yet even as the leader of the world’s largest democracy urges...

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

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. 3d map of Ukraine and Russia. 3d illustration.   On June 1, 2022, Nemanja Blagojevic posted a...

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

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...

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...

No, Ukraine did not build a NATO base in Severodonetsk

Several web portals from the region have shared unfounded claims about the alleged construction of a NATO base in Ukraine. Detailed world map with pinned enlarged map of Ukraine and neighboring countries. Ukraine flag and map.   On June 19, 2022, the web portal Sputnik published an...

Contrary to claims on social media, the war in Ukraine is affecting global supply and prices

Manipulative posts are being shared on social networks, trying to show that the war in Ukraine did not affect the global increase in food and oil prices.   On May 18, a picture of a world map with Ukraine colored in red was published on Edi...