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FAKE NEWS: Russia has destroyed European transport by closing its airspace
FAKE NEWS: Russia has destroyed European transport by closing its airspace

According to pro-Russian propaganda, the European economy is collapsing as a result of Russia's decision to close its airspace to commercial flights from countries supporting Ukraine.

Cezar Manu
30 Dec 2025
Estonian politicians criticize President Karis while Russian speakers welcome him
Estonian politicians criticize President Karis while Russian speakers welcome him

A simmering conflict is unfolding in Estonia between politicians from the ruling coalition and the incumbent president, who has made a number of decisions unusual for Estonia’s foreign and domestic policy.

Ukraine 2025: Top PROPAGANDA, FAKE NEWS, and DISINFORMATION narratives debunked by Veridica
Ukraine 2025: Top PROPAGANDA, FAKE NEWS, and DISINFORMATION narratives debunked by Veridica

Russia was constantly presented as a defensive, pacifist, or mediating actor, while Ukraine was described as an illegitimate, Nazi state, dependent on external support and guilty of prolonging the armed conflict.

Marin Gherman
29 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy rejects peace because he is a prisoner of the Nazis
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy rejects peace because he is a prisoner of the Nazis

Volodymyr Zelenskyy cannot stop the war because he is being blackmailed by Nazis in Ukraine and by the West, which is sabotaging the peace proposed by Moscow, pro-Kremlin media writes.

Veridica.ro
26 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Russia’s conquest of Odesa will ensure gas security for Transnistria
FAKE NEWS: Russia’s conquest of Odesa will ensure gas security for Transnistria

Moldova and Romania/the EU have caused the energy blockade of Transnistria, and a Russian conquest of Odesa will solve the problem of the separatist region, according to a new narrative promoted by Russian propaganda.

Veridica
24 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia kills people because of Ukraine and the West
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia kills people because of Ukraine and the West

Russia is a peaceful country, and people are being killed in Ukraine because of Kyiv and the West, which started the war, Vladimir Putin cynically stated, widely quoted by propaganda media.

Marin Gherman
23 Dec 2025
Republic of Moldova 2025: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION debunked by Veridica
Republic of Moldova 2025: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION debunked by Veridica

False narratives targeted the EU's role in the energy and economic crisis, the alleged militarization of the community bloc, NATO's involvement in the region, as well as allegations of “dictatorship”, “Russophobia” and political persecution, all aimed at influencing voter choices, undermining support for European integration and maintaining informational control over vulnerable regions, especially Transnistria and Găgăuzia.

Veridica
22 Dec 2025
Why, in the event of a falling out with Europe, the USA would stand to lose the most
Why, in the event of a falling out with Europe, the USA would stand to lose the most

The Trump administration's distancing from the EU, which transpires in the new US national security strategy, could lead to a “rupture” within the Western family. This is a scenario in which the USA would stand to lose enormously, including in the context of the global competition with China. The EU, on the other hand, has the potential to emerge unscathed from such a crisis.

FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova is putting its economy on a war footing
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova is putting its economy on a war footing

The Republic of Moldova is preparing a militarized budget with a huge increase in defense spending, with the aim of attacking Transnistria, claims a false narrative launched by a Moscow deputy.

Veridica
19 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU prepares new
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU prepares new "Pearl Harbor" to drag US into war with Russia

The EU will orchestrate an attack on the scale of Pearl Harbor to force the United States into direct war with Russia, according to a narrative promoted by the pro-Kremlin press. The idea seems to have been stolen from a well-known Tom Clancy book, which was also made into a Hollywood movie .

Marin Gherman
17 Dec 2025
Russia’s new social contract: why sanctions hit everyone except those who decide
Russia’s new social contract: why sanctions hit everyone except those who decide

Why have neither the weight of sanctions nor the scale of losses on the battlefield pushed the Kremlin toward compromise.

Moscow threatens Paris with war
Moscow threatens Paris with war

Recently, Russian propaganda has shown a noticeable rise in strongly aggressive, anti-French rhetoric.

WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the removal of the Zelensky regime
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the removal of the Zelensky regime

The war continues only because of the illegitimate regime installed in Kyiv and controlled from abroad, and peace cannot be achieved without replacing it, claims pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
12 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău wants trade Transnistria in exchange for European integration
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău wants trade Transnistria in exchange for European integration

The closure of the Russian cultural center is evidence of the Russophobia of the Chișinău government, which wants to eliminate the autonomous unit of Găgăuzia and trade Transnistria in exchange for European integration, according to a false narrative picked up by pro-Russian media.

Veridica
11 Dec 2025
The Kremlin is obstructing the work of the UN International Court of Justice
The Kremlin is obstructing the work of the UN International Court of Justice

On 5 December, Kremlin propaganda — represented by an entity with the telling name “The International public tribunal for the crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis” — released yet another batch of blatantly poorly fabricated stories by supposed “victims and eyewitnesses,” loudly packaged under the title “Crimes of the Kyiv regime against women and children.”

WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

The West has abandoned the idea of a tribunal against victorious Russia, while Moscow is preparing to try Ukrainian nationalists, according to pro-Kremlin media.

Marin Gherman
10 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania reduces support for Ukraine due to corruption in Kyiv
FAKE NEWS: Romania reduces support for Ukraine due to corruption in Kyiv

Ukraine is said to be losing European support, including that of Romania, due to corruption, according to a false narrative launched by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and picked up by media outlets in in Romania.

Andreea Pavel
08 Dec 2025
Russia’s economy is not doing as well as the Kremlin would like you to believe
Russia’s economy is not doing as well as the Kremlin would like you to believe

Behind the façade of resilience lies a system increasingly driven by asset seizures, political loyalty, and the enrichment of a new elite.

WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian leaders will be tried by an international tribunal
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian leaders will be tried by an international tribunal

The entire political elite of Ukraine must be tried at international level for particularly serious crimes, according to pro-Kremlin media, which cites a statement by Maria Zakharova.

Marin Gherman
04 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's defeat benefits the EU
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's defeat benefits the EU

Continuing the war in Ukraine until Kyiv's defeat is convenient for the EU because it would solve its financial and political problems, according to the pro-Kremlin media.

Marin Gherman
03 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania forced to send troops to fight in Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: Romania forced to send troops to fight in Ukraine

Former and current Romanian leaders have signed documents committing to send Romanian soldiers to fight in Ukraine, according to MEP Diana Șoșoacă.

Cezar Manu
01 Dec 2025
“Chaos export”: the new commodity from the East
“Chaos export”: the new commodity from the East

Russia’s closest ally, Belarus, has been increasing its hybrid operations against its EU neighbors, directing migrants towards their borders and closing its eyes to increasingly brazen smuggling. The goal is to cause instability.

FAKE NEWS: The drone that crashed in Vaslui County is Ukrainian, not Russian
FAKE NEWS: The drone that crashed in Vaslui County is Ukrainian, not Russian

The drone that crashed on June 25 in Puiești, Vaslui County, is not a Russian aircraft, but one inscribed with a message in Ukrainian, according to online posts citing a fake photo wrongly posted by the publication Vremea Veche. In the fake photo, the Ukrainian slogan "Peremoha Bude” can be read, which means "There will be victory," written in the Cyrillic alphabet. The same phrase in Russian is "Pobeda Budet."

Alex Craiu
28 Nov 2025
Expert: the hybrid war is a “war between Russia and the West”
Expert: the hybrid war is a “war between Russia and the West”

Russia is engaged in a hybrid war against the West and has managed to convince people that, if they support Ukraine, their countries risk to be drawn into an actual war, according to hybrid war expert Mitchell A. Orenstein, a professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of “The Lands In Between”

A pro-Russian influencer was arrested in Estonia. His ties to Estonian parties
A pro-Russian influencer was arrested in Estonia. His ties to Estonian parties

An ethnic Russian influencer in Estonia was arrested after he spread Moscow’s narratives for years. Oleg Besedin had financial connection both with Russia and with Estonian political parties supported by the country’s Russian community.

Peace in Ukraine as a political PR stunt
Peace in Ukraine as a political PR stunt

President Trump's peace plan, which was communicated more in terms of a "diktat," has little to do with Ukraine. In fact, in an attempt to save Putin and give Trumpism a fresh start, the strange American president seems willing to sacrifice Ukraine and, with it, European security.

Cosmin Popa
24 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: EU and Moldova say Russia is a threat to mask their failures
FAKE NEWS: EU and Moldova say Russia is a threat to mask their failures

The EU and Chișinău are inventing external enemies (Russia) to shift responsibility for the internal problems they face, the former pro-Moscow president of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon, says, cited by affiliated media.

Veridica
22 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians will only have a future as part of Russia
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians will only have a future as part of Russia

Ukraine is a state with no future, and the only solution for peace is to accept the country's annexation by the Russian Federation, according to a fugitive Ukrainian politician quoted by the pro-Kremlin press.

Marin Gherman
21 Nov 2025
Russia wants to blame NATO for an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Russia wants to blame NATO for an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Shifting responsibility for its own actions onto opponents has long been the Kremlin’s trademark.

FAKE NEWS: Europe is arming itself to attack Russia
FAKE NEWS: Europe is arming itself to attack Russia

European states are arming themselves and preparing for a war against Russia, while Moscow is forced to defend itself, pro-Kremlin media writes.

Marin Gherman
18 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

Marin Gherman
12 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Supporting Ukraine will lead to the EU’s self-destruction
WAR PROPAGANDA: Supporting Ukraine will lead to the EU’s self-destruction

Europe is collapsing because of its support for Kyiv and the financing of the war in Ukraine, pro-Kremlin media claims.

Marin Gherman
07 Nov 2025