https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com2026-03-30 21:15:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/project-members-feature-prominently-in-the-latest-foreign-affairs-committee-report2026-02-02 11:18:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-quoted-in-the-kyiv-independent-on-russian-propaganda-in-the-global-south2026-01-05 13:14:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/disinformation-lifecycle-model-used-in-new-sportswashing-research2025-09-22 12:48:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-quoted-in-sweden-s-public-broadcaster-svt-s-article-on-russia-s-intervision-contest2025-09-22 12:39:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-interviewed-by-lupa-on-russia-s-global-fact-checking-network-and-russian-propaganda-in-latin-american-and-the-global-south2025-09-22 12:33:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-interviewed-by-belarusian-oppositional-tv-channel-belsat-on-russian-disinformation-and-the-political-situation-in-belarus2025-09-05 13:08:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-quoted-in-guardian-article-on-russia-s-intervision-song-contest2025-08-29 17:32:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-quoted-in-bbc-indepth-article-on-russian-propaganda-spreading-around-the-world2025-07-14 14:36:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/maksim-alyukov-and-alexandr-voronovici-contributed-to-an-opinion-piece-on-russia-s-influence-of-western-ai-for-al-jazeera-english-opinion2025-07-14 13:45:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/maksim-markelov-provided-comments-for-the-information-integrity-hub-s-newsletter-at-rmit-university2025-06-11 17:11:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/sabina-mihelj-participated-in-a-roundtable-on-disinformation-at-chatham-house2025-06-10 13:16:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/vera-tolz-comments-quoted-in-the-i-paper2025-04-02 13:29:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-and-vera-tolz-participated-in-french-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-meeting2025-03-10 18:13:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/maxim-alyukov-on-russian-state-media-s-reaction-to-the-trump-administration-for-cbc2025-02-24 14:46:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/project-members-give-presentations-to-ofcomProject members were invited to deliver short presentations on their research.2025-02-24 14:35:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/roundtable-discussion-around-the-mis-translating-deceit-project-held-by-the-alliance4europe-16-december-2024Participants included representatives of think tanks, counter-disinformation units, media organisations and tech companies from across Europe and North America.2025-02-17 16:00:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/vera-tolz-at-the-house-of-commons-foreign-affairs-committeeVera Tolz was invited as an expert witness to the House of Commons.2025-01-21 14:24:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/maxim-alyukov-on-elon-musk-s-media-strategy-and-support-for-the-european-far-right-for-al-jazeera2024-11-01 14:34:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/maksim-markelov-wrote-for-conversation-on-the-kremlin-s-troll-factoryCheck out Maksim Markelov's article on the Kremlin's "troll factory".2024-10-14 19:23:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-commented-on-pro-ukraine-hackers-attack-on-putin-s-birthday-for-france-242024-08-16 15:31:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/vera-tolz-provided-a-commentary-for-the-dw-clip-on-far-right-riots-in-britain2024-08-10 15:56:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-gave-an-interview-to-polish-fact-checking-service-about-disinformation-and-the-uk-riots2024-08-04 16:31:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-is-quoted-in-a-telegraph-article-about-the-role-of-russia-linked-website-in-recent-riots-in-the-uk2024-07-05 12:26:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-commented-on-russia-and-the-french-elections-for-france242024-06-28 12:39:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-is-quoted-in-a-france24-article-about-russia-s-plans-to-build-new-resorts-on-the-azov-sea2024-06-15 14:45:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-is-quoted-in-an-article-on-youtube-influencers-by-bloomberg2024-06-12 11:58:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-and-nicolas-henin-commented-on-recent-bed-bug-hysteria-for-the-telegraph2024-06-07 15:13:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/project-participants-contributed-to-an-article-on-russian-disinformation-and-the-eu-elections-by-al-jazeera2024-05-18 13:25:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-gave-an-interview-for-austrian-public-radio2024-04-30 14:08:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-commented-on-literary-censorship-in-russia-for-france-242024-04-22 11:44:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/maxim-alyukov-published-an-article-in-the-guardian-on-kremlin-s-instrumentalization-of-factchecking2024-03-22 14:50:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-commented-on-russian-disinformation-for-france-242023-12-18 14:06:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/stephen-hutchings-contributed-to-bbc-article-on-a-controversial-russian-tv-series2020-03-06 22:46:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/public-and-policy-engagement/10-rules-to-build-a-wildly-successful-business2026-01-29 11:28:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-gave-a-lecture-at-the-department-of-international-relations-central-european-university-vienna2025-12-03 15:53:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-delivered-a-guest-lecture-at-yale-university-usa2025-11-23 16:02:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-at-the-57th-annual-convention-of-the-association-for-slavic-east-european-and-eurasian-studies-aseees2025-11-20 16:00:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/sabina-mihelj-at-the-11th-annual-conference-of-the-international-journal-of-press-politics2025-11-03 13:23:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/project-team-at-the-aleksanteri-conference-20252025-06-23 14:45:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/project-team-at-the-xi-iccees-world-congress2025-06-09 12:29:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/v%C3%A1clav-%C5%A0t%C4%9Btka-and-sabina-mihelj-receive-a-prestigious-book-award2025-06-05 12:40:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/stephen-hutchings-spoke-at-prio-s-unpacking-russian-disinformation-and-propaganda-on-ukraine-panel-discussion2025-05-14 18:32:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-delivered-john-erickson-memorial-lecture-at-the-university-of-edinburghOn 14 May 2025, Vera Tolz delivered John Erickson Memorial Lecture at the University of Edinburgh. In her lecture, titled 'Russia, Disinformation, and the Global Media Environment,'2025-05-13 13:25:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/mis-dis-information-conspiracy-theories-and-the-global-polycrisis-big-disinfo-at-bayThe event brought together academic researchers and partners from civil society organisations and think tanks. It was organised and funded by the Democracy & Trust research cluster of the Centre for Digital Trust and Society, together with two current research projects: REDACT and (Mis)Translating Deceit.2025-05-08 16:53:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/beyond-disinformation-media-identity-and-political-conflictOn 8 May 2025, the '(Mis) Translating Deceit' project team hosted a postgraduate research workshop, 'Beyond Disinformation: Media, Identity, and Political Conflict.'2025-03-07 18:44:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/stephen-hutchings-presented-at-the-ohpa-climate-disinformation-workshop-in-central-european-university-vienna2025-03-04 18:08:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-gave-a-lecture-on-re-examining-early-soviet-approaches-to-propaganda-and-disinformation-at-the-university-of-edinburgh-s-delc-research-seminar-seriesAn in-person seminar by Professor Vera Tolz that will attempt to re-frame and re-examine early Soviet propaganda, and to situate it alongside Western media.2025-02-24 14:26:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-presented-a-paper-re-examining-early-soviet-approaches-to-propaganda-soviet-studies-of-mass-communication-in-1919-1931Vera Tolz presented her paper at two different locations earlier this year.2025-02-14 13:27:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/political-utilization-of-the-term-genocide-in-the-former-soviet-sphere-of-influence-legal-and-historical-political-discoursesOn 13-14 February 2025, Alexandr Voronovici participated in the workshop “Political Utilization of the Term “Genocide” in the Former Soviet Sphere of Influence: Legal and Historical-political Discourses” which took place at the Berlin campus of the University of Hagen.2025-01-17 01:22:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/beyond-moscow-theories-and-research-methodologies-of-international-and-transnational-dimensions-of-soviet-republics-at-the-university-of-naples-l-orientaleThe workshop focused on the role of Soviet republics in international and transnational affairs, analysing their international subjectivity, influence in global affairs, and propagandistic potential. Alexandr presented his paper “Navigating Transnationalism of Soviet Republics: The Ambiguities of Soviet Republican International Agency”. The workshop program is available here: https://www.unior.it/sites/default/files/2025-01/Beyond%20Moscow%20-%20Program%20Draft.pdf2025-01-09 13:41:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/webinar-eu-disinfo-labVera Tolz and Stephen Hutchings presented a webinar to the EU Disinfo Lab.2024-11-25 14:43:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/mis-translating-deceit-project-members-at-2024-asees-annual-convention-in-boston-ma-usaThis year's convention theme was "liberation". Stephen, Vera, Maksim, Maxim participated by organising a project panel and presenting their respective papers.2024-11-04 14:16:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/stephen-hutchings-and-vera-tolz-presented-their-new-book-at-king-s-russia-institute-king-s-college-london2024-10-31 12:51:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-and-stephen-hutchings-participated-in-chatham-house-s-common-futures-roundtable-on-countering-disinformation-admist-geopolitical-turbulenceThe recording from Stephen and Vera's latest panel appearance is now live.2024-10-09 11:33:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-took-part-in-the-eu-disinfo-lab-conference-in-riga2024-10-07 12:56:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/sabina-mihelj-and-maxim-alyukov-participated-in-ecrea-events-in-ljubljana2024-07-05 12:52:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/workshop-on-big-disinfo-at-the-university-of-manchester2024-06-03 16:30:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/alexandr-voronovici-co-organized-a-workshop-at-imre-kertesz-kolleg-jena2024-05-23 15:06:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-presented-a-paper-at-the-european-academy-of-religion-conference2024-05-14 19:22:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-gave-the-ilchester-lecture-at-oxford2024-04-02 17:52:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/vera-tolz-contributed-to-the-workshop-on-narratives-of-adhesion-and-separation-at-the-academy-of-international-affairs-nrw-in-bonn2024-03-01 11:52:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/research-events/how-to-make-extra-moneyOn 28 February 2024, Vera Tolz gave a public talk "Performing Disinformation: A Muddled History of the Concept and Its Consequences" at the University of Illinois Chicago.2026-03-19 15:40:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/propaganda-against-propaganda-how-the-soviets-used-image-and-word-against-nazi-mass-communicationHannah Gorlizki and Vera Tolz have written an insightful piece on how Soviet wartime propaganda deployed visual and textual strategies to undermine trust in Nazi mass communication.2026-01-12 17:22:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/how-will-the-zero-click-internet-impact-the-informational-ecosystemNicolas Hénin explores the rise of the zero-click internet, and its implications on an increasingly changing online information ecosystem.2025-12-15 15:29:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/rt-india-how-the-kremlin-is-spreading-its-west-v-the-rest-narrative-to-a-global-audiencePrecious Chatterje-Doody and Maxime Audinet write for The Conversation on RT India and its role in the Kremlin's international outreach efforts.2025-11-17 13:32:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/when-poland-speaks-with-one-voice-media-unity-on-moldova-s-elections-and-russian-threatsGosia Koroluk writes about the Polish media coverage of the 2025 Moldovan elections.2025-08-29 17:11:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/mauritania-a-laboratory-for-the-vulnerabilities-of-sahelian-information-ecosystemsNicolas Hénin provides a vulnerability study on Mauritania's information ecosystem, and provides solutions on how it can strengthen these vulnerabilities.2025-08-18 12:41:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/emotional-governance-in-wartime-russia-pacification-fear-and-the-manipulation-of-hopeOlga Vlasova's blog examines Russian propaganda, through the lens of emotional governance.2025-07-07 13:28:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/why-is-tracking-disinformation-so-difficult-and-what-can-we-do-about-itEmma Connolly explores why tracking mis and disnformation is challenging as it moves across platforms, and why it is vital its circulation is mitigated.2025-02-24 10:41:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/mistranslated-reality-how-differing-realities-divide-russia-s-oppositionAlex Chumakov's blog explores how divisions shape the wider Russian opposition by examining the narratives of those who remain in the country and those in exile.2025-02-10 15:40:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/where-does-the-past-end-and-the-present-begin-the-temporalities-of-propaganda-in-the-russian-war-on-ukraineDaria Khlevniuk, GN, Boris Noordenbos write about how Russian propaganda invokes the past to reshape perceptions of the present.2025-01-20 12:47:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/visual-disinformation-and-hiv-aids-in-the-1980s-the-cases-of-the-soviet-union-and-the-two-germaniesMaria Zhukova argues that the case study of disinformation around HIV-AIDS in the Soviet Union and the two Germanies in the 1980s offers integral analysis to how we visualise and analyse disinformation today.2024-12-11 13:56:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/new-analytical-report-by-our-teamIn this report, we assess the extent, purpose, and impact of online Russia-sponsored news proxies in the context of the EU2024 elections.2024-12-09 13:45:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/the-odesa-fire-2014-part-2-good-faith-production-of-disported-knowledgeIn the final part of his blog, Alexei Titkov builds upon his interrogation of studying Russian audiences' reactions to the 2014 Odesa Fire by using different media representations to challenge how shared knowledge is constructed in the Russian media environment.2024-12-01 13:07:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/the-odesa-fire-2014-part-1-the-black-legend-beyond-russian-state-propagandaIn Part One of this blog, Aleksei Titkov interrogates the propogandistic afterlives of the 2014 Odesa Fire, and the different tendencies Russian grassroots audiences use to respond to its invocations.2024-11-25 12:03:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/the-ukraine-war-and-china-s-not-so-pro-kremlin-vlogsSabrina's blog examines how citizens interact with official/un-official Russia-Ukraine war narratives in non-state media platforms, through the interactivity of amateur videos.2024-08-16 13:14:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/counter-disinformation-problems-and-potentialsIn this blog, Stephen Hutchings introduces some of the key ideas of his new open access article in the journal Cultural Studies.2024-04-24 11:08:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/sportswashing-as-disinformation-part-i-the-power-of-spin-through-popular-sports-events-1The second part of a two-part blog post examining “sportswashing” as a form of disinformation, and reflecting on the role of audiences and the reception of “sportswashing” narratives.2024-04-16 12:34:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/sportswashing-as-disinformation-part-i-the-power-of-spin-through-popular-sports-eventsThe first part of Vitaly Kazakov's two-part blog post examining “sportswashing” as a form of disinformation, and reflecting on the role of audiences and the reception of “sportswashing” narratives.2024-01-18 22:54:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/maksim-markelov-wins-a-prize-in-the-poster-competitionMaksim Markelov wins the third prize with the poster 'How do State Trolls Manipulate Online Discourse?'2024-01-12 13:52:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/video-interview-with-stephen-hutchings-and-vera-tolzStephen Hutchings and Vera Tolz discuss our project in this video interview with Digital Futures network at the University of Manchester.2024-01-05 11:13:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/transnational-right-wing-populism-online-lessons-from-the-pro-brexit-facebook-milieuIn her blog, Natalie-Anne Hall discusses the engagement of the pro-Brexit Facebook users with transnational right-wing populist discourses. The essay is based on Dr. Hall's recently published book 'Brexit, Facebook, and Transnational Right-Wing Populism' (Lexington Books, 2023).2023-06-12 16:23:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog/mis-translating-deceit-a-new-perspective-on-disinformationThis blog gives a handy overview of our project. It is published on 'The Russia Program' website at George Washington University and is available at: https://therussiaprogram.org/page37253323.html2025-06-18 12:50:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/legacy-blogs/mis-translating-deceit-disinformation-s-hidden-translingual-journey2024-02-11 22:28:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/legacy-blogs/the-us-presidential-election-through-a-russian-media-lens-from-domestic-legitimacy-to-global-mis-information2024-02-11 22:17:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/legacy-blogs/how-badly-did-russia-s-interview-with-the-skripal-poisoning-suspects-backfire2024-02-11 21:32:00https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/legacy-blogs/rt-takes-libertarian-anti-lockdown-stance