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Moscow attack: Disinfo wars

Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? We track the blame game: the narratives and the counter-narratives underpinned by generous doses of disinformation.

Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? Within an hour of last week’s deadly attack on a concert hall outside Moscow, a campaign was gathering momentum to blame Kyiv for the atrocity while a parallel storyline claimed it was a Russian false flag operation. We track the blame game: the narratives and the counter-narratives underpinned by generous doses of disinformation.
Producer: Kriszta Satori
Presenter: Krassi Twigg

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Mon 1 Apr 202402:32GMT
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