#DisinfoReview: Behind the smokescreen: Who are the actors spreading disinformation on ex-spy poisoning?

React as fast as possible to regain the initiative. Put the most professional players into the field. Use all the channels available to get your disinformation through.

 

The pro-Kremlin disinformation machine has been steaming at full speed in the past two weeks, as it has continued to deliver contradictory theories over the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal. We covered the aims of the campaign in last week’s report in detail.

 

Now, it is time to look behind the smokescreen that pro-Kremlin disinformation is puffing around. Who are the actors behind this? How has the messaging developed? And what are the weakest points of the disinformation campaign?