This document presents the methodological framework built through four case studies conducted as part of the project “Decoding the Disinformation Playbook of Populism in Europe“. This methodology was developed and applied by the Croatian fact-checking organization Faktograf, investigative journalists at the German newspaper Taz, and researchers at the International Press Institute (IPI) to identify the […]

On Tuesday, November 14, Russian media quoted Khadzhikurbanov’s lawyer, Alexey Mikhalchik, who explained that his client was first recruited as a prisoner, was later pardoned and now participates in the war as a contracted fighter. According to the lawyer, Khadzhikurbanov was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin six months after joining the army, in accordance with […]

The IPI global network condemns the killing of journalist Abdoul Aziz Djibrilla, and the abduction of two others, on November 7, by an insurgency group in northern Mali.  Djibrilla was working for the local media outlet Naata de Labbezanga in Mali’s Kidal region,  the epicenter of violence wrought by two main insurgency groups the Islamic […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in condemning the recent summoning of Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) presenter Sigfrido Ranucci by the Parliamentary Committee for the general direction and supervision of radio and TV broadcasting. We see this summons as another intimidation practice targeting an independent investigative […]