Propaganda Setbacks and Appropriation of Anti-war language: “Special Military Operation” in Russian Mass Media and Social Networks (February-July 2022). Monitoring Report №1

The war in Ukraine has been the most important topic in the information space of Russia for more than half a year. The report focuses on how both state-controlled media and social media users discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The corpus of messages on the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been formed using Scan Interfax and Brand Analytics media and social media monitoring systems.