Spevktator - OSINT analysis tool for VK

Spevktator provides a combined live feed of 5 popular Russian news channels on VK, along with translations, sentiment analysis and visualisation tools, all of which is accessible online, from anywhere (or offline if you prefer so). We currently have an archive of over 67,000 posts, dating back to the beginning of February 2022.

Originally, it was created to help research domestic Russian propaganda narratives, but can also act as a monitoring hub for VK media content, allowing researchers and journalists to stay up to date on disinformation, even as chaotic events unfold. For example Documenting Russian Coverage of the ZNPP by Morsaki.

Sophisticated researchers can run this tool locally, against their own targets of research and even perform their detailed analysis offline through the Datasette SQL interface or Observable Notebook.

See GitHub for more information on Spevktator and installation & usage instructions

Go Explore!

Browse all VK posts by Russian domestic media, together with sentiment analysis, metrics and English translations.

Some more examples

• How often is "Ukraine" mentioned per week, together with average sentiment and total number of views?
• Which weapon systems are most often mentioned?
• Which aircrafts are most often mentioned?
• When is the "Moskva cruiser" in the news?
• What are related entities to ЗАЭС (or in English ZNPP)?
• Coverage of "hackers" by Russian media on VK, an analysis using Observable Notebook.