Russian Censor Summons CNN Staff Over Supposed Media Law Violation
By The Moscow Times
Russia’s state media censor on Friday summoned representatives of the U.S.-based CNN International cable news television channel over supposed media law violations.
Roskomnadzor spokesman Vadim...
The pro-Kremlin pulp mill
By EU vs Disinfo
This week, pro-Kremlin propagandists wrapped themselves in red tape. Significant paper work is needed to dig into the details: it’s all about...
The Monumental Obsession of Bulgaria’s Russophiles
By Michael Colborne, for Codastory
Could a campaign to protect Soviet-era statues become a future Kremlin Trojan horse in Bulgaria?
To hear Nikolai Malinov tell it,...
John F. Tefft: On the Day of My Departure (Op-ed)
We need to rebuild trust between our two countries.
By John F. Tefft, for The Moscow Times
When I first joined the diplomatic service, working on the Soviet desk...
Now Facebook is Feeling Election Heat in Russia
By Codastory
Already under fire in America over allegations it was used as a platform for Russian interference in last year’s US presidential campaign, Facebook...
Moscow’s strategy to carve up Europe
By Janusz Bugajski, for CEPA
Moscow’s strategy toward Europe is reminiscent of carving a hunted game. It exploits and exacerbates the vulnerabilities of targeted states, and...
Giving pro-Kremlin propaganda a helping hand
By Corina Rebegea, for CEPA
The Kremlin’s disinformation machine is widely opportunistic. It stirs up existing emotions within various groups in society to bring them more in...
Fake: President Poroshenko’s Confectionary Company Opening New Branches in Russia
Russian web sites, both reputable and marginal, regularly publish fake stories claiming that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s confectionery company Roshen is expanding its operations...
Historian Anne Applebaum Details Stalin’s War Against Ukraine: ‘I Believe It Was Genocide’
By Natalya Golitsina, for RFE/RL
The latest book by Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Anne Applebaum, Red Famine: Stalin's War On Ukraine, sheds new light on one...
Derailing Moscow’s disinformation machine
By Donald N. Jensen, for CEPA
For all the impressive research on Russian information operations in recent years—we have excellent studies of Kremlin troll farms,...