Russia without BS: Words that should die
By Jim Kovpak, Russia Without BS
Hybrid
Ever since 2014 we’ve constantly been hearing about “hybrid warfare,” which comes with the implication that this is some...
Russian activist is jailed for three days for reposting an image depicting Putin as...
By Meduza
A court in Vladimir has placed a local activist under arrest for three days because she reposted an image on social media depicting...
Social Networking Sites to Remove Incendiary Comments or Face Hefty Fines Under New Russian...
By CodaStory
A bill has been submitted to the Russian parliament which would require social networks and messenger services to remove defamatory statements or comments...
Russian Foreign Ministry Official Slams NATO Film on Baltic Resistance
By The Moscow Times
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, has lashed out at a new film produced by NATO that documents anti-Soviet resistance in...
United Russia Tries to Fight ‘Fake News’ (In Its Own Way)
By The Moscow Times
Two State Duma deputies have introduced a proposal calling for multi-million ruble fines for publishing “false information” on social media.
The amendment...
Fake: A Quarter of Ukrainians Consider Themselves Soviet Citizens
Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a story claiming that one fourth of Ukraine’s citizens consider themselves to be citizens of the USSR...
Russia Without BS: The Awakening
By Jim Kovpak, Russia Without BS
As I’ve said and written numerous times, when I started this blog it wasn’t intended to be political. The...
Google News launches a streamlined redesign that gives more prominence to fact checking
“To give them that multitude of facts, voices, and perspectives, you want the UI to disappear and not be a sense of overload or...
The Desperation of Stephen Cohen
Jim Kovpak
Russia’s foreign language propaganda outlets have long had a problem getting real experts to go to bat for the Kremlin. Most times they...
Fake: G20 Admits Kyiv’s Violation of Minsk Agreements
Russian site Ukraina.ru published a story claiming that the leaders of France and Germany consider that Ukraine has failed to comply with the Minsk...