Monday, March 30, 2026

The Daily Vertical: True Extremism (Transcript)

By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL It could happen if you say true things. Like that Russia's forceful annexation of Crimea was a violation of international law. Or...

Google pulls Russia’s RT network from Premium YouTube Ad Program – Bloomberg

By UNIAN Google recently removed Russia Today from a package of premium YouTube video inventory that the company sells to advertisers, a spokeswoman said on...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: October 3, 2017

Topics of the Week German elections Germany passed the election test and managed to defend the democratic process, mainly thanks to a widespread awareness campaign. ...

Russian lawmakers want to expand the government’s power to block websites without court oversight

By Meduza What happened? On September 30, the newspaper Vedomosti reported that the State Duma has introduced legislation that would allow officials to circumvent the courts when blocking websites...

A new Russian movie set in Crimea during the 2014 annexation enjoys another round...

By Meduza On September 28, Russian movie theaters started showing Alexey Pimanov’s new film “Crimea,” whose viewer rating on Kinopoisk (Russia’s version of IMDB) hackers recently tried to inflate....

The Kremlin’s Internet Master Bears Down

A previously obscure Russian oversight body has been turned into the government’s chief cyberspace censor By Daria Litvinova, for Codastory It was impossible for the Russian...

Fake: Ukrainians Visiting Crimea in Droves

According to the Russian Security Service (FSB) Crimea border control, well after the end of the vacation season Ukrainians are pouring into the annexed...

How Russian news networks are using Catalonia to destabilize Europe

Media stories in English, Russian and German equating crisis in Spain with conflicts in Crimea and Kurdistan By David Alandete, Madris, for El Pais In...

StopFake #151 with Romeo Kokriatsky

Fake Ukrainian ISIS militants, Ukraine's new language law and fake Roshen chocolate expansion in Russia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_vGUwPN994&feature=youtu.be

How Russia and WikiLeaks Became Allies Against the West

Some claim WikiLeaks is working for the Kremlin. The reality is hardly so simple By Matthew Kupfer, for The Moscow Times The timing couldn’t have been better...