Monday, March 30, 2026

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...
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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,...

Total Defense: How the Baltic States Are Integrating Citizenry Into Their National Security Strategies

By Marta Kepe and Jan Osburg, for Small Wars Journal Total Defense: How the Baltic States Are Integrating Citizenry Into Their National Security Strategies Marta Kepe and Jan Osburg Russian...

Russia’s state TV: Threatening Ukraine with nuclear arms and the defensive Zapad 2017

By EU vs Disinfo Below you can find a summary of the main topics on Russia’s most watched state TV news channels past week. ...

StopFake #150 with Paul Niland

The latest edition of StopFake News with Paul Niland. Fake record unemployment and labor migration, sky-high electricity costs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-i-Ziq2FjA