The Daily Vertical: What Is ‘Undesirable’? (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
What is undesirable is usually in the eye of the beholder.
Consider the case of the Sova Center.
The Sova Center is a...
Putin Portrayed as a Good Christian through Lies
Putin shatters atheism in five minutes, a video that Argentinian singer and actor Emmanuel Danann published on his YouTube channel on August 18 has...
Agent of Influence: Should Russia’s RT Register as a Foreign Agent?
By Elena Postnikova, Atlantic Council
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The US Congress enacted the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to ensure that the American...
‘The sensible time may have passed’ What happens to American journalists in Russia, if...
By Kevin Rothrock, for Meduza
On September 11, 2017, Yahoo! News reported that the FBI has questioned two former staffers at the Russian state Sputnik...
Fake: Poroshenko Admits Returning Crimea Unrealistic
Russian media misrepresented Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko this week, claiming that he admitted returning Russian annexed Crimea back to Ukraine at the present time...
Russian propaganda’s Sputnik news agency probed by FBI – media
By UNIAN
The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an investigation into whether it...
Russian Embassy in U.K. Says Everest is Part of Russia
By The Moscow Times
The Russian Embassy in the U.K. said Mount Everest was part of Russia on its Twitter account before deleting the tweet on Monday.
“Good morning! (Mount...
StopFake #148 with Marko Suprun
The latest edition of StopFake News with Marko Suprun. Among the disinformation debunked this week: Ukraine to introduce food rations; Ukraine’s tuberculosis epidemic threatens...
Fake: Ukraine’s Tuberculosis Epidemic Threatens the EU
This week several Russian sites – RT, Vesti, Ukraina.ru - published articles claiming that the European Union is seeing renewed outbreaks of tuberculosis because...
Russia in the meddle: Interference in the West intensifies
By Euractiv
Espionage, disinformation and threats: Putin’s “active measures” to destabilise European societies and governments are multiplying, according to a report by the European Council...