Andrei Soldatov: The Kremlin’s VPN ban has KGB roots (Op-ed)
The Kremlin’s ban on VPNs is less about national security than self preservation.
By Andrei Soldatov, for The Moscow Times
Putin went after technology last week...
Fake: Crimea Benefits Economically from Reunification with Russia
Prosperity came to the Crimea with the arrival of Russian rule - declared the occupying Crimean authorities in a government report last week, buttressing...
Why Trump is wrong about Ukrainian interference in US elections
By Adrian Karatnycky, for Atlantic Council
President Donald Trump’s July 25 tweet sent shockwaves through Ukraine, a country that relies on US support to...
Leonid Gozman: Is there a rebirth of stalinism in Russia?
Stalinism was criminal, costly and inefficient. Today's Russia could meet the same fate.
By Leonid Gozman, for The Moscow Times
Today’s Russia doesn’t have the concentration...
How to hold Facebook and Google responsible for fake news
By Klára Votavová and Jakub Janda, for Atlantic Council
Online platforms have become the world’s most influential editors-in-chief. According to a 2016 Reuters Digital News...
Russia: Does website closure indicate the Kremlin is feeling economic pinch?
By Casey Michel, for Eurasianet
It seems that Russia’s economic troubles may be starting to hinder the Kremlin’s use of electronic media to push its...
How do you collude in Russian? You don’t!
By Michele A. Berdy, for The Moscow Times
Вступить в тайный сговор: to collude
With all this talk in the U.S. about collusion and Russians, I...
StopFakeNews #142 with Marko Suprun
The latest edition of StopFake News with Marko Suprun. This week we we debunk yet another fake claim about Ukrainian military shelling OSCE monitoring...
Fake: Ukraine Drying Up Having Cut Off Water to Crimea
The Russian site Ukraina.ru published a story last week claiming that Ukraine was in danger of a severe drought due to the closure of...
Fake: EU To Impose Retaliatory Sanctions Against US
Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda announced this week that the European Union would impose sanctions on the US in response to Washington’s new...