Russian lawmakers adopt final drafts of legislation cracking down on Internet anonymity
By Meduza
Russia’s State Duma passed final versions of legislation that will impose new restrictions on instant messengers and prohibit the use of technologies that...
Children’s toy part of conspiracy against the Kremlin
By East Stratcom
Have you tried the fidget spinner? The toy that enjoys a wave of global popularity has now also reached Russia – only...
Living the Russian dream
By Corina Rebegea, for CEPA
Classic Russian propaganda stories are a rare occurrence in Romania’s media space. Yet discreet attempts to win over the hearts...
Nearly two-thirds of Russians now favor statues honoring Stalin and oppose memorials to his...
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Sixty-two percent of Russians say that statues and other memorials should be put up in Russian cities to remind...
The Kremlin is planning its own version of Stone’s ‘Putin interviews’
By The Moscow Times
A Russian film company will produce a feature-length documentary about President Vladimir Putin in the lead up to the March 2018 elections, the television channel Dozhd reported...
Russia leading ‘assault’ on freedom of expression — HRW
By The Moscow Times
Russian authorities have clamped down on Internet freedoms and introduced “invasive surveillance” online, under the pretext of fighting extremism, Human Rights...
Putin feels a kinship with Stalin and Ivan the Terrible, Eidman says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Vladimir Putin “defends Ivan the Terrible and Stalin ‘from excessive demonization’ because unconsciously he feels himself” to share with...
Fake: Ukraine Blackmails West with EU Membership
If you don’t give us money, we’ll go to Russia. Ukraine Blackmails West with EU Membership, declared a recent headline in the Russian web...
Dependent media – Russia’s military TV Zvezda
By East Stratcom
“The chemical attack in Idlib in Syria on 7 April this year was a piece of “fake news” and a staged operation...
Kremlin TV: Singing from the same hymn sheet
By East Stratcom
“The West is the cause of all problems in the world, whereas Russia is invariably the only source of positive hope”. This...