Kremlin orchestrates Russian media coverage of Trump-Poroshenko meeting
By Donald N. Jensen, for CEPA
President Donald Trump met briefly on 20 June with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who used his first White House...
Channeling Anger: In Russia, Even Chat Messengers Are Politicized (Op-ed)
Russian authorities claim their attacks on Telegram are because the platform helps terrorists
By David Homak, for The Moscow Times
Earlier this week, Russian media regulator...
Russians name Stalin and Putin “the most outstanding figures” of all times
By Halya Coynash, for Human Rights in Ukraine
Nothing should surprise us when Russian President Vladimir Putin goes on record warning against ‘excessively demonizing’ a...
Is the End Near for Telegram in Russia?
By Isaak Webb, for Global Voices Advox
On June 26, Russia's Federal Security Service announced that the April 3 terrorist attack on the St. Petersburg metro,...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. June 27, 2017
New publications
How to protect your democratic elections from Russian influence? Read our new article published by the Atlantic Council co-authored by Jakub Janda and...
Internet More Influential in Russian Regions than in Moscow, Schulmann Says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Although the Internet came first to Moscow and the major cities, Yekaterina Schulmann says, now, “people in Russian regions...
Fake: Visa-Free Travel Will Increase Sex Trafficking in Ukraine
The Russian propaganda machine has been churning out fake stories about visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the EU Schengen zone countries with increased intensity...
Stalin Named World’s ‘Most Remarkable’ Public Figure — Poll
By The Moscow Times
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has been named by Russians as the world's most outstanding public figure, new data has revealed.
Some 1,600...
The Daily Vertical: Making Corruption Top-Secret (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.
So, don't look now, but high-level corruption is...
Do you trust the news, or do you trust your news? In the U.S.,...
Plus: A bill to outlaw fake news in the Philippines, and the question of whether real news outlets should cover fake news.
By Laura Hazard...