Saturday, September 27, 2025

Conspiracy Thinking Most Dangerous Consequence of Russian Active Measures, Kirillova Says

Ukrainian reactions to the lead of the Vladislav Surkov documents – with some seeing them as confirming what they already knew about Moscow’s plans...

The limits of anti-Americanism in Russia

No matter who wins the White House race, Russia’s anti-Americanism will eventually exhaust itself, Anton Barbashin wrote for Open Democracy. Not since the Cold War...

Fake: Ukraine to Face New Language Divisions

Russian media are predicting unrest and protests in Ukraine because of pending legislation on the Ukrainian language. A draft law introduced in Ukraine’s parliament...

Russia without BS: The Other Side of Whataboutism

I think whataboutism has been thoroughly dissected plenty of times on this blog. That being the case, many people from a left-wing perspective often...

Amnesty International: Russia ‘tightening the screws’ on dis​senting​ Crimeans

Two and a half years after Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea, it gets only scarier and harder for the peninsula’s citizens to voice an opinion...

StopFakeNews #107 with Irena Chalupa

The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. Among the disinformation debunked this week are claims that Ukraine is becoming a breeding ground...

StopFake trainers told journalists in Kazakhstan, politicians from Georgia and Azerbaijan about fact-checking, combating...

In October, trainers of StopFake project held several international events dedicated to combating propaganda, political fact-checking and data verification. At the invitation of the International...

Fake: Ukraine Won’t Survive the Winter without Coal from Occupied Donbas

The leader of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko declared on November 2 that Ukraine will not survive the winter without coal from...

Fake: Polish Soldiers Drinking Vodka with Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova

The popular Russian online newspaper Lenta.RU published a story this week claiming that Polish soldiers met with Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and...

The Kremlin’s Total Information Warfare with No Moral Boundaries

By Vladimir Sazonov, for Diplomaatia Moscow is primarily trying to influence politics in Ukraine. Introduction This article is the author’s first in a new series on Russia’s...