Fake: Ukraine‘s New Holiday – Day of the Avenger
Day of the Avenger – that’s what scores of Russian media called Ukraine’s Volunteer Day, a new March 14 holiday recently enacted by the...
Fake: New Language Law Will Make Ukrainian Exclusive
Russian media are claiming that Ukraine is poised to enact a new language law which will ban Russian and make Ukrainian the sole and...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. January 25, 2017
New Publications
In every Kremlin Watch Monitor, we are recommending new publications on the topic of disinformation campaigns and hostile Russian influence. We put several...
The Ultimate Cure for the Fake-News Epidemic Will Be More Skeptical Readers
New algorithms will help — but users' skepticism is the ultimate weapon
By David Pogue, Scientific American February 2017 Issue
“Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald...
Are Russia’s Closed Discussion Clubs Becoming ‘Hybrid’ Think Tanks or Something More?
Russia lacks the tradition of think tanks found in many Western capitals, but the rise of closed discussion clubs where Russian officials, businessmen and...
StopFakeNews #116 with Benjamin Cohen
The latest edition of StopFake News with Ben Cohen. This week’s fakes include Russia media claims that Ukrainian MPs are either criminals or crazy,...
COMMENTARY: Means, goals and consequences of the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign
The EU’s East StratCom Task Force was set up by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in 2015, in response to a request from all...
Putin’s throwback propaganda playbook
By Yardena Schwartz, Columbia Journalism Review
Russian President Vladimir Putin had dreamed of becoming an intelligence agent ever since high school. “What amazed me most...
Populism in Europe and Its Russian Love Affair
By Dalibor Rohac, Edit Zgut, Lóránt Győri, American Enterprise Institute
Key Points
Populism is on the rise across Europe, often with help from Russian propaganda.
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Russian Poet Faces New Criminal Charges for Poem in Support of Ukraine
Alexander Byvshev is facing another prosecution under Russia’s ‘anti-extremism’ legislation over a poem entitled ‘On Ukraine’s Independence’. A search was carried out on Jan...