WWII: A new ‘religion’ for Russia
Each year, Russia’s WWII victory celebrations become more grandiose and spectacular. In recent years, the cult of the Great Victory has become a quasi-religion...
The Daily Vertical: Cracks In The Media Facade (Transcript)
Forget about the battle between the television and the refrigerator.
Russia is now witnessing a battle between the television and the newspaper.
Consider the case of...
Bullshit kills
The Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was one of the most important events in modern Chinese history. The rebellion pitted a secret organization known as the...
Russian Newspapers Are Now Warning Readers About Russian TV Networks
When people think of Russia’s independent media, their minds don’t often turn to Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha Republic, located 450 kilometers (about...
Crimean Prosecutor Warns Tatar Journalist Over ‘Extremist’ Views
A prominent Tatar journalist says she was warned by Crimean prosecutors over "extremist" views for writing about the plight of Tatar children whose parents...
Russia 2030: A story of great power dreams and small victorious wars
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The future of Europe’s relations with Russia looks bleak. The Kremlin is pursuing an increasingly aggressive foreign policy to assert itself as a...
Russian Officials Make Plans for an Autonomous, State-Controlled Internet
Russian officials at the Communications Ministry are preparing the groundwork for a Russian Internet that would be fully controlled by the state. A new...
StopFakeNews #84 with Brian Mefford
The latest edition of StopFake News with Brian Mefford. This week’s fakes include Russian claims that Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko recently released from...
Fake: Ukrainian Amassing Military Hardware near Crimea
On May 27, citing an unnamed source Russian media reported that Ukraine was amassing troops on the demarcation line with Crimea. RIA Novosti first...
Fake: Savchenko Writes Ukrainian Mein Kampf
Russian military channel Zvezda broadcast a news item claiming that recently released Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has written a Ukrainian „Mein Kampf“.
No sooner had...