The Norwegian TV series that’s enraged the Kremlin
Okkupert (“Occupied”), the most expensive Norwegian television show in history, never mentions the word “quisling.” And yet its premise — a Russian occupation of...
Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro’s inquiry into Russian trolls stirs up a hornet’s nest
Soon after Jessikka Aro poked the trolls, they started to stir, Nick Miller wrote for Sidney Morning Herald.
In one of the early calls, someone phoned...
StopFakeNews #76 with Irena Chalupa
Fulbright scholar Irena Chalupa hosts the latest edition of StopFake News. This week’s fakes include claims that former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is planning...
How to Comb Russia’s TV News
This article is part of a larger guidebook by RuNet Echo to help people learn how to conduct open-source research on the Russian Internet....
By matching Moscow’s paranoia, the west plays into Putin’s hands
The current state of relations between Russia and the west is not a cold war – or at least not the Cold War 2.0....
Kremlin calling? Meet the Russian pranksters who say ‘Elton owes us’
Lexus and Vovan are fast gaining a reputation as the most mischievous men in Russia. The pair of professional prank callers, real names Alexei...
US Senators Call to Counter Russian, Chinese Propaganda
U.S. Senators Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, and Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, have introduced a bill aimed at countering propaganda from Russia, China...
Russian Archive Chief Out After Debunking Soviet WW II Legend
The longtime director of the Russian State Archive has been removed from his post less than a year after he exposed a popular Soviet...
Fake: Ukraine Curtails Freedom of Assembly
On March 14 Ukraina.ru featured a news item claiming that freedom of assembly is being curtailed in Ukraine.
Ukraina.ru claims that the UN High Commissioner...
Putin has the Right Message for Everyone
The Russian propaganda machine has been targeting Germany for some time now. The aim of this disinformation is to unnerve society. But we can...