Peter B. Doran: Atlanticism under threat

An interview with Peter B. Doran, Vice President of Research at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Interviewer: Wojciech Jakóbik WOJCIECH JAKÓBIK: Is Russia...

Latvia Blocks Russian Sputnik Site As Kremlin ‘Propaganda Tool’

Latvian authorities shut down Russia's pro-Kremlin news site Sputnik on March 29, calling it a "propaganda tool" and drawing an immediate rebuke from Moscow. Latvia's...

Moscow Police Banned From Discussing Work Matters on Social Media

Police officers in the Russian capital are now officially banned from exchanging work-related information on social networks and messaging apps. Law enforcement officials insist...

Russian Site Publishes Fake Ukrainian Finance Minister Letter

On March 26 the Russian site Ridus published what it claimed was a letter from Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko to US Assistant Secretary...

Russian Censors Target Public Wi-Fi Spots in Crusade Against Blocked Websites

Russian censors have begun policing public wireless Internet in cafes, shopping malls and public libraries, in what they say is an effort to ensure...

StopFakeNews #77 with Andriy Sawchuk

Andriy Sawchuk hosts the latest edition of StopFake News. This week’s fakes include a dubious poll about the annexation of Crimea, a fake ban...

Center for Monitoring Propaganda and Disinformation Online Set to Open in Russia

In December 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the Internet Economy Forum, where he suggested Russian federal security service and other state...

Fake: Merkel Takes Selfie with Belgian Suicide Bomber

On March 25 the obscure German website Mmnews.de published a story entitled “Merkel: a Selfie with the Brussels terrorist?” speculating whether Merkel had been...

Getting The News From Chechnya – The Crackdown On Free Press You May Have...

When a minivan with eight Russian and European journalists and human rights activists was attacked on March 9 by a band of professional thugs...

The new propaganda wars

Even though the Berlin Wall was destroyed more than a quarter-century ago and the city rebuilt, new propaganda wars are being waged here and...