Pro-Russian Web Network Digs Up the Dirt on Kremlin Critics
In mid-July, RuNet Echo reported on a sprawling network of pro-Kremlin websites, discovered through the use of open-source information such as Google Analytics IDs,...
Russian Foreign Ministry Gets New, Outspoken Mouthpiece
Maria Zakharova, a Foreign Ministry official generally credited with a dramatic vulgarization of the tone of its official releases, has been appointed its top...
Western Experts Cry Foul Over Russian Books Published in Their Names
Prominent Western experts and journalists accused a Russian publishing house Sunday of pirating their work and printing books using their names without their permission or prior knowledge.
Journalists Luke...
Blood on their Hands: Servicing Russia’s TV Propaganda Machine
A day after the bloody carnage on Maidan, journalist Lidia Pankiv used a live TV show to tell the presenter and all other journalists...
US to grant USD 500,000 to counter Russian propaganda in Baltic States
The U.S. Embassy in Lithuania has announced a grant of $500,000 for early and mid-career Russian-language journalists and other media professionals working on Russia's...
Why Has Putin Spared Ekho Moskvy? (Op-Ed)
Why hasn't President Vladimir Putin shut down Ekho Moskvy, often described as the "last bastion of free media in Russia?" And more importantly, will he do it?
The riddle of Ekho...
Fake: Bukovinian Romanians Demand Autonomy
In late July, Russian and Ukrainian media falsely reported that the self-described Assembly of Bukovina Romanians in Chernivtsi had demanded autonomy and a special...
The World Hates Russia. Russia Hates It Back
Russian President Vladimir Putin's propaganda targeted at audiences outside Russia doesn't work, but neither will any Western counter-efforts directed at Russians. A new report from...
Everybody Loves Volodya
With Putin’s approval ratings sky-high, have even his critics changed their minds – or have they just found the door?
Analysts in the West are...
Putin Is Losing a Nasty Food Fight
Russian President Vladimir Putin has mounted a new campaign in his propaganda war with the West: The highly publicized destruction of imported food, which...