Sunday, August 31, 2025

Russian Court Fines Google for ‘Reading Private Correspondence’ on Gmail

UPD: The Moscow city court on September 16 ruled to forbid Google reading Anton Burkov's email. Moscow city court has decreed that Google is to...

Russian Politicians Building an International Extreme Right Alliance

The driving force behind the movement is the St. Petersburg branch of the extreme right Rodina (Motherland) and the Russian Imperial Movement. Rodina was...

Dekoder – German language Internet site for top notch Russian journalism

There are new possibilities for people who read German and want to inform themselves about what's going on in Russia. Dekoder.org offers translations of...

Fake: United States Officially Recognizes Donbas Independence

On August 10, the Russian television channel TsarGrad falsely reported that the U.S. supports independence for Donbas. The report was entitled “Freedom to Cossackia.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOnmWRI14c The...

Fake: Monument to Bandera Torn Down in Lviv

On September 14, Russian and separatist media falsely reported that a monument to the controversial Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera had just been just torn...

Swedish Chief Prosecutor Denies Writing Letter about War Crimes Committed in Ukraine

On September 4-5, several news media falsely reported that Swedish authorities would classify as secret any information about alleged war crimes committed by the...

Russia’s net delusion: How Russian online media distract people from reality

To distract attention from urgent economic problems and the mistakes of Russian authorities, the Russian media are looking for ways to send out alternative messages. With...

Andrew Wilson: Russia’s “Nudge” Propaganda

Ever since the beginning of the crisis between Russia and Ukraine in 2013 there has been much discussion about the power of Russian propaganda...

Fake Swedish letter in Russian media

The letter has become a news story on Russian television and on CNN iReport. It's written on paper marked “Ministry of Justice Sweden” and...

Vasily Gatov: Deconstructing the Russian Infowar and mindset

Interview with Vasily Gatov, visiting fellow at Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, University of Southern California. What is the role of information &...