Putin Creates a Fantasyland
‘Where is Garry Kasparov?” asked many Russians recently, when they discovered that the famed chess player was missing from the new edition of a...
Will the Burning of Food Lead to a “Conflagration” of Russia?
For nearly a week now, food products that fall under sanctions have been destroyed in Russia. Obviously, such a decision has provoked massive dissatisfaction among...
Putin Loves Labour’s Leader-in-Waiting
Labour just suffered an election catastrophe, but that hasn’t stopped the Kremlin from pushing far-left Jeremy Corbyn’s candidacy for party leader.
Britain’s standard-bearer liberal newspaper...
Russian Censors Falsify Evidence Against Newspaper to Uphold Ban on Political Coverage
Almost a year ago exactly, the Kremlin’s media watchdog agency, Roskomnadzor, warned a series of news outlets against publishing reports about a protest that took...
Lyudmila Savchuk, Former Russian Internet ‘Troll,’ Awarded 1 Ruble In Symbolic Damages
A Russian court Monday awarded symbolic damages of one ruble ($0.01) to a former “Kremlin troll” who worked for an alleged “factory” responsible for creating pro-Russian...
Fake: Kyiv and Washington Are Ready to Divide Ukraine
Russian media misrepresented the opinion of a single American academic as the official policy of politicians in Kyiv and Washington. The misleading bit of...
Russian Media Present Anonymous Blog Post as Opinion Piece from a “German Portal”
On August 16, Russia’s RIA Novosti posted an article, “Mass Media: Fuss Made about MH-17 in Order to Conceal the Truth,” which cited an...
Photo Fake by Russkaya Vesna: American Tanks in Antiterrorist Operation Area
On August 13, Russkaya Vesna manipulated a photo of American Abrams tanks as “proof” for its article, “Militia Men State that American Abrams Tanks...
LifeNews Airs Counterfeited Document to Link Nonexistent USAID Project with Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers
In late July, the Russian television channel LifeNews aired a false report with the headline, “Kiev Will Entice Militia Men with the Help of...
Soviets Only Censored Reality; Putin Creates an Alternative One, Ikhlov Says
Many people assume that Vladimir Putin is simply restoring the Soviet propaganda system, but that is not the case, Yevgeny Ikhlov argues. Instead, and...