Fake: OSCE Claims Donetsk Shelled by Ukrainian Army
On July 21, Russian and Ukrainian media wrongly reported that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission had concluded that Donetsk’s center had been shelled on...
Russia Says Twitter Doesn’t Need to Comply With Its New Data-Localization Law
State officials have announced that Twitter can ignore a new law coming into force on September 1 that will require online services to store...
Russia’s Internet Censor Threatens New YouTube Block
Roscomnadzor, the Russian government's media and Internet watchdog, has issued an official warning to video hosting website YouTube about adding the site to Russia's...
Fake: Donetsk Doctors Refuse to Treat Wounded Ukrainian Soldier
On July 6, the Ukrainian STB television channel falsely reported on the medical mistreatment of Ukrainian soldier Roman Kapatsiy, who had been recently released...
John Kornblum: Europe Needs a New Narrative
An interview with John Kornblum, American diplomat and businessman and former US ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Interviewer: Matthew Luxmoore.
MATTHEW LUXMOORE: You...
Malaysia airlines flight MH17 crash illustrates different realities in Russia vs. West
For the West, the downing one year ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 underlined the brutality of Moscow’s hybrid intervention in eastern Ukraine. In...
New paper: The Pro-Russian Disinformation Campaign in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Both countries, with relatively small Russian minorities and only a handful of Russian-language media outlets, have been recently awakened by a new phenomenon –...
Russia’s RT Spins And Spins Over New MH17 Footage
Кussia's Kremlin-controlled RT has heavily spun* previously unreleased footage of the MH17 crash site that is consistent with indications that the Malaysian airliner was...
OSCE Does Not Confirm Withdrawal of Weapon by Militants
A special monitoring mission by the OSCE could not confirm the withdrawal of heavy weapons below 100mm caliber by illegal military groups in eastern...
We’re all Putin’s ‘useful idiots’
Watching Russian TV recently is a disturbing business. As Stephen Ennis at BBC Monitoring has painstakingly recorded, Russian media has developed a habit of...