Information War: Russians ‘want to believe’ Kremlin disinformation
Spiegel Online Moscow correspondent Benjamin Bidder reflects on the journalistic challenges presented by infowar raging over Ukraine.
Over the past eighteen months, German journalist Benjamin...
EU drafts plan on Russia’s media ‘misuse’
EU institutions aim to counter Russian propaganda with “positive” messages, media funding, and closer regulation, a new action plan says.
The plan, a nine-page paper...
Russian propaganda wins EU hearts and minds
Kremlin media are shaping the views of a sizeable pro-Russia constituency in the EU, experts and officials warn.
The numbers show, according to US pollster...
The U.S. Should Do More to Counter Putin’s Propaganda
Three Russian television stations interviewed Andrei Petkov from a hospital bed in Nikolaev, Ukraine, in April 2014.
Rossia 1 described him, with a bandage on...
Russian ‘Troll Factory’ Agrees to Compensate Former Employee, But She’s Just Getting Started
The phenomenon of “troll factories” or “troll farms” operating on the RuNet and beyond to shape the conversations and sentiment online has by now...
How to Search Photos on Social Networks
To begin, let’s solve a puzzle. On what street in Yalta is the wall painted with the Ukrainian flag? The picture was posted recently....
Ukrainian Media Use Fake Video to Prove Fighting in Donetsk
Ukrainian online media reported that illegall armed separatist groups organized attacks from a self-propelled artillery installation in Donetsk. But the video that was offered...
Peter Pomerantsev: Beyond Propaganda
How authoritarian regimes are learning to engineer human souls in the age of Facebook.
This essay is adapted from the first in a series of publications by...
Russia’s Ministry Of Mind Reading
It's the urban legend that just won't die.
It is usually raised by Russian officials when they want to back up claims that the United...
The Evolution of Anti-Americanism in Russia
The Levada Center, an independent Moscow-based polling group, has tracked Russian attitudes towards the United States since the early 1990s, with the occasional gaps...