‘Virtual Civil War’ Going on in Russia Today, Moscow Sociologist Says
Only 25 to 30 percent of Russians actively profession Putin’s national-patriotic ideology, but far fewer, ten to 15 percent are “convinced liberals, Leonty Byzov...
Russia bans Reddit
Reddit, one of the most popular destinations on the Internet, has been added to Russia's list of banned websites. The Federal Drug Control Service...
Putin’s News Network of Lies Is Just the Start
When the Berlin Wall fell, the Western world stopped thinking about how to explain and promote its political system in Russia and around the...
Emergence of a Russian ‘Fifth Column’ and Propaganda Machine Inside Azerbaijan
The recent intensification of high-level exchanges between the governments of Azerbaijan and Russia—most recently exemplified by the visits of the Azerbaijani foreign and defense...
“Patriotic” Russian Media Group Gets the Go-Ahead
The process of creating a "patriotic media group" in Russia is moving forward, with the government having greenlit the acquisition of Russian Media Group...
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...