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The Russian state-controlled TV channel Pervy Kanal is in serious financial trouble, the business daily Vedomosti reports.

With the approach of the MH17 trial set to start March 2020, the Kremlin is trying to discredit the findings of the Joint Investigation Team to escape from responsibility for the downing of the civilian jet over the Donbas in July 2014.

This article is a part of a special series for #StratComDC 2019. Learn more at stratcomdc.org A century ago, the Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin, claimed that “a lie told often enough becomes the truth.

This week's takedown of Facebook and Instagram accounts that were used to interfere with African political affairs has provided new insight into the extent to which a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin is engaged in the continent, analysts say.

This article is a part of a special series for #StratComDC 2019. Learn more at stratcomdc.org We live in the age of disinformation in which armies of ideologically motived opponents, radicalized citizens, paid trolls, and automated bots exchange online salvos of posts, likes, and comments.

Facebook took down 50 Instagram accounts that indicated links to the Internet Research Agency and posted 75,000 times.

“The annual training exercises for young ‘civil activists’ from 15 countries were held in the capital of Moldova -- in an atmosphere of strict secrecy and with American money, volunteers were told about…

“Halloween is a completely artificial holiday, which is accepted because it is fashionable in the West. That is idiocy. Today Halloween, tomorrow a sex doll. This is unnatural, not normal.

Happy Halloween everyone! Even if this holiday is not widely celebrated where you live, who doesn’t appreciate the fun of trick-or-treating or the ancient Celtic traditions behind All Hallows Eve?

"First, Telegram is not banned in Russia. Second, I do not just use it, but today we have a network that is built on of 150+ Russian universities, and it uses Telegram channels for its management.