United Russia Tries to Fight ‘Fake News’ (In Its Own Way)
By The Moscow Times
Two State Duma deputies have introduced a proposal calling for multi-million ruble fines for publishing “false information” on social media.
The amendment...
Google News launches a streamlined redesign that gives more prominence to fact checking
“To give them that multitude of facts, voices, and perspectives, you want the UI to disappear and not be a sense of overload or...
The Desperation of Stephen Cohen
Jim Kovpak
Russia’s foreign language propaganda outlets have long had a problem getting real experts to go to bat for the Kremlin. Most times they...
Some Things Are Better Left Untold
By Jim Kovpak
“Telling the untold” is one of Sputnik News’ slogans. The obvious implication is that the Russian news service covers stories that “they”...
Here’s How Russian State TV Spun Putin’s G20 Meeting With Trump
By The Moscow Times
Russian state TV was unimpressed with Donald Trump in its coverage of the G20 in Hamburg last week.
The world leaders who...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. July 11, 2017
Weekly Update on the Kremlin Disinformation Efforts
Donald Trump tries to reinsure Europe
During his second presidential trip to Europe, Donald Trump stopped by in Poland...
Fake: Scores of Ukrainian Stars Perform in Russia
Russian fakes about Ukraine are not only focused on Ukrainian politics, but also on its culture and pop stars. Last week Russia’s first channel...
The ABC of Russia’s foreign news for holiday-makers
By EU vs Disinformation
It’s nearly summer holiday time, and the news cycle is slowing down. But when Russians turn on their TVs at their...
Russian Pokemon go blogger has sentence reduced
A Russian blogger who was sentenced to over three years for filming himself playing Pokemon Go in an Orthodox cathedral has had his sentenced...
Leonid Ragozin, Codastory: Brothers in Arms
Why Russian ultranationalists confronted their own government on the battlefields of Ukraine
Text by Leonid Ragozin, illustrations by Aleksandra Krasutskaya, for CodaStory
On a snowy January day...