Blacklists and Foreign Agents: Russia Targets US Media In Retaliation For RT Probe
By EU vs Disinfo
Pressure is piling up on Moscow-based U.S. media outlets, with reports that Russia is putting together a media blacklist in retaliation...
Beastly News: Deutsche Welle Launches Russian Satirical Show
By EU vs Disinfo
Bored with politics? Tired of all the bad news on TV?
If you are a Russian speaker, Germany’s broadcaster Deutsche Welle may...
Myth busted: brainwashing in the Baltics
By Urve Eslas, for CEPA
Last summer, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor announced an open competition for projects to support local,...
How Fake News Helped Slovak Extremists Become Reality
By Michael Colborne, for Codastory
Websites pushing an anti-Western, pro-Kremlin agenda have put Slovakia’s far right on the cusp of national power
It looked like yet...
Russian television is not about Russia
By EU vs Disinfo
This is our weekly summary of the main topics on Russia’s most watched TV news channels.
The news shows’ agenda...
RT: A Low-Grade Platform for Useful Idiots
By Monika L. Richter, for Atlantic Council
RT is coming under increasing scrutiny for its role in the Kremlin’s disinformation campaign against the West. The...
‘House of Cards,’ Or The Tough Workdays Of Russian Trolls
By EU vs Disinfo
Working in a Russian troll factory may not be that dreary after all. According to a former troll interviewed by Russia’s...
New MH17 Photograph Geolocated to Donetsk
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
On October 19, 2017, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), the Dutch-led criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17)...
Figure of the Week: 103
By EU vs Disinfo
A former Washington correspondent for Sputnik, Russia’s state-sponsored news agency, says he received a 103-page handbook instructing reporters to “stay true to the...
Winter is coming: Observations from the Baltic states
By CEPA
In the summer of 2017 the Center for European Policy Analysis sent Colin Dueck on a listening tour of the Baltics to interview diplomatic, military...