Beyond Fake News: How Trump’s Disruptive Technology Mirrors Russian Political Technology
By Lisa J Walters, for UCL
Prof Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies
The investigation into the Trump campaign’s links with Russia has already uncovered many...
Oliver Stone has launched Putin’s re-election campaign
Putin is leveraging Western disciples like Oliver Stone to boost his changes of another term in office.
By Alexey Kovelev, for The Moscow Times
In a...
Head of Russia’s federal censor says he’ll appeal personally to Telegram creator to demand...
By Meduza
The head of Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal censor, told the news agency Interfax on Monday that he plans to appeal personally to Pavel Durov,...
Putin showed Oliver Stone a video where Russia’s Air Force supposedly attacked terrorists in...
By Meduza
In Oliver Stone’s Showtime special “The Putin Interviews,” there is a scene where the Russian president shows Stone a video on an iPhone...
Russia uses money and threat of prosecution to hide Russian soldiers’ deaths in Ukraine
By Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine
While whole villages, sometimes regions, come out to bid farewell to slain Ukrainian soldiers, Russians killed are likely...
Russia Might Ditch Its Failed ‘Bloggers’ Registry’
By RuNet Echo, for Global Voices
Russian lawmakers in the State Duma have introduced legislation that would abolish the so-called “Bloggers’ Registry” created in 2014,...
Russian librarian found guilty for keeping Ukrainian books
By Marina Bocharova, Coda
As Russia’s war with Ukraine stretches into a third year, the Kremlin is stepping up efforts to squash any expressions of...
The ‘Russian World’ in Germany
By Nikolai Mitrokhin, Eurozine
Pro-Kremlin propaganda spread through social media is causing a shift to the far-Right among Germany’s native Russian population. Nikolai Mitrokhin considers...
Crimean Journalist’s Trial Resumes, Adjourned Until June 14
By RFE/RL
The trial of RFE/RL contributor Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist who is fighting what he says is a politically motivated separatism charge on...
Moscow TV Round-Up: Literature, Justice and the Third Reich
By Mark H. Teeter, for The Moscow Times
It’s "strange bedfellows week" on Moscow television, as the small screen offers its audience great literature (live!),...