Fake Guardian Article On ‘Collapsing Russia’ Plan Finds Receptive Audience…On Russian State TV
By Carl Schreck, for RFE/RL
A fake article attributing explosive claims about Russia to the former chief of British intelligence was quickly debunked last week...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. August 23, 2017
Weekly Update on the Kremlin Disinformation Efforts
The Obama administration was warned about the Kremlin’s subversive activities in 2014. In light of these revelations, the fact...
Fighting the American ‘occupation’ of Romania
By Corina Rebegea, for CEPA
The injection of anti-West narratives in online media and social platforms has become business as usual in Romania. The country’s...
Pro-Kremlin tabloid TV network is reportedly shutting down and laying off all staff
By Meduza
The pro-Kremlin television network Life, owned by Aram Gabrelyanov’s “News Media,” will shut down on August 18, company sources told the news agency...
NATO Needs an Offensive Cybersecurity Policy
By Barbara Roggeveen, for Atlantic Council
Modern-day warfare is as much about cyberattacks and the protection of communication and information systems as it is about...
Putin regime is driving out the most qualified cadres, Levada Center’s Gudkov says
Russia faces a massive brain drain because those seeking to leave Russia now in ever greater numbers are the most educated and competent, Lev...
Russian Journalist Sokolov Jailed for Extremism After Calling for Referendum
A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced Russian journalist Alexander Sokolov to three and a half years in jail for extremism, in a case Sokolov...
Russian federal censor adds Snapchat to government list of instant messengers without company’s knowledge
By Meduza
Correction: Snapchat has clarified that Russia's Internet censor added Snap Inc. to its list of online messengers without its knowledge. Initial reports that...
Civil war in Latvia? Not so fast
Pro-Kremlin media plays with the idea of civil war in Latvia
By Mārtiņš Kaprāns, for CEPA
On 5 July, the pro-Kremlin news portal Vesti.lv published an...
Kremlin squeezes Russian internet providers
By Donald N. Jensen, for CEPA
In late July, Russian President Vladimir Putin tightened restrictions on internet usage in Russia by signing amendments to an...