Pro-Kremlin Far-right Bulgarian Party Used in Latest Ukrainian “Separatism’ Fake”
If you believe the media, ‘Bulgaria’ has endorsed the demand of local Ukrainian Bulgarians and called on Ukraine to create a Bulgarian autonomy. This...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. July 11, 2016
Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts in Europe
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported what the pro-Kremlin scene in the Czech Republic looks like. Citing the...
Putin gives federal security agents two weeks to produce ‘encryption keys’ for the Internet
After signing controversial anti-terrorist legislation earlier today, President Putin ordered the Federal Security Service (the FSB, the post-Soviet successor to the KGB) to produce...
Russian TV Airs Video Of U.S. ‘Spy’ Altercation Outside Embassy
Russian television has made a fresh sally in an ongoing diplomatic dustup between Washington and Moscow, airing purported footage of an altercation outside the...
Russia’s Internet Watchdog Blocks Sites Calling for Election Boycott
Russia's Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked four websites that called for mass boycotts of the upcoming State Duma elections, it stated in a message...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. July 4, 2016
Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts in Europe
The Washington Post reported that harassment of the U.S. ambassadors and their diplomatic staff in Russia...
How BuzzFeed wants to use its social media acumen to take on the hoaxers
A new, global beat led by Craig Silverman is aiming to apply how BuzzFeed makes stories go viral to debunking fake news, Alastair Reid...
Putin associate to open ‘propaganda centre’ in Berlin
A close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin is to open a research institute in Berlin, according to Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, which said...
Russia Wants to Force Internet Companies to Cooperate With Its Surveillance System
On June 24 the Russian parliament is expected to vote new anti-terrorism measures designed to tighten the Kremlin's grasp on the Internet. The suggested...
New Google Earth Satellite Update Confirms Presence of Buk in Eastern Ukraine
Today, Google Earth updated its historical satellite imagery to include Donetsk and Makiivka at 11:08am (local time) on July 17, 2014, the day of the...