MH17 – The Open Source Investigation, Two Years Later
Today Bellingcat releases its latest report, “MH17 – The Open Source Investigation, Two Years Later”, bringing together two years of research by Bellingcat into...
Commission: Russian propaganda has deeply penetrated EU countries
A European Commission official has said that Russian propaganda was now powerful in all EU member states – but in some of them Moscow barely...
New Generation of Digital Detectives Fight to Keep Russia Honest
Almost two years ago on July 17, 2014, a Buk missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, killing 298 passengers and their...
How technology disrupted the truth
Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts....
How to Conduct Open-Source Research on the Russian Internet
This research project by Aric Toler, a contributor at RuNet Echo and Bellingcat, offers a series of guides, tutorials, and walkthroughs on understanding and...
Leaked Transcript of First Meeting of RBC Journalists with New Management – ‘Double Lines’...
The Russian journalists' community as well as many bloggers have been avidly discussing a transcript leaked from a meeting of the new management of...
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...