Russian Hackers Behind Attack on Ukraine’s Power Grid, Researchers Claim
The alleged cyber-attack that led to a temporary outage of the Ukrainian power grid was likely perpetrared by Russian hackers, according to US researchers.
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Drowning in a sea of paranoia and propaganda
Today, the perception of Vladimir Putin in Europe is both overblown and distorted, writes Olga Irisova for New Eastern Europe. His most zealous opponents...
Russia propaganda machine gains on U.S.
Russia has reorganized and intensified its international propaganda machine so effectively over the past decade that some Western lawmakers and diplomats say Washington now...
Kazan Arrests Pro-Moscow Critic under Terms of Russia’s Anti-Extremist Law
Rais Suleymanov, a Tatar who has sharply criticized Kazan for supposedly assisting the rise of radical Islam in the Middle Volga and for failing...
Greek news agency ANA-MPA starts editorial cooperation with Sputnik
The ANA-MPA will launch a new international 'news journey' in collaboration with the Russian news agency Sputnik on New Year's Day, with two new...
Russia: Blogger Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment
In response to a Russian court sentencing blogger Vadim Tyumentsev to five years imprisonment after convicting him of “extremism” for posting videos on social...
Team Fortress 2 poster mistaken for US propaganda on Russian state television
As part of an effort to show how theUnited Statesuses propaganda to influence the mindset of its citizens, a historical documentary recently aired by...
Roscomnadzor Head Claims Google and Apple Are ‘Relocating Servers’ to Russia
Western Internet and technology juggernauts Google and Apple may be working on moving some of their servers storing user data to Russia, according to...
Massive LiveJournal Troll Network Pushes Pro-Kremlin Narratives
Since spring 2014, thousands of fake LiveJournal blogs have been mass-posting content promoting a pro-Kremlin stance on world events, attacking Western leaders and praising Russian president Vladimir Putin. Using custom...
Putin’s Ukraine Admission and a Culture of Lies
After persistent denials, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemingly admitted to a Russian military presence in Eastern Ukraine (before he didn’t). In any “normal country”,...