Too little too late: The horror of Paris proves the media need to debunk...
‘Have you seen the news from Paris? Just awful isn’t it’. This WhatsApp message was the start of a long evening cross-referencing updates on...
Russian Lawmaker Suggests Banning Telegram Messenger ‘Because It’s Used by ISIS’
Russian users’ access to the Telegram messenger app should be restricted, according to Russian lawmaker Aleksandr Ageyev, who appealed to the Russian state security...
Russia plans a ‘hybrid warfare’ campaign aimed at destabilising Europe, says Bulgarian President
Russia has trained its sights on the Balkans to wage a “hybrid warfare” campaign aimed at destabilising the whole of Europe, the President of...
Propaganda Wars in the Czech Republic
Better that Czech teenagers learn about Russian propaganda in school than be hit by it unprepared. From Aktualne.cz.
A project designed to make high school...
Russia Changes Its Mind, Asks Twitter to Store Russian User Data Locally
Russia's Internet watchdog Roscomnadzor is demanding that microblogging service Twitter store its Russian users’ personal data on servers inside Russia. The demand is based...
You’re in the Army Now: How Drafted Ukrainian Journalists Cover the War in Their...
Ukrainian journalists drafted into the military to serve in eastern Ukraine have turned their Facebook and Twitter accounts into personal field diaries. In their...
When In Doubt, Blame The West
So Russia went there after all.
The crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 in Egypt on October 31, which killed all 224 people on board, was...
Russia’s Internet Watchdog May Soon Get More Extrajudicial Website Blocking Powers
Roscomnadzor, Russia's state media and Internet watchdog, might soon be able to cease the registration of websites in the .ru and .рф domain zones...
Manipulation: Another Obscure Blogger Becomes an “Expert”
Russian and pro-Russian media agencies continue to re-post material written by little-known international bloggers - or even by “international” bloggers who may in fact...
Confession of a Russian internet provider
A firsthand account of how the internet is monitored, regulated and blocked in the Russian Federation.
The internet is no longer free in Russia —...