Pro-Putin Think Tank Based In New York Shuts Down
A pro-Kremlin think tank based in New York City is shutting down, an official with the group told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday.
“I can confirm...
Hashtags and User Networks in the Putin-Poroshenko Twitter Chatter
This article is part of a citizen-media data-analysis project, a collaboration between RuNet Echo and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Explore...
Europe Seeks to Counter Kremlin Success Pushing World View
Larry King's back on the air, beaming his high-octane brand of talk to households around the world. Where can you catch him? Kremlin-backed television.
Moscow wants you to pay better...
Russian Soft Power In Central Asia
The Kremlin surprised nearly everyone when it unleashed its media machine on the world after the pro-Moscow president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, was chased...
EU drafts plan on Russia’s media ‘misuse’
EU institutions aim to counter Russian propaganda with “positive” messages, media funding, and closer regulation, a new action plan says.
The plan, a nine-page paper...
Russian ‘Troll Factory’ Agrees to Compensate Former Employee, But She’s Just Getting Started
The phenomenon of “troll factories” or “troll farms” operating on the RuNet and beyond to shape the conversations and sentiment online has by now...
Rossiya Segodnya assets seized in France
Bailiffs in France, carrying out court orders to seize assets belonging to the Russian Federation, have issued seizure notifications to Russia’s RT state-funded television...
Russian Censor Says It’s High Time the Country Developed Its Own Messenger App
Russia is in dire need of its own national text messaging service, according to Alexandr Zharov, head of Roscomnadzor, Russia's media watchdog. Speaking at...
Self-Proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Now Has an Internet Blacklist
Internet blacklists are a common occurrence in countries like Russia and Belarus, and now officials of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People's Republic” in the Donetsk...
Facebook’s block policy accused of facilitating pro-Kremlin trolls
Prominent bloggers claim their accounts are being routinely blocked after orchestrated complaints from Russia’s cyber army, wrote Dmitriy Volchek, RFE/FL.
On June 4, Ukrainian journalist...