Russia Investigates VKontakte User for Posting Ukraine-Related Content
Russian authorities are investigating a Yekaterinburg woman on charges of “inciting hatred and violence” for posting links to content about Ukrainian Euromaidan protests on...
EU mulls response to Russia’s information war
The Netherlands is funding a study on how the EU can fight back against Russia’s “information war”, in one of several counter-propaganda initiatives.
The Dutch-sponsored...
Meet Russia’s 369 Kremlin-Registered Bloggers
The very first blog the Russian government ever added to its official “blogger registry” was a community on Vkontakte called “Typical Yekaterinburg.” That group,...
Try as He May, John McCain Can’t Shake Falsehoods About Ties to ISIS
Senator John McCain was one of the earliest advocates of American military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. So it has been vexing for...
Lithuania May Block Two More Russian TV Channels for Biased Coverage
Lithuania's media watchdog may halt broadcasting of two Russian television stations within the country for allegedly running biased content that incites hatred toward other nations, Delfi news...
Russia Video Game Made in China Calling for Killing Ukrainians on Sale in Kyiv,...
There was an old Soviet joke about the definition of socialist internationalism. One of its numerous ugly versions had it that this was shown...
Except for ‘Selfie’ and ‘Fake,’ New Russian Words This Year Reflect Hatred of Ukraine...
The boom in linguistic borrowings from English into Russian came to an abrupt end in 2014, psycho-linguist Aleksey Mikheyev says, with only two such...
Prominent Russians Say Duped Into Speaking in Anti-Navalny Video
Two prominent Russian cultural figures have taken to social networks and airwaves in anger after video footage they recorded in support of opposition activist Alexei Navalny was clipped and edited...
Kremlin Quietly Supports Network That Sends Thousands of Russian Veterans to Donbas War
In Yekaterinburg, the main city of Russia’s Ural region, retired army officer Vladimir Yefimov organizes army veterans to fight for Russia in southeastern Ukraine,...
Dmitry Kiselev’s Sputnik News Agency Launches Turkish-Language Website, Radio Station
Sputnik Multimedia Group launched its Turkish website tr.sputniknews.com and online radio service on Friday.
The radio service will be available in six cities in Turkey, namely Istanbul, Ankara,...