Truthiness in Russia
As opinion polls show, Russian propaganda is not effective in improving Russia’s image abroad. The situation is dramatically different inside Russia, where most popular media outlets seem to operate based on…
Is Russia Insider sponsored by a Russian oligarch with the ties to the European...
The emails leaked by the Anonymous International last year give us a few insights into the workings of the English language pro-Putin propaganda website Russia Insider.
Neighbours, but not friends
On 28 October, FSB officers paid a visit to the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow. Their mission? To find books banned from publication in Russia.
One man’s hard lesson after the Eiffel Tower’s darkness was mistaken for a moving...
On the night of the Paris attacks, Rurik Bradbury noticed an inevitable and tiresome trend popping up on Twitter. “I think I saw a professional news organization tweet about the lights of the Eiffel Tower…
Beating the Islamist propagandists
Barely 12 hours had passed since the siege on Paris’ Bataclan theater ended and already the propagandists of the Islamic State had put together audio and textual statements claiming responsibility for the attack, in French, Arabic and English.
Ukrainian Men’s Travel Ban News Debunked as Fake by Military
On November 19, Ukrainian men woke up to discover that if they were under 45, they would now apparently have to cancel their travel plans for the start of 2016, as Ukraine was banning them from leaving the country.
Russian Media Distort Hollande Comment
Russian media incorrectly translated a statement by French President Francois Hollande about Syria. His actual comment, translated, was: “In Syria, we're diligently looking for the political solution to the problem, from which Bashar Assad can’t be the issue.
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 Tweetdeck, trying to understand what was happening on the ground in…
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 service (FSB) to consider the possibility of blocking the app.