Russia launches media offensive on Syria bombing
"Russian air force begins bombing terrorist positions in Syria," screams the front of Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Ukrainians Turning Away From Russian Media In 2015, Survey Finds
Internews’ annual media consumption survey shows a dramatic drop in Ukrainians’ use of Russian media. The survey shows that Russian TV viewership shrank to 8% from 27% in 2014, and Russian internet use slid to 27% in 2015 from 44% in 2014.
Waging a Proxy War on Russian Journalism
Much has been said since 2014 about Russia's proxy war in Ukraine, where Russian troops and equipment are often reported and even sometimes captured, but with official Moscow staunchly denying involvement.
‘Cold as Ice’: Canada’s Election, as Told Through Russian Propaganda
Sputnik News, dubbed the "Buzzfeed of propaganda," has been paying particular attention to the current Canadian federal election. And it is bizarre.
When Online Kremlin Propaganda Leaves the Web, It Looks Like This
In previous investigative pieces for RuNet Echo, Lawrence Alexander has exposed a large network of pro-Kremlin websites, and (together with Aric Toler) provided an in-depth look at some of these resources.
Fact-checking Vladimir Putin’s speech at the UN
On September 28, 2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin took the stage at the UN General Assembly for the first time in a decade. “Putin Speech Bingo” successfully predicted many of the Russian leader’s talking points.
To combat Kremlin’s message, West gets into Russian broadcasting biz
Jelena Solomina, a petite blond, and Dmitri Pastuhhov, whose wavy mane of hair is pulled back with sunglasses, pace across their unfinished television studio in central Tallinn.
Cross-pollination among problematic social networks
Having followed with some interest the work @GCINEWS has been doing to expose the leftwing UK allies of Putin's Russia, I decided to take a first look at networks of Stop The War Coalition activists to see how and to what extent they cross with known Kremlin Troll networks.
Kremlin Mouthpiece Sets Up UK Base in Edinburgh
IT is the voice of the Kremlin and it is to bellow from Edinburgh's West End. Sputnik News - a state mouthpiece of Vladimir Putin's increasingly uncompromising Russian regime - has announced it is to open its first British hub in the Scottish capital next year.
Activists Leak Russian Government’s Plans to Create a ‘National Internet’
The data-leaking blog Anonymous International, also known as Shaltai-Boltai (Humpty Dumpty), has published the Russian government’s project proposal for creating a "national information platform," which would serve as an alternative Russian Internet.