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The newspaper Kommersant has deleted from its website a series of quotes from the transcript of an interview with opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

To counter Kremlin crackdown, the BBC aims for a TV channel to promote “democracy and liberty. Europe’s floundering campaign to counter misleading Russian media coverage is about to get a boost from Britain’s public broadcaster.

Russian ultranationalists are trying to buy Western journalists: who is behind all of this? In the summer of 2014, a photographic exhibition on the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria appeared in Berlin and Brussels.

Compared to Soviet propaganda, which targeted ideological supporters of socialism and communism, Putin's propaganda machine targets individuals who hold different – often conflicting – worldviews.

Large Russian and separatist media web-sites continue the deceptive practice of presenting anonymous blogs on free hosting services as “publications of well-known mass media”.

This is not about engaging in counter-propaganda. However, where necessary the EU will respond to disinformation that directly targets the EU and will work with partners to raise awareness of these activities." - An EU source described.

Kremlin propaganda TV channel Russia Today has been refused permission to set up shop in Latvia, the LETA news agency reported Friday.

Discovery Communications Inc. will move its Russian business to a venture with a company co-owned by billionaire Yury Kovalchuk, a longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin, to comply with laws that will limit foreign ownership of media next year.

Dmitry Peskov, the long-time spokesman for Vladimir Putin, can’t seem to get his name out of the news. Earlier this month, Peskov weathered two media storms about his expensive tastes: one about an opulent…

Federal television in Russia has long been suspected of propaganda. Four Russian TV producers share their stories of life behind the lens.