Harley Balzer: Don’t believe Putin’s propaganda. Sanctions are hurting Russia
The Putin regime has long sought to convince Russians that international sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine are actually beneficial for the country.
‘Dialogue with Russia’ is just a trap
The Russian Federation authorities have a long record of using blackmail, escalating demands and ‘expectations’ from the broadly defined West, which as Moscow reiterates ‘threatens Russia's interests’.
Timothy Snider: How to think about war in Ukraine
By Timothy Snider, for Thinking about... I keep being asked whether Russia will invade Ukraine again. I don't know.
Moscow’s Memory Wars: Putin seeks to whitewash Russia’s Stalinist past
On December 28, 2021, Russia’s Supreme Court ruled to liquidate Memorial International on charges of “repeated violations of the foreign agents law.
Ben Dubow: The Colored Steppe
Whatever caused the uprising in Kazakhstan, its brutal Russian-backed suppression again shows Vladimir Putin has a free hand to act in the borderlands. “We have questions about the nature of this request and…
Kseniya Kirillova: Russia Cranks Up the Propaganda Volume
Russian state representatives, the Kremlin’s foreign policy ideologist, and media loyalists are becoming increasingly menacing.
Putin’s Nasty Soviet Nostalgia
Vladimir Putin’s state is granting itself ever-greater freedom both abroad and at home; losers include the Russian people.
‘Mission impossible?’: tracking political misinformation and disinformation on TikTok
TikTok is one of the top five social media platforms in the world this year. In Southeast Asia last year, 198 million people, about 29% of the region’s population, used TikTok.
What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social media? 3 experts...
At the end of 2020, it seemed hard to imagine a worse year for misinformation on social media, given the intensity of the U.S. presidential election and the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peter Dickinson: Debunking the myth of a divided Ukraine
In recent months, Ukraine has found itself back in the global spotlight amid a fresh bout of Kremlin saber-rattling that has sparked fears of a full-scale Russian invasion.