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The subdued Victory Day celebrations in Russia this weekend were an apt metaphor for the state of Vladimir Putin's propaganda machine as it struggles with a global pandemic. No military parade on Red Square.

The phenomenon is called “Pobedobesie,” or “victory frenzy. The May 9 anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War involves sausages adorned with the black and orange St.

Kseniya Kirillova explores how the more extreme Coronavirus conspiracy theories emanating from Russia are created for export to US Ultra Conservatives. the first half of April, BBC News prepared material that…

The appalling revelation that the faces of Vladimir Putin, Sergey Shoygu, Joseph Stalin, and Putin’s “little green men” of Crimean infamy will grace a mosaic in the Russian military’s new cathedral highlights…

After weeks of indecision, the Kremlin bowed to reality last week and postponed a much-hyped parade on Red Square to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Against the backdrop of the Coronavirus pandemic, Russian President Vladimir Putin cancelled a largely symbolic nationwide referendum on his constitutional amendments, including the ‘nullification’ of the presidential term.

“Through today’s lens, many U.S. coronavirus news stories from January and February seem breezy and untroubled…Many of these stories continue to circulate on social media.

Kseniya Kirillova exposes the attempts to discredit the West, undermine Ukraine, and persecute dissidents in the current Russian disinformation campaign. oronavirus is gripping the world and cannot, of course, be ignored by Russian propagandists.

Past week’s CEPA webinar with the Baltic ambassadors to the United States highlighted the wider impact of the coronavirus pandemic on regional cooperation, the EU, and transatlantic security.

“It’s clear that the public’s lack of trust in journalism generally mirrors the public’s lack of trust in coronavirus journalism specifically. By Jacob L.