The Kremlin Guard: Russia’s Pro-Government Youth Organizations
By Ksenia Kirillova, for Defence Report
The leader of the Young Guard of United Russia Denis Davydov announced that this organization plans to create groups to combat opposition movements...
Fighting Fake News
By Dmytro Zolotukhin, for Medium
Experience of Ukraine and Recommendations
“Fake news” (“fakes”) is a generic term that is a product of media, where there is a...
Berlin Olympics 1936, Russian World Cup 2018? It’s a Fair Comparison
By Integrity Initiative Op-Ed
The Russian authorities have strongly criticised the British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, for saying that Vladimir Putin intends to use the...
“Britain’s been attacking Russia for 400 years!”: Russian disinformation plumbs new depths in the...
By Integrity Initiative Op-Ed
“Disinformation” – the act of deliberately putting out false information to distract people from the truth – is a Russian concept....
Propaganda as a drug – even for Putin’s Russia
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Defencereport
Recently, Russian propaganda has committed another abomination against the dissident Ilya Yashinand his elderly grandmother. The camera crew “Life” broke into a nursing...
The strategic balancing act
By Edward Lucas, for CEPA
Deterrence and resilience are the two tasks facing the West as the threat from the Kremlin becomes ever clearer. Striking...
A Spy’s Mutual Friends
The arrest of Marek W., a man suspected of spying for the Russian Federation showed that despite appearances, we all can feel threatened. Each...
Soft power — not government censorship — is the key to fighting disinformation and...
By Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, for NiemanLab
In many countries over the past few years, the political process — and social cohesion — have been threatened...
The Daily Vertical: Russia’s real debate (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL
The most interesting thing that happened during yesterday's so-called election was a heated debate between a candidate who received less...
Putin’s Vision of a New ‘World Order’ Increasingly Worrisome, Kirillova Says
By Paul Goble, Window on Ukraine
It is perhaps emblematic of the times, but Vladimir Putin is increasingly using video clips and full-scale films to...