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“Most common way that fake news spreads is from laziness” – Aric Toler (Bellingcat)

Aric Toler has been an employee at Bellingcat since 2015. He graduated with an MA in Slavic Languages & Literatures from the University of...

The Daily Vertical: Who’s Afraid Of Montenegro? (Transcript)

By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL One has to wonder why the Kremlin is getting so hysterical about Montenegro joining NATO. I mean, let's have a little reality...

Putin Needs an Intelligentsia that Complains but Knows Its Place, Shevtsova Says

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Vladimir Putin needs a constantly complaining but one that knows what not to criticize – his person and immediate...

Russian Hacking Allegations Could Get Putin Reelected (Op-ed)

Allegations of Russian hacking are still murky, but distraction in Washington is still a net gain for Russia By Vladimir Frolov, for The Moscow Times Vladimir...

The Daily Vertical: The New NKVD (Transcript)

By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. Words matter. And they particularly matter when they...

The Daily Vertical: Putin Meets The World He Created (Transcript)

By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL Vladimir Putin just got a little taste of the world he created. He got pomp and circumstance amid the opulent splendor of...

Putin Doesn’t Want Russians to Continue Focusing on Crimea, Goryunova Says

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Vladimir Putin, who exploited Russian euphoria over the Anschluss of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea three years ago to...

Putin’s Anti-Ukrainian Propaganda Playing Role State Anti-Semitism Did in Soviet Times, Ikhlov Says

By Paul Goble, Window on Russia Vladimir Putin’s “rabid” anti-Ukrainian propaganda resembles and is intended to have a similar outcome to Soviet state anti-Semitism, or...

The ‘Russophobia’ Weapon

By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL Sergei Lavrov sees "Russophobia" everywhere. Allegations that Moscow is supplying arms to the Taliban are "Russophobic." Accusations that Russia is interfering in Western...

Moscow Completely Restores and Actively Promotes Stalinist Conception of World War II, Pavlova Says

The Putin regime not only has completely restored the Stalinist conception of World War II but is promoting it in the media and the...