‘Crimean Effect Weaker But Still Significant for the Kremlin, Experts Say
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
With the passing of time, the euphoria with which Russians greeted the Crimean Anschluss has weakened, a process that...
How does Russian propaganda cover the Russia protests? It’s awkward
By Jon Levine, for MediaITE
It’s not easy being a state-sponsored propaganda news organization when your country is embroiled in domestic unrest. Case in point...
Stalin’s Great Terror Wasn’t So Bad, Putin TV Suggests
The evolution in official Russian treatment of Stalin continues. He is no longer a tyrant nor is he an effective manager who may have...
How the West Can Defend Itself From Putin’s Russia
It’s time to return to a Cold War mentality
By Yascha Mounk, Slate
Two years ago, when Garry Kasparov, the chess champion turned political dissident, began...
Why WikiLeaks works
By Edward Lucas, CEPA
Russia’s hacking and leaking is proving a far more potent threat to our democracy than nuclear weapons.
Why launch warheads when you...
The Daily Vertical: Russia’s Passport To Empire (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
We haven't heard much about Novorossia lately.
And Vladimir Putin's concept of the Russian World has dropped out of the headlines.
But that...
A Cult Of Violence: Comics, Propaganda, And The Information War, Part I ...
By John R. Parker, Comic Alliance
As Russia and America circle each other in this rapidly evolving Cold War 2.0, combat is waged in multiple...
By exaggerating criticism of state institutions, we are assisting Russian propaganda – Mezviets
By exaggerating criticism of state institutions, we are playing into the hands of Russian propaganda activities in Latvia, Security Police Chief Normunds Mezviets...
Despots are embracing Donald Trump’s ‘war on the media’ with open arms
Isaac Stone Fish, The Guardian
George W Bush’s ‘war on terror’ gave cover to despots around the world – from China, to Turkey and Russia...
Six Immediate Steps to Stop Putin’s Aggression
By Yakub Janda, Atlantic Council
Security experts who follow the West’s responses to Russia’s meddling in its internal affairs—through cyber hacks, massive disinformation, corruption of...