None of Eight Myths in Putin’s ‘Crimea is Ours’ Ideology Stands Up to Close...
“’Krimnashizm’” – as the ideologem “Crimea is Ours” is spelled in Russian – consists of a complex of eight myths that are intended to...
Russia’s Stalinist Diplospeak
A Russian linguist closely examines how the Russian Foreign Ministry’s communication has resurrected the creepy old Soviet style.
Russian is a tough language to learn...
John Kornblum: Europe Needs a New Narrative
An interview with John Kornblum, American diplomat and businessman and former US ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Interviewer: Matthew Luxmoore.
MATTHEW LUXMOORE: You...
Malaysia airlines flight MH17 crash illustrates different realities in Russia vs. West
For the West, the downing one year ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 underlined the brutality of Moscow’s hybrid intervention in eastern Ukraine. In...
We’re all Putin’s ‘useful idiots’
Watching Russian TV recently is a disturbing business. As Stephen Ennis at BBC Monitoring has painstakingly recorded, Russian media has developed a habit of...
West should launch counterattack in war with Russia
Russian propaganda influences not only Russia's neighbours but also the European Union, writes Grigory Mesezhnikov, the director of the Slovakia-based Institute for Public Affairs,...
“Separatism” in Lviv – For Money and Russian Propaganda
Western leaders putting pressure on Ukraine to accede to Russian demands and offer the so-called ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ autonomy would be well-advised...
An Open Letter to Russia’s Silent National TV Networks
Almost two dozen Russian soldiers died on July 13, when part of a military barracks in suddenly collapsed. The men who perished in the...
MH17 anniversary: In Russia, conspiracy theories on downed plane still find believers
Days after the MH17 crash, independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta seemed to have little doubt as to who was responsible.
"Forgive us, Netherlands," was the...
Russia, the BUK-M1 Missile, and MH17
July 17, 2005, was the one-year anniversary of the downing Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over the Donbass area of eastern Ukraine. On this anniversary,...