Detoxing Russia
Long after Boris Nemtsov’s killers are caught and Putin is gone, we’ll still be dealing with the legacy of the current media climate.
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The Guardian view on Russian propaganda: the truth is out there
Nietzsche said it first: “There are no facts, only interpretations.” But Vladimir Putin has perfected it into a political strategy. Within hours of opposition...
If Moscow TV Said Putin was a Criminal, Russians Would Soon Agree, Panfilov Says
Government-controlled television is such a dominant player in Russian life that if the TV didn’t show Putin for two weeks and in the third...
The West Is Ignoring Some Unpleasant Truths About Putin
At the beginning of the Ukraine crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told U.S. President Barack Obama that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "in...
‘Out of My Mouth Comes Unimpeachable Manly Truth’
What he learned from watching a week of Russian TV, Gary Shteyngart wrote for The New York Times:
On a cold, sunny New Year’s Eve...
Twitter Chatter About Putin and Poroshenko: The Language Breakdown
This article is part of a citizen-media data-analysis project, a collaboration between RuNet Echo and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Explore...
Ukraine’s Lonely Cyberwarrior vs. Russia
He hacks Russian ministries and CCTV cameras in rebel areas, but Eugene Dokunin and his team are up against a horde of Russian trolls.
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Russia’s latest disinformation campaign attempts to justify ceasefire violations
While the West enjoyed the celebration of love on Valentine’s Day, events in Eastern Ukraine were far removed from the lovefest. In spite of...
Navigating the ‘Arm Ukraine’ Debate
There has been a lot of debate in the Western press over whether to supply Ukraine with defensive arms. How to make sense of...
How Putin turned Russian politics into reality TV
A review of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev describes the chilling world of modern Russia where the aim is...