Russia’s pro-Putin media darling loves his new life in Brooklyn — minus the hipsters
His father is a multi-millionaire media mogul who has called Vladimir Putin the "father of the nation. At 24, he founded LifeNews, a news organization with a formidable reputation for breaking news and offering up a servile attitude toward the Kremlin that has won it fortune and infamy.
Russian media is loving the Baltimore riots
As the world watched TV screens and Twitter streams showing Baltimore in chaos, Russia's propaganda machine got to work exploiting the unrest with what is known locally as "whataboutism.
Vladimir Putin’s ‘misinformation’ offensive prompts US to deploy its cold war propaganda tools
Russia’s sprawling propaganda network may have failed to persuade much of the world that Ukraine is run by Nazis, that Crimea was annexed in a popular uprising and/or that Germany is a failed state.
Propaganda vs. Information Policy
The Ukraine crisis, which began with the EuroMaidan protests at the end of November 2013 escalating to a full-blown revolution by mid-February 2014 with the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych and later leading to…
How Russian TV misleads viewers about Ukraine
Russian TV's coverage of the fighting in and around the village of Shyrokyne in east Ukraine provides a useful case study of some of the tactics it uses to mislead viewers about the conflict there.
When words speak louder than guns
“In war, avoid what is strong and strike at what is weak”, Sun Tzu said. Russia has taken this to heart in spinning its narrative surrounding the Ukraine crisis, leaving Europe at a loss on how to counter Moscow’s relentless propaganda campaign.
How Online Media can Make a Difference in the Post-Soviet Space
The annexation of Crimea, the subsequent conflict in the East of Ukraine, and the lingering uncertainty hanging over this part of the world owing to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pledge to ‘protect…
The only Russian MP to vote against the Crimea annexation has an idea for...
Ilya Ponomarev is the only Russian MP who voted against the annexation of Crimea last year. He now lives in the U.S. because he is under investigation for embezzlement from a government-financed research institute called Skolkovo in Russia, charges that Ponomarev denies.
Countering Putin’s Information Weapons of War
"Kremlin propaganda is far outstripping our ability to get the truth out. The U.S. needs a new approach," - wrote Ed Roice for The Wall Street Journal. Vladimir Putin has a secret army.
New York’s anti-Ukrainian art gallery, and the far-right Russian network behind it
Two weeks ago a number of buses and subways engaged in an advertising blitz for an art exhibit opening in New York City titled “Material Evidence.