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.
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 all the editorialising? Which op-eds and columns should one take seriously?
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 to fool all the people all of the time ‘We all know there will be no…
Edward Lucas: Who is Ready For Hybrid Warfare?
Below is the full transcript of the speech by Edward Lucas on RT at a panel discussion called ‘Who is Ready For Hybrid Warfare?’ Other participants included NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Philip Breedlove and Norwegian Minister of Defense Ine Eriksen Soreide.
Piotr Kuzniatsou: Belarus has only one instrument against propaganda – national consciousness
Russian propagandist pressing carries huge long-term threat for the national mental health. But even Belarusans have a chance to retain adequacy. Belarusans voluntarily stay prisoners of Russian propaganda.
In Moscow, A New Eurasianism
Being a Kremlin mandarin has its perks. In addition to a walnut finished office in Moscow’s Old Square which might have belonged to Brezhnev, or a bay windowed view of the Spassky Gate; in addition to being…
A Reconstruction of Clashes in Mariupol, Ukraine, 9 May 2014
On 9 May 2014, the center of the Ukrainian city Mariupol was the site of violent clashes between anti-government activists and the Ukrainian army.
The Kremlin’s Sleight of Hand: Russia’s Soft Power Offensive in the UK
Dr Andrew Foxall is Director of the Russia Studies Centre at The Henry Jackson Society. His first book, Ethnic Relations in Post-Soviet Russia, was published by Routledge in October 2014.
Three Disturbing Developments in Russia
At a time when each day brings fresh evidence that Russia is headed in a very dangerous direction and many news items that leave one shaking one’s head or feeling the need to say “I’m not making this up,”…
How Russia outfoxes its enemies
Russia's annexation of Crimea last year caught almost everyone off guard. The Russian military disguised its actions, and denied them - but those "little green men" who popped up in the Black Sea peninsula were a textbook case of the Russian practice of military deception - or maskirovka.