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How many political prisoners languish in Russia’s jails and penal colonies? The short answer is that nobody knows. Harassment makes it hard for human rights organizations to track these cases.

The speaker of Moldova's parliament, Andrian Candu, has signed legislation appointing seven new government ministers along with a law that bans Russian "media propaganda.

Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world.

Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda declared that a Hepatitis A epidemic was raging in Ukraine.

Is automated fact-checking the “holy grail” for this corner of journalism? By Christine Schmidt, for NiemanLab Instead of watching the upcoming State of the Union address with snide fact-checks from users on…

Fakes: Ukrainians massively deported from the EU; European Union seeks to improve relations with Russia at any cost; Ukraine postpones salary increases for military for a year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxiRqsGZb0k&t=2s

Just a few hours after the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), the circumstances that caused the tragedy came to light: a Buk-M1 Russian-made anti-aircraft missile system was fired by either…

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he will introduce a law against the spread of ‘fake news’ in order to “protect democratic life”.

Press Secretary, Russian Embassy to U.S. “Do not forget to mention - USSR & US were allies - Baltic states were dictatorships Hopefully historian Richie will tell how Lithuania received its capital in 1939…

Russia is having a presidential election this year. Right? Wrong. In fact, the Kremlin is staging a play about an election, rather than a real contest with real voters, real candidates, real competition and real doubt about the outcome.