Fake: Veneto Regional Council Considers Crimea Part of Russia
Russian web sites are eagerly disseminating a story about the Veneto regional council voting to recognize the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in...
That Guy: This is Why People Hate You II
Have you ever met That Guy? Maybe you met him in high school. Maybe it was in college or in the military. I think...
The Daily Vertical: No Criticism Allowed (Transcript)
They came for Lenta.ru. They came for VKontakte. They came for the bloggers.
They marginalized Dozhd-TV. They tamed Kommersant and Gazeta.ru. They've threatened and harassed...
Top Russian pundit confesses to using falsified Nazi document as part of investigative report
Dmitry Kiselyov, one of Russia's most prominent television pundits and the head of the news agency Rossiya Segodnya, acknowledged that his TV program used...
The danger of Russian disinformation
Fifteen years ago, the idea that foreign disinformation might be a problem for European countries seemed ludicrous. Free media looked as triumphant as free...
Putin’s hydra: Inside Russia’s intelligence services
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Far from being an all-powerful “spookocracy” that controls the Kremlin, Russia’s intelligence services are internally divided, distracted by bureaucratic turf wars, and often...
No Canaries in the Coal Mine: The Demise of RBC
Authoritarian regimes have seemingly learned how not to stifle freedom of speech completely, using censorship or administrative strictures to send signals about the acceptability or...
StopFake #82 with Irena Chalupa
The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. This week’s fakes include
Ukrainian prime minister’s slip of the tongue becomes a promise to steal,...
Fake: Washington Post Calls for Ukraine Aid Cut
Russia’s official government publication Rossiyskaya gazeta published a story claiming that the US newspaper Washington Post was calling for a stop to all financial...