Fake: Criminal Case Launched Against Saakashvili
The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and other Russian and Ukrainian media reported that a criminal case had been launched against Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili...
How international media failed Moldova’s protesters
There’s more to Moldova's protests than “pro-European” versus “pro-Russian”, Mihai Popșoi wrote for Open Democracy.
Moldova’s image as the poorest country in Europe is rivaled only...
Kremlin Censor Finally Brings Down the Hammer on the RuNet’s Pluckiest Freedom Advocates
Russian censors have finally decided to block the website of RosKomSvoboda, a Russian Internet freedom and human rights organization, by adding it to the...
Putin’s Media Are Pushing Britain For The Brexit
The Kremlin’s English-language outlets are at it again: Just months after lobbying for Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of the UK opposition, they are...
Putin propaganda picks up ex-Pentagon contractors
As Washington cuts back efforts to counter Russian propaganda, the Kremlin is hiring American communications talent straight from the Pentagon, Michael Waller wrote for...
How the Russian MoD Invented a US Bombing of Aleppo
This post originally appeared in Russian in the blog “Noodle Remover”. The following is an abridged translation of that post.On February 11, during a Russian...
Fake: Ukraine’s Military Industrial Complex Ruined
Russian media reported on February 9 that Ukraine’s military industrial complex is on the verge of ruin because Ukraine’s leadership has chosen to end...
Russian Media Putting Words in the Pope’s Mouth
On the eve of Pope Francis’ historic meeting with Russian Orthodox leader Kyrill, Russian sites reported that Pope Francis called the Russian president “the...
How censorship works in Vladimir Putin’s Russia
Russia can be a murderously difficult place to do independent journalism; the killing of reporter and activist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 ought to have...
Fake: Turkish Ship Transports Military Equipment from Bulgaria to Ukraine
Several pro-Russian publications are reporting that a Turkish ship has delivered military vehicles from Bulgaria to Ukraine. According to these reports, this Soviet era...