44% Georgians Say Russia’s Influence Has Grown Significantly since 2012
A survey conducted by Caucasus Research Resource Centre (CRRC) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in August 2015 showed that a 44 per cent...
The Rise of the New Authoritarians?
The West cannot resort to Cold War–style containment strategies with China and Russia, John Hemmings wrote for The national interest.
The news last week that...
Fake: Russian Soldier Looting in Chechnya Presented as Ukrainian
The so-called Novorossia news agency published a story accusing Ukrainian armed forces of robbing and looting local Ukrainians in the eastern war and illustrated...
Russian media breaks Putin family taboo
Russian President Vladimir Putin likes to cultivate the image of a tough national leader and macho man. It is an image that has left...
Alexei Bayer: Why is Putin’s propaganda successful?
I have read reports claiming that Russian propaganda has been developed based on some super-scientific principles developed in secret FSB (Federal Security Service) psychology...
The Hybrid War: Russia’s Propaganda Campaign Against Germany
The brief disappearance of a girl in Germany recently become an international political issue. Russia is exploiting the case for propaganda purposes as part...
StopFakeNews #70 with Mark Rachkevych
This week Kyiv Post journalist Mark Rachkevych guest hosts StopFake News. This week’s fakes include a story about continued Azov threats against the Netherlands;...
Fake: Shevchenko Statue Demolished in Zaporizhzhia Region
On February 6, Ukrainian and Russian media actively spread the news that a monument to Ukraine’s national poet Taras Shevchenko was demolished in Tokmak,...
Fake: Ukrainian Train Lost in Kazakhstan
On February 1 the Russian site Lenta.ru, followed by various Ukrainian and Russian publications reported that a Ukrainian train headed for China and traveling...
Fake: Zaporizhzhia City Council Rejects Ukrainian Language
Zaporizhzhia city government has opted to abandon using Ukrainian on its official internet page, writes the website Holos Pravdy. As practically all local media...