The U.S. Should Do More to Counter Putin’s Propaganda
Three Russian television stations interviewed Andrei Petkov from a hospital bed in Nikolaev, Ukraine, in April 2014.
Rossia 1 described him, with a bandage on...
Russian ‘Troll Factory’ Agrees to Compensate Former Employee, But She’s Just Getting Started
The phenomenon of “troll factories” or “troll farms” operating on the RuNet and beyond to shape the conversations and sentiment online has by now...
How to Search Photos on Social Networks
To begin, let’s solve a puzzle. On what street in Yalta is the wall painted with the Ukrainian flag? The picture was posted recently....
Ukrainian Media Use Fake Video to Prove Fighting in Donetsk
Ukrainian online media reported that illegall armed separatist groups organized attacks from a self-propelled artillery installation in Donetsk. But the video that was offered...
Peter Pomerantsev: Beyond Propaganda
How authoritarian regimes are learning to engineer human souls in the age of Facebook.
This essay is adapted from the first in a series of publications by...
Russia’s Ministry Of Mind Reading
It's the urban legend that just won't die.
It is usually raised by Russian officials when they want to back up claims that the United...
The Evolution of Anti-Americanism in Russia
The Levada Center, an independent Moscow-based polling group, has tracked Russian attitudes towards the United States since the early 1990s, with the occasional gaps...
Kremlin’s Top Five ‘Propaganda Myths, Fakes and Stupidities’ for the Past Week
As he does each week, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” compiles a list of “the top five propaganda myths, fakes, and stupidities” for...
Lifenews Misinforms about “Desertion” of General
On June 22, the Russian television channel Lifenews informed its viewers that Alexander Kolomiets, a Ukrainian Major-General in the reserves, had deserted his position...
The Goebbels of the Kremlin
In Soviet Russia, everybody knew that they were being watched. Any deviation from officially sanctioned behavior would be treated with suspicion and most likely...