The tabloid king who shapes how Russians see the world
Aram Gabrelyanov isn't a man to mince words. And what this tabloid king really dislikes are "assholes" and "traitors" who challenge Russian President Vladimir...
Zvezda Falsifies Photo
A doctored photo of Ukrainian servicemen allegedly transporting a stolen animal was spread on social networks and blogs.
The photo initially appeared on June 20...
Fake Commentary on the Arrest of Separatist
The Russian site Ukraina.ru and separatist sites News portal, News Front and Novorosinform.org have posted a false commentary, allegedly from the Center for Constitutional...
Rossiya Segodnya assets seized in France
Bailiffs in France, carrying out court orders to seize assets belonging to the Russian Federation, have issued seizure notifications to Russia’s RT state-funded television...
Russian Censor Says It’s High Time the Country Developed Its Own Messenger App
Russia is in dire need of its own national text messaging service, according to Alexandr Zharov, head of Roscomnadzor, Russia's media watchdog. Speaking at...
Self-Proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Now Has an Internet Blacklist
Internet blacklists are a common occurrence in countries like Russia and Belarus, and now officials of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People's Republic” in the Donetsk...
Debunking Lies and Stopping Fakes: Lessons from the Frontline
For the Kremlin, propaganda has become an integral part of information warfare. Throughout the past decade the Russian propaganda machine has been structured and...
Facebook’s block policy accused of facilitating pro-Kremlin trolls
Prominent bloggers claim their accounts are being routinely blocked after orchestrated complaints from Russia’s cyber army, wrote Dmitriy Volchek, RFE/FL.
On June 4, Ukrainian journalist...
Weapons of Mass Deception. Part Two
In part one of his essay, prominent Russian media analyst Vasily Gatov explained the origins of Putin’s anti-Western narrative and the current Russian propaganda campaign....
Weapons of Mass Deception. Part One
The overwhelming scale and deeply destructive nature of the Kremlin’s information war has only recently drawn attention of the Western mainstream media and policymakers. In part one...