Vladimir Putin’s Selective Use of History
byUsing history is merely a tactic for the Kremlin. The West often regards Russian President Vladimir Putin as a history-conscious leader. The reasoning for…
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Central Moscow in Navalny Protest Lockdown – Media Blacked Out
byVIDEO SHOT BY ALEXEY KOVALEV SHOWS MASSIVE POLICE PRESENCE AND VIOLENT ARREST OF PROTESTORS Things are getting quite tense around Pushkin sq, lots of…
Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries
byArguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the Russian propaganda site, SputnikPogrom, outlines how…
The Reality in Russia’s Fake News Attacks on Environmentalists
byWith the rise of Donald Trump, fake news hit the West with such surprising ferocity that it’s easy to forget how long Russia has…
Battle of Narratives: Russia’s War on History
byWe need to reset relations with Russia on the Kremlin’s terms. That, stripped of its decorative elements, is the argument made by my old…
Sofi Oksanen: Your Silence Will Not Protect You
byDuring my years at school, maps hung on our classroom walls on which the Finnish borders were clear, as were those of the Soviet…
Estonia, Russia and The War on Truth
byPropaganda is now the central front of the New Cold War. But Estonians were on to the role of the Kremlin’s media machine much…
Anti-Semitism on the Rise in Russia
byGiven the rise in xenophobia in Russian society following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his increasingly repressive authoritarianism at home, many have pointed…
A Message To My Doomed Colleagues In The American Media
byCongratulations, US media! You’ve just covered your first press conference of an authoritarian leader with a massive ego and a deep disdain for your…
Kasparov: Sanctions Help Deter Putin’s Aggression
byThe following written testimony was given by Garry Kasparov about the situation in Putin’s Russia and Canada’s response to Kremlin aggression in the Canadian…