Neighbours, but not friends
On 28 October, FSB officers paid a visit to the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow. Their mission? To find books banned from publication...
One man’s hard lesson after the Eiffel Tower’s darkness was mistaken for a moving...
On the night of the Paris attacks, Rurik Bradbury noticed an inevitable and tiresome trend popping up on Twitter. “I think I saw a...
Beating the Islamist propagandists
Barely 12 hours had passed since the siege on Paris’ Bataclan theater ended and already the propagandists of the Islamic State had put together...
Ukrainian Men’s Travel Ban News Debunked as Fake by Military
On November 19, Ukrainian men woke up to discover that if they were under 45, they would now apparently have to cancel their travel...
Russian Media Distort Hollande Comment
Russian media incorrectly translated a statement by French President Francois Hollande about Syria.
His actual comment, translated, was: “In Syria, we're diligently looking for the...
Too little too late: The horror of Paris proves the media need to debunk...
‘Have you seen the news from Paris? Just awful isn’t it’. This WhatsApp message was the start of a long evening cross-referencing updates on...
Russian Lawmaker Suggests Banning Telegram Messenger ‘Because It’s Used by ISIS’
Russian users’ access to the Telegram messenger app should be restricted, according to Russian lawmaker Aleksandr Ageyev, who appealed to the Russian state security...
Russia plans a ‘hybrid warfare’ campaign aimed at destabilising Europe, says Bulgarian President
Russia has trained its sights on the Balkans to wage a “hybrid warfare” campaign aimed at destabilising the whole of Europe, the President of...
Propaganda Wars in the Czech Republic
Better that Czech teenagers learn about Russian propaganda in school than be hit by it unprepared. From Aktualne.cz.
A project designed to make high school...
Russia Changes Its Mind, Asks Twitter to Store Russian User Data Locally
Russia's Internet watchdog Roscomnadzor is demanding that microblogging service Twitter store its Russian users’ personal data on servers inside Russia. The demand is based...