Harley Balzer: Don’t believe Putin’s propaganda. Sanctions are hurting Russia
By Harley Balzer, for UkraineAlert
The Putin regime has long sought to convince Russians that international sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine are actually beneficial for...
‘Dialogue with Russia’ is just a trap
By Stanisław Żaryn, for StopFake
The Russian Federation authorities have a long record of using blackmail, escalating demands and ‘expectations’ from the broadly defined West,...
Timothy Snider: How to think about war in Ukraine
By Timothy Snider, for Thinking about...
I keep being asked whether Russia will invade Ukraine again. I don't know. The last time Russia attacked...
Moscow’s Memory Wars: Putin seeks to whitewash Russia’s Stalinist past
By Gina S. Lentine, for UkraineAlert
On December 28, 2021, Russia’s Supreme Court ruled to liquidate Memorial International on charges of “repeated violations of the foreign agents...
Ben Dubow: The Colored Steppe
By Ben Dubow, for CEPA
Whatever caused the uprising in Kazakhstan, its brutal Russian-backed suppression again shows Vladimir Putin has a free hand to act...
Kseniya Kirillova: Russia Cranks Up the Propaganda Volume
By Kseniya Kirillova, for CEPA
Russian state representatives, the Kremlin’s foreign policy ideologist, and media loyalists are becoming increasingly menacing.
The first round of the US-Russia...
Putin’s Nasty Soviet Nostalgia
By Olga Lautman, for CEPA
Vladimir Putin’s state is granting itself ever-greater freedom both abroad and at home; losers include the Russian people.
There are few...
‘Mission impossible?’: tracking political misinformation and disinformation on TikTok
By Nuurrianti Jalli, for The Conversation
TikTok is one of the top five social media platforms in the world this year.
In Southeast Asia last year, 198 million people,...
What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social media? 3 experts...
By Anjana Susarla, Dam Hee Kim, Ethan Zuckerman, for The Conversation
At the end of 2020, it seemed hard to imagine a worse year for...
Peter Dickinson: Debunking the myth of a divided Ukraine
By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert
In recent months, Ukraine has found itself back in the global spotlight amid a fresh bout of Kremlin saber-rattling that has...