Putin’s New Totalitarianism Relies on ‘Targeted Repression and Mass Manipulation,’ Gudkov Says
Unlike classical totalitarian rulers who relied on “total terror and mass repressions,” Lev Gudkov says, Vladimir Putin relies on a “new technology of rule,”...
Only 18% identifies with Kremlin-backed “DNR” – survey
A new survey finds only small fraction of “DNR” residents identifying themselves as a “DNR” citizen. However, this number is prone to grow. Ukraine...
The biggest threat to democracy? Your social media feed
Over the past two decades, the internet has rewired civil society in unprecedented ways, propelling collective action to a radically new level of citizen...
How the International Media Enables Russian Aggression in Ukraine
If anyone had attempted to report on "German-backed forces" in Nazi-occupied France or "pro-Soviet forces" during the Prague Spring, they would have been dismissed...
Taras Kuzio: Is Ukraine really winning the ‘information war’ with Russia?
In a recent interview, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Paraubiy said the European Union decision to extend sanctions against Russia for its aggression against Ukraine...
Kremlin Propaganda Exploiting Five American Vulnerabilities, Kirillova Says
Lenin said that Marxism was powerful because it was true; his successors in the Kremlin have been as successful with their propaganda as they...
Die Welt: A Dangerous Putin Propaganda Think Tank Lands In Germany (Op-Ed)
The latest in the perilous liaisons between pro-Russian Germans and Vladimir Putin is taking the propaganda war on the West to a whole new...
Russian elite benefits from Putin cult more than he does, Kirillova says
The Putin personality cult is “not only and even not so much a benefit” to the Kremlin leader himself “as to his elite which...
As in Soviet Era, Russian Intelligence Harasses Diplomats, Reporters as Relations Deteriorate with West
By Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, for The Interpreter
Josh Rogin, a journalist for the Washington Post, has published two articles about the harassment of US diplomats...
Why Vladimir Putin is cheering Brexit — and why he might soon regret it
There is no doubt that Moscow was hoping for Britain to leave the European Union. Its propaganda channels such as RT eagerly championed the...