The Goebbels of the Kremlin
In Soviet Russia, everybody knew that they were being watched. Any deviation from officially sanctioned behavior would be treated with suspicion and most likely...
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...
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...
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...
How the Kremlin Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Online News Aggregation
With well more than twice as many visitors as Russia’s most popular news websites, Yandex.News, an aggregation service offered by the country’s most popular...
Seven Goals of Russian Domestic Propaganda Have Laid a Trap for the Kremlin, Kirillova...
As a result of its propaganda effort at home, one that has seven main goals, Kseniya Kirillova says, the Kremlin has trapped itself in...
Kremlin’s ‘Top-5 Propaganda Myths, Fakes, and Stupidities’ of the Week
Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” provides a particularly rich harvest of the Kremlin’s “top propaganda myths, fakes and stupidities” of the last week,...
‘Russian Propaganda Kills,’ Nemtsov’s Daughter Says
The eldest daughter of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has stepped up her criticism of the Russian state media, drawing a parallel with Nazi...
Want to Get Really Mad About Ukraine? Watch Russian TV
The daily diet of the Kremlin’s ‘weaponized propaganda’ is not all lies — and it’s heating up Russians’ outrage over the war in Ukraine...