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[...] of sophistication that the Kremlin applies in attempting to control every single aspect of Russian media, and as much as possible international media as well. The hack makes us privy to a daily [...]

[...] odious Russian politicians to date, called “Echo of Moscow”  the fifth column of Russian media,  and proposed measures to defend the State from “treason amongst the media“. [...]

[...] . The parties guilty for his handicap are “the fifth column “- the Liberals and the Russian media, as well as by the neological “sixth column “- “the traitors”, who do not want to [...]

[...] the state-owned news agency RIA’s website, and was immediately quoted by basically all Russian media, including RussiaToday. Shortly thereafter, however, this quote disappeared from RIA’s [...]

[...] behavior in it, often there is no real threat. So, we should blame in our hard feelings the information space that surrounds us. Civilization security threat in our minds Vladimir Vernadsky, the first [...]

[...] , in kind and in cash, to purchase goodies and “military equipment” for the militias in Eastern Ukraine. The website where his account number and contacts are given, says that due to the fact that [...]

[...] against sin on the net. On 11 July 2014, at the height of the Russian (non)-intervention in Eastern Ukraine, Denis Dadydov, Director of the Internet Safety League, sent out the following email message [...]

[...] .Com KREMLIN: Facing A Fateful Decision The downing of Malaysian flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine has created a new reality that is likely to cause long-term internal political and economic [...]

[...] . That is the only battalion that represents Putin’s interests in the war in Eastern Ukraine. Period. So here comes that strange confession, which puts the blame on Kiev for “ [...]

[...] Over the past half-year, Russian propaganda has flooded the international media with hundreds of theses, seeking to cast the break-up [...]

[...] able to find an almost exact 1983-1985 duplicate to each of these current foreign-affairs Russian propaganda theses. The point is, however, that Russia has chosen, for one or another reason, not to [...]

[...] matrix to only 2-dimensions, it shows clearly one thing: Ukrainian-speaking and Russian-speaking Ukrainians are closest to each other, culturally, ideologically, and value-wise.  The opposing [...]

[...] research for that article was the chronology of usage of the terms, used in Russian and Ukrainian media to frame the “conflict”. An interesting, while predictable finding, was that the [...]

[...] photos that didn’t lend themselves easily to Google-translation). I thought at least Ukrainian media would have paid attention to the Zhiri-leaks, but on election day I was shocked to find [...]

[...] of the electorate, which for one or another reason has acquired immunity against the Kremlin propaganda. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has turned into the most difficult test for the Kremlin’s [...]

Few media outlets in Russia can be called “independent” of the Kremlin, and yet fewer are free of the self-preserving inclination to please Putin� [...]

One of the earliest leaks of hacked emails released by Anonymous International (the Russian hacker group that, self-admittedly, works for money but re [...]

NB: The character, background and role of Alexey Navalny in Russian politics is controversial. I am not going to attempt to assess his role – positi [...]