The Trolls Who Came In From The Cold
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Viktor Rezunkov – ST. PETERSBURG, March 16, 2015) Last May, Tatiana N decided she wanted a higher salary than the average journalist can expect. After responding to an...
View ArticleRussian ‘Troll Farm’ Lawsuit Postponed When Defendant Fails to Show
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – June 2, 2015) Russian court hearings into a lawsuit by a former Internet “troll” against her former employer have been postponed after the defendant...
View ArticleInoculated Against Russian Propaganda
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Daria Litvinova – December 4, 2015) Immediately following the harrowing terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, Russian pro-Kremlin media adjusted their rhetoric,...
View ArticleThe Year Of The Troll
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Brian Whitmore – December 10, 2015) For much of the year, Russian bombers, warships, and submarines played chicken with NATO with provocative incursions into member states’ sea...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “The danger of Russian disinformation”– Washington Post/Anne...
…authoritarian regimes, led by Russia but closely followed by China, have begun investing heavily in the production of alternatives. Because national media is often weak, it has become far easier for...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir...
“Kremlin trolls stole the identity of an authentic U.S. Muslim organization-first to smear John McCain and Hillary Clinton, then to sing her praises. …”
View ArticleNEWSLINKS DIGEST: More American tales of Russiagate
These Americans Were Tricked Into Working For Russia. They Say They Had No Idea. Buzzfeed.com October 17, 2017 Facebook admits Russia agents used Messenger to disrupt U.S. presidential election...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “From the Czech Republic, a warning for our midterms: The Russians...
“Milos Zeman … [Czech] president … speaks and acts as if he were a pure Russian agent. … defend[ing] the seizure and annexation of Crimea … den[ying] the presence of Russian forces in eastern Ukraine …...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “PUTIN’S POSTMODERN WAR WITH THE WEST”– The Wilson...
“It may not look like war, but perhaps it should. Russia’s interference in American democracy proves that popular conception of the term needs to be updated – and failure to do could increase U.S....
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “A So-Called Expert’s Uneasy Dive Into the Trump-Russia Frenzy; Is...
“… The thing is, I don’t really want to be an expert on the Internet Research Agency and Russian online propaganda. I agree with my colleague Masha Gessen that the whole issue has been blown out of...
View ArticleRussian interference in the virtual world is not the problem; If there were...
(opendemocracy.net – Tom Junes – February 22, 2018) [Text with links opendemocracy.net/od-russia/tom-junes/russian-interference-in-virtual-world-is-not-problem] Tom Junes is a historian and...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “On Russia, we need more reason and less frenzy”– Washington...
“… Finding a way back from the brink won’t be easy, but less hysteria and more reason would be a useful first step. … Those who care about our democracy should be particularly wary of stoking a new...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Ukrainian Association of the Kennan Institute Alumni: ‘We are...
“The following is an open letter of the Ukrainian Association of the Kennan Institute Alumni published on Feb. 27.”
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Journalists Argue Russian Interference Has Been Exaggerated”– NPR
“The New Yorker’s Masha Gessen and Adrian Chen … tell NPR’s David Greene why they think the impact of Russian election interference efforts is largely overblown.”
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Russia’s got the gas and is ready to set fire to our system of...
“… even a currency crunch won’t stop Russia’s foreign interventions because, despite punitive sanctions, the price of oil, ultimately, pays for its troublemaking. High energy prices are the cost of...
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