Russia’s Prosecutor General, Yury Chaika has made the rather risible claim that Ukraine’s Pravyi Sektor Group attempted to overthrow the Russian government by using social media.
Putin’s ratings have sagged with the economic crisis, even as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sees an improvement in his ratings, as does anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny.
Many of the apparent contradictions in Russia today, Lilia Shevtsova says, can be explained by the fact that Vladimir Putin and his regime have entered what Argentinian political scientist Guilliermo O’Donnell once called “the impotence of omnipotence,” the gradual loss of power by leaders who remain in office for a long time.
With the upcoming broadcast of a BBC documentary on the conspiracy theories surrounding the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014, several media outlets, both Western and Russian, have revived some old and debunked claims. This morning, Britain’s Daily Express ran, in a break from its usual staples of Princess Diana stories and […]
Gazeta has published claims based on multiple government sources that the sale of RBC has been induced on orders from President Vladimir Putin, who was personally unhappy with the negative coverage of the Panama Papers implicating himself, his family members and close associates in corruption.
One of the last independent media voices comes under pressure. And Russia gets a new human rights commissioner with a rather creative view on human rights. On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, we look at the apparent assault on RBK, one of the last independent media outlets in Russia, owned by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov. Also […]
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ON MY MIND Russia’s media landscape is probably about to get a lot more barren. If the Kremlin manages to wrestle RBK from Mikhail Prokhorov — and let’s face it, is there anything that can stop it? — then Russia will lose one of its last solid, independent media outlets. We’ve seen this movie before. […]
Stanislav Krasnov, an Azov activist who was arrested, allegedly tortured, and accused of spying for Russia, has begun a dry hunger strike.
Ukraine Day 797: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine Significant Fighting Reported Near Avdeyevka, Maryinka 2016-04-25 04:27:50 At least three Ukrainian soldiers were killed before the Ukrainian military briefing on […]
