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Articles with tag "Propaganda"

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Belgium Probing Russian 'Interference' in European Parliament, PM Says

Belgium says its intelligence services discovered that some EU lawmakers were paid to promote Moscow's propaganda.
opinion Ian Garner

Putinism Is Set to Live On in Russia’s Youth

The biggest survey since the start of the war shows that Russia’s next generation may not usher in the change onlookers wish for.
5 Min read
influence effort

Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the EU from sending aid to Ukraine, the Czech prime...
2 Min read
opinion Jade McGlynn

Inside the Kremlin’s Showcase of Russian National Fantasies

A public exhibition about Russia’s achievements and purported unity reveals the cracks in the system governing the deeply divided country.
5 Min read
opinion Jade McGlynn

How Russian Propaganda Built an Alternate Reality in Occupied Ukraine

Moscow realized its old tactics wouldn’t work on citizens of occupied Ukrainian lands. So it switched to convincing people Kyiv betrayed them.
6 Min read
opinion Kirill Buketov

Russian Propagandists Are Dancing on the Bones of Israel-Hamas Victims

Russian TV is spreading fake news to promote the idea Russia and China will build a new world on Washington’s ruined reputation.
5 Min read
opinion Elise Thomas

Why Russia Embraces Tucker Carlson

Russian propagandists know the former Fox News presenter can stoke division in America better than they ever could.
5 Min read
message to the West

RT's Simonyan Faces Backlash Over Call to Detonate Nuke Over Siberia

A member of Russia's lower-house State Duma described Simonyan's remarks as a "deep insult" toward Siberians and demanded that she apologize.
1 Min read
opinion Jade McGlynn

Russia’s History Textbook Rewrite Is a Bid to Control the Future

This isn’t a history textbook, but a narrative of excuses for Russian and Soviet crimes, as well as an exhortation to young readers to accept these crimes...
6 Min read
'social and moral damage'

Russia Seeks New Trial for Man Who Criticized Child's Pro-War Hat

The man was fined 7,000 rubles in June for telling an 11-year-old boy, who wore a hat with the militarist Z symbol, to “shove the hat up your a**,...
1 Min read
new narrative

Wagner Boss ‘Gone off the Rails’ Over Money — Russian TV

"Prigozhin has gone off the rails because of big money," Dmitry Kiselev, one of the main faces of the Russian propaganda machine, said on TV Sunday.
2 Min read
hedging bets

Kremlin Guidelines for Media Coverage of Ukrainian Counteroffensive Leaked

The Kremlin has issued instructions for Russia’s state media on how to cover Ukraine's impending counteroffensive.
2 Min read
Public confusion

Government Campaign Aims to Warn Russians Against VPN Use

The Russian authorities have launched a disinformation campaign warning of the dangers posed by virtual private networks.
2 Min read
opinion Svetlana Stephenson

How Criminal Culture Has Led Russian Society Toward Militaristic Madness

Why are some Russians willing to give up comfort for the sake of victory over a propaganda-fabricated enemy?
4 Min read
opinion Sofia Kosourova

How Late Soviet Satire Set the Tone for Russian State TV Today

The early 90s TV classic "Lenin Was a Mushroom" inadvertently foreshadowed what Russian state media would become.
5 Min read
The Word's Worth

A Year of the Language of War

The Russian language has been transformed in strange and contradictory ways.
5 Min read
no escape

In Photos: How Putin's Address Really Was One to the Entire Nation

Putin's elites were far from the only ones listening on Tuesday when the Russian president made his first state-of-the-nation address since invading Ukraine...
1 Min read
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