Unholy trinity, explained: How Kyiv priests created Russia’s imperial “Triune Rus” ideology
Putin is willing to destroy anything that contradicts his interpretation of history. It includes the denial of Ukraine’s…
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Putin regime has set up not one but five ‘fifth columns’ in Germany, Eidman says
In the third article of his series on Moscow’s influence operations in the West, Igor Eidman says that…
Moscow propaganda tries to hide that Kremlin interests and Russia’s are antithetical, Eidman says
Russian sociologist Igor Eidman has posted the second in a promised series of articles exposing the falsehoods contained…
Putin winning support from far right as well as far left with custom-targeted propaganda, Eidman says
In Soviet times, Moscow was able to attract support from the far left in other countries; but under…
Putin’s actions in Avdiivka show he killed his beloved idea of ‘a triune people’ of Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, Ikhlov says
Like many Russian nationalists, Vladimir Putin has long insisted that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are not separate nations…
Top-6 Soviet World War II myths used by Russia today
A new book published by the Institute of National Memory aims to bust Soviet-era myths about World War…
How Russia’s worst propaganda myths about Ukraine seep into media language
Over the past two years, much has been written about the “Ukraine crisis.” This phrase is, in fact,…
7 myths driving Russia’s assault against the Crimean Tatars
Russia continues its assault on the Crimean Tatars. On Wednesday, 13 April 2016, the so-called “prosecutor” of Crimea Nataliya Poklonskaya…
Separating myth from reality: 6 facts on the shooting of the Euromaidan protesters
Read in German>> 18-20 February 2014 will remain as black days in Ukrainian history. People who were opposing the…
European Commission debunks six Russian myths about EU-Ukraine free trade
This meeting was the last chance to find a common understanding ahead of the provisional entry into force…
Know your refutations: 5 myths that are used to promote Russia’s war in Ukraine | Infographic
Throughout the crisis in Ukraine, Kremlin has spent countless millions of Russian taxpayer money to impose its narrative…
Moscow projects false myths onto the West and then justifies Russian actions on their basis, Solomatin says
A curious and extraordinarily dangerous feedback loop has emerged, Mikhail Solomatin says. Moscow projects false myths on the…
Popov demolishes last KrymNash myth — that Crimean Anschluss hasn’t cost Russia anything
This week, Moscow historian Arkady Popov completes his demolition of what he calls the eight myths of the…
Seventh KrymNash myth — that annexation was a response to West’s denigration of Russia — baseless, Popov says
The seventh “Krymnash” [CrimeaIsOurs] myth, one suggesting that Russia has not engaged in aggression in Crimea and the…
Popov demolishes Krymnash myth of ‘Fascist Euromaidan’
Moscow historian Arkady Popov continues his examination of the eight myths propagated by Russia’s “Krymnash” [“CrimeaIsOurs“] notions with…
Soviet myths about World War II and their role in contemporary Russian propaganda
We often can understand what is happening today by looking at history. However, in the hands of Russian…
Fifth myth of Krymnashism – Ukrainian statehood is ‘artificial’ – demolished by Popov
The Kremlin’s insistence that it has the right to take pieces of Ukraine because “Ukraine has no territorial…
Fourth Putin myth about Crimean Anschluss without foundation, Popov says
Moscow historian Arkady Popov has been systematically examining and demolishing the eight myths Vladimir Putin and his regime…
Popov demolishes third ‘KrymNash’ myth – that Crimean people freely expressed their will
Moscow historian Arkady Popov takes up and demolishes the third myth that the Kremlin has promoted as part…
Putin benefits from myth that he doesn’t control radical nationalists, Kirillova says
Many people in Russia and the West are inclined to support Vladimir Putin and his policies however much…
