No tracking. No cookies
Subscriptions
SubscriptionsCategory: Russia
-
Defending the Kremlin and British Business Ties with Russia
Sarah Hurst talks to the British businessman Roger Munnings about his business interests with Russian companies and his vocal support for Vladimir Putin
-
Dutch Intelligence Report Underestimates Extent of Russian Influence in the Netherlands
Stephen Komarnyckyj reports on the Kremlin’s effective disinformation campaign around the shooting down of Flight MH17 with the loss of nearly two hundred Dutch lives
-
PROPAGANDA BACKFIRE: The Kremlin’s Conspiracy Theories Undermine its Own Authority
By supporting theories aimed at destabilising the US during the Coronavirus pandemic, Kseniya Kirillova reports on how Putin has opened up a Pandora’s Box at home
-
Five Things Dominic Cummings Could Have Over Boris Johnson
With the Government mounting an unprecedented defence of the unelected chief advisor, Peter Jukes tries to work out what makes him so indispensable.
-
Poison and Dark Money: Putin’s Strategy Extends Further Across Europe
Kseniya Kirillova reports on the Ricin Plot in Prague and how the Czech Republic — like the UK — has its problems with Kremlin gold and terror
-
Putin’s Critics Raided at Home During the COVID-19 Lockdown
Sarah Hurst reports on how the Kremlin, while facing mounting criticism for its handling of the Coronavirus pandemic, has been using quarantine to track down its foes.
-
Czech Authorities Allege Russia involved in Ricin Poisoning Plot
Kseniya Kirollova points out that, given Putin’s habit for assassination, security agencies have no choice but to take new terror threats seriously.
-
Putin’s Pandemic Double Talk: How the Kremlin Betrays Russians at Home and Abroad
Kseniya Kirillova reports on how, from prison conditions to repatriating citizens, officials are a major threat to Russians during the COVID-19 crisis.
-
Three Russian Doctors Treating Coronavirus Patients Fall from Windows
@Life_Disrupted reports on two senior medical staff fatalities and one critically injured while complaints about Vladimir Putin’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis mount.
-
Moscow Transforms Occupied Territories into Anti-Western Coalitions
Kseniya Kirillova on how Kremlin-controlled statelets in Ukrainian occupied territory are creating an international ‘anti-globalism’ alliance.
-
Russian Radicals Turn Trump into a Hero of the “Holy War”
Kseniya Kirollova explores the more extreme Coronavirus conspiracy theories emanating from Russia are created for export to US Ultra Conservatives
-
UK Academics Get Hefty Grant to ‘Reframe Russia’
Sarah Hurst reports on a new British group which criticises pro-European projects and draws the praise of Russian state media.
-
Afraid of the Known: Russians Now See Putin as a Threat Not a Saviour
Kseniya Kirillova examines what the Russian President’s decision to cancel a referendum on his amendments to the country’s Constitution really says about his hopes to cling on to power for years to come.
-
Putin Exports Medical Supplies While Russia Suffers from the COVID-19 Crisis
Zarina Zabrisky reports on the repression of medics and suppression of factual reports from Russia despite its international PR exercises.
-
The Coronavirus Crisis: Digital Surveillance and ‘Technological Totalitarianism’
Tasnim Nazeer explores how powerful governments are using invasive digital surveillance under the guise of curbing COVID-19.
-
‘Digging a Grave’: Russian Ministry of Defence Threatens Journalist who Exposed Italian COVID-19 Intelligence Operation
Officials target Jacopo Iacoboni of La Stampa over his revelations about Russian assistance to Italy, reports Stephen Komarnyckyj
-
Russian Security Hacking the ‘Internet of Things’
Stephen Komarnyckyj reports on documents revealed by Russian hackers that claim that their country’s security service has commissioned a programme which exploits smart appliances.
-
The Coronavirus Crisis: ‘Liberal Swine’ – How the Kremlin Exploits the Pandemic for Propaganda
Kseniya Kirillova exposes the attempts to discredit the West, undermine Ukraine, and persecute dissidents in the current Russian disinformation campaign.
-
Moscow’s Tight Embrace: How the Kremlin Forces Countries to be Its Friends
Kseniya Kirillova reports on how Russia is pursuing its geopolitical goals to advance its power and reach, in opposition to the West.
-
A Good Day to Bury Bad News: US Justice Department Drops Charges over Russia’s 2016 Election Interference
Caroline Orr reports on how charges against indicted Putin Ally Yevgeny Prigozhin were abandoned just as the coronavirus pandemic in the US set a deadly new record.
-
Turkish Delight? Putin and Erdogan’s Complicated Relationship
After the Turkish and Russian Presidents met in Moscow to discuss the situation in Idlib, Stephen Komarnyckyj looks at the current relationship between the two countries.
-
The Dangerous Duo of Trump and Putin Weaponising Coronavirus Disinformation
CJ Werleman reports on conspiracy theories that the US is behind the outbreak of COVID-19, the President’s spreading of disinformation and Vladimir Putin’s interests in adding his trolls into the mix.
-
Putin is Changing the Russian Constitution for his Own Ends
Kseniya Kirillova analyses the new laws which enshrine the Russian President’s future power, control of the past and attempts to mobilise Russian expansion.
-
The Coronavirus Crisis: Has the Public Still Had Enough of Experts?
Otto English explores the disinformation which has been spreading as fast as the Coronavirus and considers the soil which allowed the denigration of facts and expertise to flower.
-
Is Russia Working with Myanmar’s Military to Incite Hatred of the Rohingya?
Stephen Komarnyckyj reports on social media activity supporting the repression of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.
-
Big Lies and Rotten Herrings: 17 Kremlin Disinformation Techniques You Need to Know Now
As the US Presidential elections approach, Russian Intelligence expert Zarina Zabrisky provides a comprehensive guide to Putin’s latest propaganda ploys.
-
Emigrant Espionage: How the Kremlin Keeps the Russian Diaspora Abroad Vulnerable
Kseniya Kirillova explains the influences that make Russians overseas prey to pressure from Vladimir Putin, and how to counteract them.
-
Spies Who Go Into the Cold: How Russian Media Recruits Western Intelligence Officials
As the former director of France’s MI6 joins a Russian propaganda channel Stephen Komarnyckyj reports on a new phase of Putin’s hybrid warfare.
-
Underground Russian Influence: Johnson and the Ghost Station
Turlough Conway on how a new legal case against Boris Johnson raises more questions about money laundered in London and Conservative connections to Russia.
-
Sanders Versus Trump: Why Russian Intervention Will be Worse in 2020
With Donald Trump facing re-election in the US and the Labour leadership for up grabs in the UK, Stephen Komarnyckyj looks at how Vladimir Putin is trying to further disrupt politics in both countries.
-
‘Rape of Britain’: Russia Rolls Out the Red Carpet for ‘Tommy Robinson’
Sarah Hurst on how the far-right activist visited Russia to praise Vladimir Putin and spread Islamophobic and racist propaganda about the UK.
-
History and the Cult of Victory: The Kremlin’s Revisionist “Soft Power”
As Putin rewrites the past in order to control the future, Kseniya Kirillova reveals what it tells us about Russia’s strategic goals.
-
Whittingdale: The Dominatrix, the Press, the BBC and the Russians
Peter Jukes on the kompromat in the first Whittingdale Scandal and the strange confluence of interests between the tabloids and Vladimir Putin.
-
In Syria, Russia Proves Ronald Reagan Right: It is the ‘Evil Empire’
CJ Werleman reports on continuing attempts by Vladimir Putin to destabilise Europe by killing and displacing Syrian civilians in support of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
-
Tip of the Iceberg: More Connections Between Boris Johnson and Russian Influencers Emerge
Turlough Conway investigates a new network of connections with the Prime Minister which lead back, via senior Russian oligarchs, to the alleged agent Joseph Mifsud
-
Who Killed Pavel? Another Twist in the Murder of an Award-Winning Journalist
A Ukrainian official alleges that the country’s security services may have been involved in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet.
-
The London Dinner Oiling the Wheels of the Global Arms Trade
Steve Shaw reports on an exclusive event in the heart of London’s Mayfair which brings together politicians, businessman and media personalities.
-
Russia Takes Another Fascist Turn
As Vladimir Putin moves to secure his political future, Sarah Hurst reports on the country’s new political party.
-
Did the Ukrainian President Secretly Meet with Putin’s ‘Grey Cardinal’?
A Ukrainian MP claims that Volodymyr Zelensky met Vladislav Surkov in Oman. Stephen Komarnyckyj looks at the evidence.
-
Russian Blasphemy Laws: Criminalising Comedy – ‘I Did Nazi that Coming’
As Putin seeks to extend his power in perpetuity, Sarah Hurst reports how a comedian is forced to flee the country for mocking the Russian President.
-
Back in the USSR? Putin’s Plans for Russia’s Neighbour Belarus
As Vladimir Putin tries extend his reign, Belarus, a country of nine and a half million people, may soon be absorbed by Russia reports Stephen Komarnyckyj.
-
The Odyssean Project: In Search of Dominic Cummings – Part One
Otto English considers whether the early years of the Prime Minister’s top advisor explain his disruptive career and ultimate motives.
-
The Political Climate – Heating up in Russia
Sarah Hurst reports on Putin’s increasingly desperate attempts to suppress dissent in Russia, where nothing is what it seems.
