Disinformation, ‘fake news’ and the EU’s response
Written by Naja Bentzen, © ommbeu / Fotolia The impact of the online spread of mis- and disinformation – including false news posing as factual stories – became increasingly visible in the context of the crisis in Ukraine, and gained notoriety as a global phenomenon during the 2016 presidential election campaign in the United States. Ahead of the...
Fresh sanctions against the Russian defense industry
Security Since late January 2018, major transactions (as assessed by the US State Dept.) have been banned with respect to 33 Russian defense industry companies which appear on a list published by the United States Department of State in late October 2017. The list was issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act...
Fresh sanctions against the Russian defense industry
Security Since late January 2018, major transactions (as assessed by the US State Dept.) have been banned with respect to 33 Russian defense industry companies which appear on a list published by the United States Department of State in late October 2017. The list was issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act...
Moldovans Look to the West in New Migration Trend
Euros and dollars are beating out rubles in new remittance data, indicating a significant pattern shift. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poland Threatens to Ban Ukrainians with “Anti-Polish Views”
Old wounds are reopened as Warsaw and Kyiv revive nagging grievances. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Media, Kremlin Keep Mum on Revolution Centennial
In rare comment on Soviet terror, Putin says it served no higher national purpose. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Members of Congress Announce Victims of Communism Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 7, 2017 **MEDIA ADVISORY** MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ANNOUNCE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM CAUCUS Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) have announced the formation of the Victims of Communism Caucus for the 115th Congress (2017-2019). The Victims of Communism Caucus...
1917: What Is There to Celebrate?
Mostly Russians are ignoring the messy question of what happened back then, and even Vladimir Putin can’t come up with a consistent narrative. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
1917: The Empire’s Diverging Revolutions
We have long acknowledged and taught that 1917 was not one but many revolutions, including parallel, sometimes overlapping, but often conflicting movements of soldiers, workers, peasants, white-collar workers, and other intelligentsia and social groups. But all these revolutions were refracted through national, imperial, and colonial prisms, so...
New surreal confessions from Ukrainian ‘SBU agent’ seized by Russia backed Donbas militants
Oleksandr Polishchuk’s ‘confessions’ on video would elicit humour were it not for the regular reports of unnamed ‘spies’ and ‘saboteurs’ being sentenced to up to 22 years” imprisonment. DPR leader Oleksandr Zakharchenko has also recently suggested that people he called ‘spies’ might simply be shot. …read...
