Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, an information war has been raging online. This battle for the truth is being fought on many levels. DW’s fact-checking team has compiled some of the false ...
Novaya Gazeta, one of the last independent news outlets still publishing inside Russia, was stripped of its media licence on Monday, and in effect banned from operating. Russia’s media watchdog Rozkomnadzor had accused the publication ...
The law threatens 15 years in prison for manufacturing and distribution of false information that leads to “socially dangerous consequences” The law threatens 15 years in prison for manufacturing and distribution of false information that ...
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday launched an international anti-corruption organization, a year after his Russian Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) was outlawed as an extremist. Navalny’s Telegram channel, which carries messages passed to his ...
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Hebrew and TheMarker partnerships Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyzes and opinions about Israel, the Middle ...
Last week Russia announced it would cut off natural gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria after both countries refused to comply with its request to perform export payments in rubles, Russia’s national currency. It is ...
The internet promised a world in which no government could fully hide the truth from its people. Russia’s free-speech crackdown following its invasion of Ukraine is testing that premise as never before. Why it matters: ...
While the West has imposed unprecedented levels of sanctions against the Russian economy, Russia’s Central Bank has jacked up interest rates to 20% and the Kremlin has imposed strict capital controls on those wishing to ...
In an interview last week, the US official credited with designing sanctions against Russia described Russian President Vladimir Putin’s countermeasures as “desperate.” One of those measures is a little-noticed move to prevent capital from leaving ...
Most experts, both in Russia and abroad, thought it was extremely unlikely and implausible that Russia would launch a full-scale military operation in Ukraine. Allegations that Moscow was preparing for something like this were laughed ...
