How Kremlin democracy gets foreign approval Among Russia’s growing band of loyal “election observers” is a German politician convicted of voter fraud and a Belgian who used to like Hitler but now prefers Stalin feature Ian Bateson
How Cambridge Analytica Did It With the midterms approaching, a former Cambridge Analytica insider says U.S. voters need to be aware how they are being micro-targeted all over again. video Coda Story, Simon Ostrovsky and Katia Patin
Moscow stirs fear of American germs Russian military officials renewed their scare campaign about a U.S. research lab in Georgia, this time bringing Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan into it as well dispatch Giorgi Lomsadze
Putin’s bid to be a ‘Smarter’ Big Brother Changes to Russia’s “anti-extremism” laws may mean more extreme censorship feature Marina Bocharova
The new cold front in Russia’s information war As NATO’s footprint grows in Norway, Moscow may be using an espionage case to inflame the country’s internal divisions feature Reid Standish
Internal documents show how Trump administration misled public on poverty Economic advisers questioned administration’s data but were ignored dispatch Amy Mackinnon, Simon Ostrovsky and Robbie Gramer
Dissecting the Trump-Russia Dossier President Trump calls it the “Fake Dirty Dossier.” We have been through every line of former MI6 agent Christopher Steele’s allegations to assess their accuracy explainer Michael Weiss and Catherine A. Fitzpatrick
Don’t call us information warriors US government-funded channels like “Current Time” face a test in the age of Putin and Trump feature Eduard Saakashvili
Was a Russian forest wargame a plot to bomb the World Cup? Russia’s FSB has arrested 11 people in connection with the alleged “Network” conspiracy, but activists say it’s a fake plot feature Paul Toetzke
Russian troll or clumsy publicity hound? A Russian media executive says he’s come to Washington to test the limits of American freedom dispatch Amy Mackinnon
Meet the pro-Putin YouTube diva ‘bigger’ than Rihanna A Russian-born New Zealander has become one of the Kremlin’s most prolific keyboard warriors feature Agata Popeda
Why Russia is celebrating a journalist’s fake death in Ukraine The Russian media is calling Ukraine’s sting operation a “gift to the Kremlin” essay Natalia Antelava
