Has copyright become a new weapon against online media? Fake accustations have led to video reports on Azerbaijan being pulled from YouTube dispatch Katia Patin
Why Russia is hunting for a Balkans bargain The Kremlin is trying to resist Western influence in the Balkans on the cheap, says a new book, using low-cost tactics like disinformation review Matthew Brunwasser
US joins the information war in Georgia Georgia is staunchly pro-West, but the US worries that could change because of Russian propaganda feature Joshua Kucera
Don’t fight fake news, tell stories instead In the battle against fake news, journalists need to stop reporting what people say and report what they do Natalia Antelava
The explainable rise of Czech fake news Political divisions have helped a Czech far-right politician with a penchant for fake news gain national power dispatch Michael Colborne
How Russia Weaponized Primetime The Kremlin has found the perfect vehicle to spread its message: drama and comedy hits on its own TV channels video Coda Story
How fake news helped Slovak extremists become reality Websites pushing an anti-Western, pro-Kremlin agenda have put Slovakia’s far right on the cusp of national power feature Michael Colborne
Anti-Fake news center doesn’t Czech The Czech government is on the defensive over its efforts to combat Russian disinformation before this weekend’s elections feature Michael Colborne
How Russia weaponized primetime The Kremlin has found the perfect vehicle to spread its message: drama and comedy hits on its own TV channels feature Amie Ferris-Rotman
Russia’s new ‘useful diots’? There are echoes of Soviet times in the way Russia has been courting far-right activists in the West. A new book looks at how and why it does it review Bradley Jardine
The monumental obsession of Bulgaria’s Russophiles Could a campaign to protect Soviet-era statues become a future Kremlin Trojan horse in Bulgaria? dispatch Michael Colborne
The Kremlin’s internet master bears down A previously obscure Russian oversight body has been turned into the government’s chief cyberspace censor dispatch Daria Litvinova
Russian military exercise sparks information war The speculation surrounding Russia’s “Zapad” military exercises may suit both Moscow and its Western rivals dispatch Matthew Bodner
How Russia is Trying to Redress North Korea’s image As Russia seeks a bigger role in the Korean standoff, there is a new narrative for the isolated dictatorship: a trendsetting tourism destination, safe under a nuclear umbrella video Coda Story
