Russian Blogger Given 3 1/2 Year Suspended Sentence for Pokemon Go Video Episode One: Pokemon Games dispatch Katia Patin
Made in Bulgaria: pro-Russian propaganda Bulgarian fake-news agents often promote Moscow’s line not for Russia’s sake, but for their own political interests dispatch Michael Colborne
Confessions of a (former) Russian state TV reporter After working for Kremlin TV, a Russian reporter explains how the state turns journalists into propagandists first person Ilya Kizirov
Czechs struggle to sort facts from fears over Russian influence Many are wary of renewed Russian meddling, but could overstating the threat play into Putin’s hands? dispatch Amy Mackinnon
Manipulating elections via Twitter in Armenia Legitimate accounts suspended while suspected bots spread fake news of Western interference dispatch Amy Mackinnon
How (not to) cover lies As journalists try to figure out how to cover a “post-factual” world, they should look at Ukraine for lessons essay Natalia Antelava
Why has Russia’s propaganda machine set its sights on Belarus? Some Belarusian observers see the campaign as a replay of Moscow’s Ukraine tactics dispatch Amy Mackinnon
Russian propaganda exploits ethnic tensions to keep Macedonia looking inward, not westward dispatch Dan McLaughlin
Searching for Putin’s Swedish friends Dissatisfied with the mainstream media, Sweden’s old left and alt-right find common ground on Russia dispatch Dominic Hinde
Why Europe’s last dictator may suddenly need uncensored TV Belarus may lose the only TV channel that dares to criticize its dictator. And that could be bad news for Lukashenko himself dispatch Amy Mackinnon
Disinformation in action: social media users catch Sputnik International accusing Georgia of legalizing ‘sodomy,’ ‘lesbianism’ dispatch Katia Patin
Weaponizing History: World War II Memorial attackers aim to divide Poland and Ukraine The two allies claim Moscow is using their fraught wartime history to stir up suspicions between them feature Dan McLaughlin
