Skabeeva tried to reassure herself with NATO exercises in Ukraine and puzzled the guests
Skabeeva explained that military exercises have started in Ukraine / screenshot
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Dozens Gather In Moscow To Condemn Government Pressure On Independent Media
WATCH: Russian Opposition Rally Slams ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
Read morePutin’s Performance At Geneva Summit Seen As A Master Class In ‘Whataboutism’
Vladimir Putin gestures the number of times he had to sleep with Angela Merkel to get the Nord Stream 2 pipeline deal as he speaks during a news conference after his meeting with U.S President Joe Biden in Geneva on June 16.
Read moreUNIAN suspends work of its English-language editorial office
We expect to resume operations of UNIAN in English in the near future. Our entire UNIAN team is infinitely grateful to our readers, clients, and advertisers for being with us for the last seven years. Back in 2014, UNIAN’s English version emerged as a response to our country’s greatest challenge of that period – a hybrid war Russia unleashed against Ukraine. At
Read moreThe Dilemma of the Great Terror: How to Report Roman Protasevich’s ‘Confession’?
The “interview” of Roman Protasevich — which bears resemblance to Stalin’s infamous show trials — presents a challenge to journalists covering it. The film Mission to Moscow was released in the United States in 1943, in the heat of World War II. Based on the memoirs of former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union Joseph E. Davies, it became nearly
Read moreThe Kremlin’s spokesman comments on potential talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden
9:57 am, April 14, 2021 Source: Meduza ‘It’s too early to talk about this meeting’ During a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, April 13, U.S. President Joe Biden proposed a summit meeting between the two leaders in the coming months, “to discuss the full range of issues facing the United States and Russia.” However, in conversation with journalists on
Read morePlease Donate To Keep Me Campaigning 4Ukraine — Glasnost Gone
August of this year will see me reach seven long wonderful years campaigning for Ukraine. This year I’m making a renewed campaigning push, so if you’re able to make a donation to keep me blogging, tweeting and posting videos on YouTube, I’d be VERY grateful. It’s only your donations which allow me to keep on […] Please Donate To Keep Me
Read moreRussia Fines Radio Free Europe $150K Under ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
Russia’s media watchdog said Wednesday it had fined the Russian-language service of U.S.-funded Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe nearly $150,000 over non-compliance with its controversial “foreign agent” law, in a penalty that could increase. Groups or individuals identified as “foreign agents” in Russia must disclose their sources of funding and label publications with the relevant tag or face fines. Media regulator
Read moreIllia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
Ukraine’s Friend of the Week: Larisa Galadza, the Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine No one expected this week’s explosive news. After years of shameless business and media expansion, the top pro-Russian power broker in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk, took a devastating gut-punch late on Feb. 2. President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed heavy sanctions against lawmaker Taras Kozak, said to be the proxy
Read moreRussia Fines RFE/RL for ‘Foreign Agent’ Breaches
A Russian court has fined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and its Russian-language services for violating the country’s “foreign agent” law, the U.S.-funded news organization said Wednesday. Russia labeled RFE/RL and its regional affiliates as “foreign agents” in 2017 in retaliation to the U.S. requiring Kremlin-funded media to register under anti-propaganda laws. This year, RFE/RL said it is facing an “existential moment”
Read moreJournalist launches own media on Donbas to remind world of Russia’s war
OLENA MAKARENKO Article by: Olena MakarenkoEdited by: Michael Garrood It’s the sixth year of the war in eastern Ukraine, and events there are disappearing from both Ukrainian and international media coverage. The trend has several reasons, but the lack of coverage is in stark contrast to the ongoing war. Andriy Dubchak is a journalist who set himself the task of showing
Read moreVacancy: We’re looking for a human rights reporter
Euromaidan Press, an independent media about Ukraine in English, is looking for a part-time human rights reporter. Requirements: Good awareness of the political, social, economic, and military situation in Ukraine, of human rights issues in occupied territories, of human rights issues in the occupied territories and their legal aspects, knowledge of the sphere of work of human rights NGOs in
Read moreRussian blogger, anti-Kremlin activist attacked outside his apartment
31 August, 2020 – By Bradford Betz | Fox News Yegor Zhukov was arrested in widespread crackdowns on demonstrators last summer. A Russian blogger and vocal critic of Vladimir Putin was taken to the hospital late Sunday after an assault outside his Moscow apartment that left him bloodied and bruised, according to reports. Yegor Zhukov, 22, is one of Russia’s most outspoken critics of
Read moreU.S. Embassy concerned by incidents targeting journalists in Ukraine
03:15, 19 August 2020 – UNIAN The Embassy urges a swift and comprehensive investigation. The U.S. Embassy has expressed concern over incidents targeting journalists in Ukraine. “Free media is a critical element of a vibrant democracy, and journalists must be allowed to report without harassment and intimidation. We are concerned by recent incidents targeting Radio Svoboda staff, including the burning
Read moreRussian Journalists Targeted, Missing in Belarus Crackdown
Several Russian journalists have been detained, deported or have gone missing in Belarus ahead of and during Sunday’s highly contested presidential election. Police detained 3,000 people for taking part in unauthorized post-election demonstrations in Minsk and other cities, the Belarusian interior ministry said in a statement Monday. Fifty civilians and 39 police officers were injured in clashes in the capital,
Read moreRSF Blasts Georgian Ruling Party For Media Restrictions Ahead Of Election
Reporters Without Borders has accused Georgia’s parliament of restricting media freedom.
Read moreRussian Prosecutors Demand 6 Years in Jail for Journalist
Russian prosecutors on Friday demanded six years in prison for a journalist for allegedly justifying terrorism in a case that has drawn outrage from supporters and rights groups. Svetlana Prokopyeva, who is based in the northwestern city of Pskov and works for RFE/RL’s Russian Service, has been charged with publicly justifying terrorism after she wrote a piece about a bomb
Read moreFacebook marked the post from the ZIK TV channel as false because of a fake about Ulyana Suprun
Authors:Katerina GoncharovaIndependent fact-checkers monitor misinformation on Facebook and provide links to verified information. This time the social network warns about another fake, spread by ZIK TV channel. The social network Facebook marked the video posted on the ZIK TV channel page as untrue, as the TV program voiced a fake about the former head of the Ministry of Health Ulyana Suprun . This drew the
Read moreRussian Foreign Ministry reacted to extension of Zelensky ban on Russian social networks
Ministry called on relevant international structures and human rights NGOs to respond appropriately The Russian Foreign Ministry reacted to the extension by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky of the ban on the Russian social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki. The corresponding statement was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “We regard this step as an act of
Read moreCOVID-19 Without Independent Journalism
Imagine a coronavirus crisis with no journalists to report and hold authorities accountable. Such a reality exists: in Russia, a journalist with Novaya Gazeta, Elena Milashina, has first been beaten; then threatened by the leader of the Russian region of Chechnya; been denied support and, finally, seen an article about COVID-19 with her byline removed from the newspaper’s website, following a demand by Russian federal authorities. “Death from coronavirus is a
Read moreLeading Russian Paper Vedomosti’s New Editor Bans Putin Criticism
The new chief editor of Russia’s leading business newspaper Vedomosti has banned employees from publishing articles that criticize President Vladimir Putin’s proposed constitutional changes, the paper’s media editor said Wednesday in the latest report of recent censorship at the publication. Andrei Shmarov, who was named acting editor-in-chief by Vedomosti’s new owners in March, made news earlier this month for deleting
Read moreRussian Newspaper Forced To Take Down Chechnya Coronavirus Report, Author Threatened
The article on coronavirus measures in Chechnya raised the ire of the region’s strongman Ramzan Kadyrov.
Read more‘Pro-Western’ Activists Posing as Journalists Are Infiltrating Russia’s Military, Defense Minister Claims
Members of a “pro-Western opposition division” in Russia are posing as journalists to “hide behind” the country’s mass media law and infiltrate its military facilities, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday. Speaking to Russia’s upper chamber of parliament, Shoigu urged lawmakers to change the nation’s mass media law to counter so-called “information attacks.” “[These activists] are working to infiltrate military
Read moreTerrorism Charge Brought Against Russian Journalist Prokopyeva
Svetlana Prokopyeva
Read moreRussian propagandists denied entry, banned from Ukraine
The three Russian nationals are Dmitry Sidorin, Andrei Frolchenkov, and Yekaterina Dementieva, who is a top manager of Russia’s Yandex Corporation. Ukrainian border guards have denied entry to several Russian nationals who were traveling to Kyiv to conduct training and deliver lectures on writing texts, communications, public relations, and journalism. A Russian citizen born in 1985 arrived from Minsk yesterday,
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