Just two days ahead of the Brexit vote, Russia’s state-owned Channel One news outlet spreads conspiracy theories about the murder of British MP Jo Cox.
Russian State Television Peddles Conspiracy Theory On Murder Of Jo Cox
June 23, 2016
Tag: conspiracy theories
Slovak Far-Right Allies of Putin’s Regime (The Case of Zem a Vek)
February 8, 2016
Over the years, in addition to engaging with far right activists and politicians in the capacity of commentators and opinion-makers, various Russian media have developed structural relations with far-right media projects in France, Italy and Austria. Recently, new data has emerged suggesting that structural relations seem to be developing between the Slovak magazine Zem a […]
‘Administered Chaos’ Latest Russian Conspiracy Theory, Kagarlitsky Says
October 1, 2014
Staunton, September 28 – Given that Russians increasingly have “ceased to believe” in scholarship and turned to conspiracy theories of one kind or another, Boris Kagarlitsky says, it is perhaps not surprising that many of them including many in the Russian government have accepted the latest example of such theories, that of “administered chaos.” And […]
MH17 and Moscow’s Magical Mystery Jets
July 22, 2014
After a weekend of virtual silence—while elements of the Russian media tried to fill the infospace with all kinds of lurid and rapidly-debunked rumor and conjecture—Monday saw Moscow hit back at the allegations that Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by separatist rebels with Russian government assistance. Beyond President Putin’s strangely constrained personal statement […]
Russia This Week: Opposition Protests Vote Fraud at Civic Chamber (26-30 May)
May 30, 2014
Updated Daily. A critical review of Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide by noted Russian intelligence and cybersecurity expert Andrei Soldatov reveals how little is known about Snowden in Russia. Another NGO has lost its court case attempting to challenge the prosecutor’s designation of “foreign agent,” even as the Russian Constitutional Court ruled that […]
RT Sends In The Clowns
May 14, 2014
RT may bill itself as a news channel, but it stretches the definition of that term in several readily apparent ways. It blurs the line between entertainment, advertising and news, with many producers and on-air personalities coming from backgrounds in advertising or entertainment rather than journalism. It tends to portray the US and EU in […]
Paul Craig Roberts: Truther as Patriot
April 1, 2014
“During the decade that has passed (since 9/11), numerous 9/11 Truth organizations have formed. There are Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth, Pilots for 9/11 Truth, Scholars for 9/11 Truth, Remember Building 7.org, and a New York group which includes 9/11 families. These groups call for a real investigation. David Ray […]