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Leaked papers allege massive UK govt effort to co-opt Russian-language anti-Kremlin media & influencers to ‘weaken Russian state’

Posted on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021By Editor

For all its alarmism about Russian ‘propaganda’ and ‘misinformation’, the UK government appears to be behind a multi-million-pound push to boost negative coverage of the Russian state, both in Russia and neighbouring countries. … Read More >Leaked papers allege massive UK govt effort to co-opt Russian-language anti-Kremlin media & influencers to ‘weaken Russian state’

Russia

Navalny’s ‘doctor’, who never actually treated activist, ‘liquidated’ in secret Kremlin plot, says conspiracy-loving Western media

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021By Editor

Western media has jumped down the rabbit hole into another Kremlin killing conspiracy after a doctor in the Siberian city of Omsk died suddenly – taking to the grave, they say, secrets about opposition figure Alexey Navalny. … Read More >Navalny’s ‘doctor’, who never actually treated activist, ‘liquidated’ in secret Kremlin plot, says conspiracy-loving Western media

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‘I’m the beneficiary,’ Russian billionaire Rotenberg says about large Black Sea property dubbed ‘Putin’s palace’

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021By Editor

Russian construction mogul Arkady Rotenberg says he’s the beneficiary of an extensive property on the Black Sea coast, which has been widely touted by Alexey Navalny and Western media as a secret residence of Vladimir Putin. … Read More >‘I’m the beneficiary,’ Russian billionaire Rotenberg says about large Black Sea property dubbed ‘Putin’s palace’

‘Absurd claims’: S. Korea’s presidential office dismisses opposition reports that govt planned to build nuclear plant in N. Korea

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021By Editor

The South Korean government has hit back at the opposition, dismissing claims it moved to close its own nuclear plant earlier than scheduled in order to build one in North Korea. … Read More >‘Absurd claims’: S. Korea’s presidential office dismisses opposition reports that govt planned to build nuclear plant in N. Korea

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Building dubbed ‘Putin’s Palace’ by Navalny is an empty shell, say Russian journalists in video from Black Sea building site

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021By Editor

With its supposedly lavish furnishings, long swimming pool and digital dance studio, an opulent manor said to belong to Russian President Vladimir Putin shocked viewers of a documentary made by Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. … Read More >Building dubbed ‘Putin’s Palace’ by Navalny is an empty shell, say Russian journalists in video from Black Sea building site

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Putin categorically rejects Navalny’s allegations that he owns luxurious billion-dollar palace on Russia’s Black Sea coast

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021By Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied owning any of the property featured in opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s ‘Putin’s Palace’ video, which claimed last week that the president owns an expensive mansion on the Black Sea. … Read More >Putin categorically rejects Navalny’s allegations that he owns luxurious billion-dollar palace on Russia’s Black Sea coast

Op-ed

Leaked files show how UK govt spent millions exploiting Syrian women in cynical PR offensive

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020By Editor

A swath of leaked documents reveals the lengths to which the British government went to paint the Syrian opposition in a flattering light. They also confirm that women unknowingly formed part of this effort. … Read More >Leaked files show how UK govt spent millions exploiting Syrian women in cynical PR offensive

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Bellingcat reacts badly to scrutiny, but possible ties to Western intelligence should be discussed when considering its work

Posted on December 16, 2020December 16, 2020By Editor

Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins once attacked journalists for using anonymous sources, citing a lack of “purity.” Now his outfit, which continues to almost perfectly align with UK geopolitical priorities, is reliant on them. … Read More >Bellingcat reacts badly to scrutiny, but possible ties to Western intelligence should be discussed when considering its work

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A deadly cocktail: Spies, cell phone records and the poisoned Negroni behind Bellingcat’s Navalny ‘expose’

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020By Editor

It might look like any dilapidated Soviet-era apartment block on the outskirts of Moscow but, according to a CNN camera crew, behind its walls lives a state security agent who allegedly poisoned opposition figure Alexey Navalny. … Read More >A deadly cocktail: Spies, cell phone records and the poisoned Negroni behind Bellingcat’s Navalny ‘expose’

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This is ‘bulls**t’: Kremlin uses English expletive to lash Sunday Times article accusing Russian state of poisoning Navalny twice

Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020By Editor

President Putin’s spokesman blasted a report from the Sunday Times claiming Moscow tried to poison opposition figure Alexey Navalny twice last summer with the lethal Novichok nerve agent, said to be the world’s most powerful. … Read More >This is ‘bulls**t’: Kremlin uses English expletive to lash Sunday Times article accusing Russian state of poisoning Navalny twice