Politique
Evan Gershovich’s arrest is a warning to the West Paid Members Public
WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich was detained on suspicion of espionage last week — the first such case involving a foreign reporter since the Cold War. This was likely not only intended to top up Russia’s “exchange fund” for future prisoner swaps with the U.S., but to send a warning
The killing of Vladlen Tatarsky could spark a crackdown Paid Members Public
Vladlen Tatarsky, one of Russia’s best-known pro-war bloggers, was killed by an IED on Sunday evening while he delivered a speech in a bar in St. Petersburg. According to official reports, 30 people were injured in the blast. This assassination will have far greater repercussions than the murder of
Former president Medvedev, once a critic of Stalin, now uses his speeches to motivate factory directors Paid Members Public
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who devoted his presidency to promoting civil and economic freedoms, has reinvented himself as one of Russia’s main war hawks. This week, he invoked Stalin’s spirit to motivate directors of factories producing equipment for the military to work harder. Interestingly, just 13 years
Russian state propaganda hails Xi’s visit to Moscow Paid Members Public
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Moscow, where he spent two days with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian state propaganda hailed Xi’s visit as a sign that Russia and China are uniting in opposition to American hegemony. However, the two parties didn’t sign any important new
Cops threaten customers in a Moscow bar, force them to sing patriotic songs Paid Members Public
Russia is already used to the idea that anti-war protests and even critical comments on social media can land you in jail. Now, it seems that official pressure on opponents of the war is getting even more demonstrative — and sinister. This weekend, police raided two fashionable bars, hitting customers and
How Russia propaganda tried to explain away an arrest warrant for Putin Paid Members Public
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrest on Friday. He is suspected of war crimes — in particular, the illegal deportation of children. This news presented an unexpected challenge to Russian propaganda – for a long time state media struggled to work out its
La Russie qualifie le WWF, soutenu par Poutine, d'"agent étranger". Payé Membres Public
La semaine dernière, le Fonds mondial pour la nature (WWF) a été ajouté à la liste des "agents étrangers" de la Russie. Curieusement, cette organisation caritative a été financée pendant de nombreuses années par VTB, l'une des plus grandes banques d'État russes. M. Poutine a d'ailleurs publiquement salué son travail. Toutefois, ces dernières années, le fonds a été confronté à
La Russie jette une ombre sur la crise politique en Géorgie Payé Membres Public
La Géorgie, plaque tournante de l'émigration russe depuis le déclenchement de la guerre en Ukraine, se retrouve au cœur d'une crise politique en raison d'une proposition de loi sur les "agents étrangers". Le projet de loi à l'origine de la polémique a été approuvé par le parti au pouvoir en Géorgie, qui est accusé par de nombreuses personnes d'être des "agents étrangers".
