Russophobia

Russia willing to work with US on cybersecurity, but Washington stalls – national security chief

RT | February 27, 2019 The Russian government is willing to cooperate with the US on cybersecurity issues, but so far it sees no reciprocation of this intention on the other side, said the head of Russia’s National Security Committee. “On our part, we are prepared to dialogue with our Western partners, once there is […]

McCarthyism Then and Now: But There Was Reality Then

By Patrick ARMSTRONG | Strategic Culture Foundation | 27.02.2019 History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. (Karl Marx) Humor is reason gone mad. (Groucho Marx) Every now and again, we hear about a “new McCarthyism“. Usually it’s the alternative media like Truthdig or Consortium News or left-wing outlets because mainstream outlets are so sunk in Trumpophobia that they have […]

The ‘Russian bots’ that weren’t: Twitter backtracks on troll claims, media ignores updated info

RT | February 26, 2019 Twitter quietly revised its public database of ‘Russian bot’ accounts earlier this month, removing 228 accounts it previously said were “connected to Russia”— but the admission has gone almost completely unnoticed by the media. Bloomberg reported on the “burst of activity” from the bot accounts and claimed that Russia’s “social-media […]

The Russian Mirror

By Jacob G. Hornberger | FFF | February 26, 2019 A recent article in the New York Times about Russia’s “intelligence state,” authored by John Sipher, a former chief of station for the CIA, provides a valuable mirror for the American people. The problem is that American statists cannot see it as a mirror. While […]

Facebook unblocks RT-linked pages but makes them comply with rules ‘no one else’ has to follow

RT | February 25, 2019 Social media giant Facebook has restored several RT-linked pages more than a week after it blocked them without prior notice. The pages were only freed-up after their administrators posted data about their management and funding. The Facebook pages of InTheNow, Soapbox, Back Then and Waste-Ed – all operated by the […]

Meet Pierre Omidyar, billionaire patron of US regime change operations, neocons & activist media

Pierre Omidyar speaks at a ‘Technology For Citizen Empowerment and Human Rights’ panel at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, September 23, 2010 © AFP / Brian Harkin RT | February 22, 2019 Amid the US push for regime change in Venezuela, RT speaks with investigative journalists who looked into the eBay founder and […]

Russia shouldn’t go ‘tooth for a tooth’ after Facebook bans Russian-linked media – Lavrov

RT | February 19, 2019 Sergey Lavrov says he is opposed to retaliating against foreign media in Russia after the Facebook ban of Russia-linked pages. Moscow should instead focus on upholding the rights of its journalists abroad. The recent suspension of four Maffick Media Facebook pages after a CNN report on their links to RT […]

EU Claims ‘Russian Sources’ Are Threat to Parliamentary Elections in May

Sputnik – 19.02.2019 BRUSSELS – The Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on Tuesday, casting Russia as a threat to “free and fair” EU parliamentary elections in May, citing the country’s alleged “disinformation strategies.” “The sources and phenomena of disinformation can be identified inside and outside the Union and are originating from a range […]

‘What Are They Hiding?’ Amesbury Victim’s Parents Want Justice From UK Government

Sputnik – February 16, 2019 On 30 June 2018, UK couple Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, was rushed to a hospital after collapsing at their home in Amesbury, located several miles away from Salisbury where former Russian GRU agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found in a similar condition in March. The parents of Dawn […]