Tag Archives: Russophobia

Ian sums it up. Short and harsh.Ian WelshRussia As An Enemy Of The United States

By declaring Putin’s Russia to be the greatest danger to America, the political-media establishment itself is endangering US national security. The NationRussia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 Stephen F. Cohen |  professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at New York University and Princeton University, and a contributing editor of The Nation.See alsoCounterpunchSuddenly, I’m a ‘Russian Agent’! Dave Lindorff, investigative reporter, founding member of...

Today, with the kind permission of Phil Butler, I am posting the full text of my contribution to his book “Putin’s Praetorians: Confessions of the Top Kremlin Trolls“. There are a couple of reasons for that.... The Vineyard of the SakerBook excerpt: How I became a Kremlin trollThe Saker

Masha Gessen? (rolls eyes)I can't wait to see the reactions to this.Masha Gessen is the epitome of the liberal Russian russophobe.QuartzA longtime critic of Vladimir Putin just won the US National Book Award Thu-Huong Ha

In pursuit of Russia-gate, the U.S. mainstream media embraces any attack on Russia and works to ensure that Americans don’t hear the other side of the story, as with the Magnitsky myth, reports Robert Parry.... This is to journalism as ignoring data, historicity, and operations is in economics.Consortium NewsGuardians of the Magnitsky Myth Robert Parry

Cohen identifies six specific factors that make the new Cold War more perilous than the preceding one: The NationThe New Cold War Is Already More Dangerous Than Was Its Predecessor Stephen F. Cohen | Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies, History, and Politics at New York University and Princeton University

Censorship marches on. Pinterest, the social media website known for bookmarking recipes or fashion ideas, was used to spread Russia-linked political posts during the 2016 presidential election.Pinterest became a repository for political posts created by Russians actors after other users on the web "pinned" the content to the scrapbook-like site, the company acknowledged to The Washington Poston Wednesday.It does not appear that the Russian operatives posted directly on the site, but...

In the normal run of affairs, scholars working on Russia and Europe, or even on international affairs in general, would not comment of domestic US politics. But it is clear that the whole ‘Russiagate’ affair, alleging collusive behaviour between the eventual winner of the presidential election, Donald J. Trump, accompanied by charges of a systematic Russian attempt to help him through ‘hacking’ and media propaganda, is far from normal. As far as many international observers are concerned,...

Moon of Alabama calls BS on the "Russian influence" ads on FaceBook. "Lunacy." Moon of Alabama"Russian Ads" On Facebook? A Click-Bait Campaign b

Moon of Alabama explains how ridiculous, but dangerous for democracy nevertheless, the "Russian influence" media mania has become. He speculates felicitously that perhaps Putin is funding it to make the US look weak and Russia strong. Looking from the outside the U.S. media have simply gone nuts. There seems to be no other way to explain the silliness of their "reporting". Then again: Could they all be under Russian influence? Are Russian secret services paying for such stories? Consider...