Kevin Rothrock · March, 2014

Latest posts by Kevin Rothrock from March, 2014

Russia's Crimea Ballot Fraud that Wasn't

RuNet Echo

A scandal surrounding a ballot photo suggests that Russians are pessimistic about Crimea's Sunday referendum. Many are ready to believe the worst now, even on laughably circumstantial evidence.

15 March 2014

Mother Russia, Jump the Gun

RuNet Echo

Try to imagine how hopelessly outgunned Ukrainian soldiers now find themselves in the Crimea, where armed militia choke the roads and airports with checkpoints

5 March 2014

The Russians Have Weaponized Photoshop

RuNet Echo

With the Crimea crisis, Twitter feeds overflow and news changes too fast to accommodate longer-form blogging. The most successful way to grab attention might be an old medium: political cartoons.

1 March 2014