Latest posts by Kevin Rothrock from November, 2015
Welcome to the #StandwithRussia Movement
Russian Internet users are getting quite inventive about conveying to Turkey how they feel about an attack on a Sukhoi Su-24 jet earlier this week.
‘Charlie Hebdo’ Tweets Are Now Banned Throughout Russia
A municipal court in Chechnya has banned the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's Twitter account. In accordance with Russian federal law, the ban is effective nationwide.
Nord-Ost Siege Survivor Remembers Captivity After Paris Attacks
With the tragic attacks in Paris earlier this month, many Russians are now remembering how bullets and bombs littered their own capital thirteen years ago.
Russia's Most Popular Social Network Just Sent 20,000 Users a Private Message From the Government
Vkontakte says it merely geolocated all users with recent activity in Egypt, contacting them on behalf of the Russian government. There was “no additional targeting,” the website explains.
The Remarkable, Forgotten Story of How a Soviet Town Disposed of Its Dead
RuNet Echo presents translations two popular texts, one by Sergey Parkhomenko, about how a Soviet town reacted to the discovery of a mass grave in 1979.
One Man's Revenge Against Russian Propaganda
He used to work for the Russian state media, heading inoSMI.ru. Today, Alexey Kovalev is taking revenge on the people he says destroyed his country’s state media.
