A recently created Twitter account supposedly belonging to Ecuadorian FM Manuel Mejía Dalmau posted an “URGENT” message on Wednesday declaring “diplomatic sources in London” had reported “the news of the death of Julian Assange,” the Wikileaks founder’s partner Stella Moris revealed on Wednesday, posting a screenshot of the tweet that …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: elections without politicians, the economy without money
The Kremlin can not repay Khabarovsk protests, fears of a fall vote, and by all means delays the new collapse of the ruble. News from Khabarovsk looking for the plug The latest polls of all the major sociological companies that can at least nominally trust, demonstrate that the growth of …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: went to fight for the highest offices
Medvedev tipped for a Matvienko, from the Central Bank trying to put Nabiullina, and in Khabarovsk cleaning team Furgala. Khabarovsk does not give up Degtyarev The new head of the Khabarovsk Krai Mikhail Degtyarev works under the close supervision of the Department of internal policy of the presidential administration is …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: PE as an alternative to quarantine
Russia became the birthplace of digital protest, the Kremlin tells off governors and bankers, and Igor Sechin, seems to have missed out of the hands of big business newspaper. Vladimir Putin continues to distance themselves from taking unpopular decisions in the fight against the epidemic COVID-19, the responsibility for the …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: PE as an alternative to quarantine
Russia became the birthplace of digital protest, the Kremlin tells off governors and bankers, and Igor Sechin, seems to have missed out of the hands of big business newspaper. Vladimir Putin continues to distance themselves from taking unpopular decisions in the fight against the epidemic COVID-19, the responsibility for the …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: election fever
The coming year will be decisive for Russia to all the next decade. The main expected political event of the new year — definition of the configuration of the forthcoming elections to the state Duma. To do this in 2019, has been done. For example, in 2020 the government will …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: the Kremlin was afraid Goloborodko
Governors in Russia began to fire and winter, and the “normalization” of relations with Kiev either postponed, or canceled. Not confirmed the rumors that the resignation of regional leaders to the end of 2019 will not be processed, and therefore, they are worth the wait, as always, in the early …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: a party instead of defenders
The fate of civil society is left to the discretion of the siloviki, and the Kremlin began a new stage of preparation for parliamentary elections in 2021. Approximately seven dozen NGOs that received the label “foreign agent”, the majority, according to recent forecasts, will be otherwise closed until the end …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: the Kremlin in the role of a Taxidermist
The authorities decided to stuff a bear party new sawdust, trying to sell it to the voters — now, certainly in recent times The post-election panic In Russia continue to reap the benefits of the September elections, and their analysis can be tightened for couple of years. The Central election …
Read More »Anatomy of a rumor: the Kremlin against the security forces
Even the release of several defendants in the “Moscow business” does not mean the end of repression — just illustrative they become systemic. Young actor and a former employee of “Resguardo” Pavel Ustinov released from prison under recognizance not to leave. Rumor has it that direct command from the Kremlin. …
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