In the past few weeks, thousands of people have lost their jobs in US media. This is bad news for those of us who want to read reliable news at a time when we face a well-resourced, state-coordinated disinformation campaign from Russia.

Five years into the annexation, Crimea is still not “ours,” still not a part of Russia. Insisting on that is to disinform, and repeating the slogan does not make it happen.

Mass media are grouped along two major concepts: Media as a Forum or media as a Tribune. This is, of course, a theoretical model to describe two ideal types of relations between the media and its audience. The Forum is a peer-to-peer exchange of ideas; the Tribune – a top-down system to disseminate instructions.

The Russian TV channel NTV could lose its UK license after criticism by the British broadcasting watchdog, Ofcom.

Pro-Kremlin media promote a grossly inflated figure, implying that Ukraine had lost almost a quarter of its population in just 5 years.

David vs. Goliath: Find out how independent journalists exposed disinformation on Russian TV.

The Strategic Culture Foundation has all the features of a modern, state-of-the-art think-tank. An all-English site; tightly laid-out with a wide choice of articles on current affairs, focusing on World Politics and Security Issues.

Russian media said that “NATO detonated toxic torpedoes close to the territorial waters of Russia.” But the distance was 1,500 kilometres.

The United States’ Intelligence chief has warned that Russia is likely to target the 2020 presidential elections with new, enhanced tactics.

Who is the man on the left? This Kremlin official has held total control over Russian TV for almost 20 years. Only now Russian journalists reveal the full story.