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Russian influence campaigns target the sources AI systems retrieve, especially where reliable coverage is scarce.
This piece places digital propaganda in a concrete editorial moment in 2026.
The disappearance of independent Russian media archives erases evidence of political alternatives as well as reporting. RIMA’s preservation work challenges that loss, while AI systems risk turning an incomplete surviving record into a seemingly comprehensive account of Russia’s past.
It connects independent media with the original text published by The Russia File / Kennan Institute.
A conversation about myths around Lithuania, migrant adaptation, and the information environment.
An episode of the Tvoya Zakladka podcast about Nabokov, emigration, and cultural optics.
An interview for 7x7 about a Vilnius book club, reading practice, and community building.
A conversation about relocation, the Volna project, integration in Lithuania, and reading habits.
An interview on building emigrant media and speaking to new audiences without arrogance or noise.
An English feature in The Fix on new Russian-language diaspora media, including Volna.
A small factual mistake in coverage of the Putin-Macron meeting exposed a larger expertise gap in foreign commentary on Russia. Minor errors can reveal a shallow analytical frame when they harden into repeated claims.
It connects media analysis with the original text published by The Moscow Times.
Ten years after Bolotnaya, the 2011 protest wave looks like political learning rather than simple defeat. A generation that entered the streets naively left with a clearer understanding of the state, repression, and civic action.
It offers a concise entry point into the debate around civic protests.
Pressure against independent media often works through accumulation rather than a single ban. Legal risk, economic pressure, isolation, and exhaustion weaken outlets before formal censorship completes the process.
This piece places media freedom in a concrete editorial moment in 2021.
After VkusVill published and then deleted its story about two women hoping to marry, both supporters and opponents rushed to speak in the name of “public opinion.”
It connects public opinion with the original text published by The Moscow Times.