BBC fact-checks Vladimir Putins’s speech
BBC's "Reality Check" analyzed the long nightly address of the Russian Federation's president Vladimir Putin, after he ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states.
We republish BBC's fact-check in its entirety below:
In a long, late-night televised address...
Investigative journalist Elena Milashina flees Russia after threats from Chechen top leader
Russian authorities should ensure the safety of journalist Elena Milashina and promptly investigate threats made by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov against her and independent media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
The editors of the independent newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” decided to send Elena Milashina, an...
Kuleba: Russia uses disinformation and cyberattacks to destabilize Ukraine
In front of more than two hundred journalists from around the world, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, Dmytro Kuleba held a press conference in order, as he said, to answer three big questions: How the escalation with Russia did happen, what's going on now,...
Fighting Russian trolls: “Elves Army” fights Russian propaganda in Lithuania
Russian “troll farms” – organized online agitators identify complaints in other countries and then insert themselves in those debates in order to boost them. Instead of promoting a political ideology, professional Russian trolls focus on stirring up emotions over heated topics, such as gun...
Creating fascination with Russia’s power in media and on social networks in North Macedonia
One of the simplest ways to influence a wider number of people is to glorify a country. Positive glorification can evoke admiration, a sense of belonging and community, a sense of protection, an ever-present refuge, an alternative available to citizens and the state… This...
Russian court orders human rights group “Memorial” to close
Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the closure of the “Memorial”, the country’s most prominent human rights group, which dealt with the Stalin-era purges, symbolizing post-Soviet democratization, Euroactiv reports, according to Portalb.mk.
The verdict against “Memorial” comes a year after Russian authorities arrested President Vladimir Putin’s...
Russia Today’s license in Germany revoked, Kremlin retaliates by shutting down Deutsche Welle’s Russian Service
Russian authorities have banned the broadcasting of programs by the German media corporation Deutsche Welle in the country, they closed their offices while the journalists' accreditations for working in Russia were canceled. The decision arrived only two days after Germany canceled the license for...
Russia labels six other Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty journalists as “Foreign agents”
Radio Free Europe (RFE) reports that six more of its journalists have been labeled “foreign agents” by the Russian Federation, launching 2022 with a total of 18 Russian journalists from the RFE / RL service labeled “foreign agents”. They face estimated fines of more...
Truthmeter.mk: Why the Russian Sputnik vaccine is not yet approved In Australia?
On the eve of the Australian Open tennis tournament, it became evident that some of the tennis players vaccinated with two doses of Sputnik vaccine, from the Russian manufacturer Gamaleya Research Institute, will not be able to participate in the tournament, because this vaccine...
Global Voices: Russia blocks access to Tor browser website
Russian authorities blocked access to the Tor browser website, torproject.org, on Wednesday, 8 December, according to reports from Tor developers and users. The official block follows earlier reports of Russian internet service providers blocking access to the service, with some Russian users unable to access the Tor...
Reviving the Cree and Ojibwe languages of Manitoba, Canada with TikTok
As a child growing up in the Fox Lake Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, Canada, Sharissa Neault would hear the Ininímowin (Cree) language from her grandparents. However, the language was not passed on her mother and consequently not to Neault either. “As I grew...
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski attends the UN’s General Assembly in New York
In the forthcoming days Stevo Pendarovski, the president of North Macedonia, will take part in the United Nations General Assembly in New York. On the 23rd of September, Pendarovski will address the attendees at the assembly's 76th session.
The theme of this session is "Building...
Forgotten history: American aeronaut Jeanette Van Tassel lies buried in Dhaka Christian Cemetery
This story by Rezwan originally appeared on Global Voices on 17th of September 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.
The first manned balloon flight in present-day Bangladesh happened in 1892, and ended in tragedy. A Dhaka Nawab contracted a balloonist troupe from the USA and advertised...
Code Red: climate crisis is inflaming extreme weather disasters
This story by Kevin Rennie originally appeared on Global Voices on 16th of August 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) recent report declaration that we are facing a ‘code red for humanity’ should be no...
Arab content creators use social media to talk about sex, sexuality and reproductive health
This story by Mira Nabulsi originally appeared on Global Voices on 9th of August 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.
In recent years, as sex education curriculums remain unattainable in most Arab countries, several Arab women have taken on the task of...
Missing Belarusian activist found dead in Ukraine
This story by Tanya Lokot originally appeared on Global Voices on August 3, 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.
Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou, who went missing in Ukraine on August 2, has been found dead in a park near his home...
Violence against women is on the rise in Mexico. How do Mexicans perceive it?
This story by Timothy S. Rich, Alianna Casas and Carolyn Brueggemann originally appeared on Global Voices on August 2, 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.
In Mexico, femicides increased by 137 percent between 2015 and 2020, with the government only formally tracking femicides...
Global Voices: Czech-Russian relations hit new low after Prague accuses Moscow of ‘state-sponsored terrorism’
Czech Republic expels 18 Russian diplomats over 2014 arms depot explosions, writes "Global Voices". Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with "Global Voices".
On April 17, the Czech government announced in an impromptu press conference that it would expel 18 Russian diplomats...
GV Insights event: ‘The Milk Tea Alliance: Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong’s unified fight for democracy’ on 29th of January
Global Voices on January 29 at 1pm GMT/UTC will host a new episode of the GV Insights series of virtual conversations, under the title “Milk Tea Alliance: Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong’s unified fight for democracy”—a lively discussion about the “Milk Tea Alliance” and the...
Global Voices with virtual conversation “Belarus 2020: Still Uploading?”
Global Voices starts a GV Insights series of virtual conversations on burning issues, starting on the 14th of December at 3pm UTC/GMT with the first event “Belarus 2020: Still Uploading?”—a lively discussion on the 2020 Belarusian revolution with experts from Belarus and the region...
