Section: Global Voices (The Netherlands)
Pro-Russian Forces in Eastern Ukraine Apparently Fire on Another Civilian Vessel by Accident
A rebel fighter stands in front of a damaged pedestrian crossing in separatist-controlled Horlivka, Donetsk region. Photo by Petr Shelomovskiy from Demotix. A shelling attack in Eastern Ukraine hit a civilian bus driving near a Ukrainian army checkpoint and resulted in over a dozen casualties. Online, pro-Russian rebels boasted of hitting an...
What Do Twitter Users in Ukraine and Russia Say About Their Presidents? An Introduction
Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. This article is part of a citizen-media data-analysis project, a collaboration between RuNet Echo and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Explore the complete article series on the All the Presidents’ Tweets page. Both Ukraine and Russia have loomed large on the social-media radar in...
Russia Investigates VKontakte User for Posting Ukraine-Related Content
Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. Russian authorities are investigating a Yekaterinburg woman on charges of “inciting hatred and violence” for posting links to content about Ukrainian Euromaidan protests on the social network VKontakte. Yekaterina Vologzheninova, a resident of Yekaterinburg, got a visit from law enforcement officials from the...
A Look Back at ‘Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered’
Putin signs Russia-Crimea treaty, March 13, 2014, by Gabriel Fortin-Harvey, Demotix. With hindsight, the title of this series is a bit of a misnomer. We called it “Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered” to reflect the fact that the bloggers, “streamers,” and online activists we profiled are reporting on-the-ground, in areas they’ve often lived their...
Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered, By the Numbers
Fires and fatalities after Ukrainian artillery strike in Donetsk, September 12, 2014, by Maximilian Clarke, Demotix. This article is part of an extensive RuNet Echo study of Russian-language blogosphere in Eastern Ukraine. Explore the complete interview series on the Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered page. Over the course of the last few months, RuNet...
Hijacked Printers in Eastern Ukraine and Russia Print Pro-Ukraine Messages
Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. As the world watches Russian soldiers and Russian-backed separatists occupy Ukrainian administration buildings, cities, and even an entire peninsula, a group of Ukrainian hackers is fighting back by launching an invasion of their own. Since this summer, Ukrainian hacker Yevgeniy Dokukin and his group of fellow...
With Blood New and Old, Ukraine’s Next Parliament Is Sworn In
A screencapture of new Ukrainian Parliament members reading the oath. A new Ukrainian Parliament gathered for its first plenary session on November 27, 2014. The Rada’s 418 members were elected in the October 26 snap elections, the first to take place since the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and...
The Ferguson Protests are Actually About Russia (According to the RuNet)
Image by hans peter meyer on Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Late on Monday, a St. Louis County grand jury made the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The controversial decision and the unfolding situation in Ferguson generated much discussion on social media in the...
Ukrainian Hackers Leak Russian Interior Ministry Docs With ‘Evidence’ of Russian Invasion
Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. Hacking collectives on both sides of the Ukraine-Russia information war have been instrumental in revealing key facts and documents that some would prefer to remain hidden. The latest leak by Ukrainian hackers purports to reveal new evidence of Russian soldiers’ presence in Ukraine. On Friday, Ukrainian...
Ukraine’s New “Ministry of Truth” Ridiculed on Social Media
Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. The creation of a new Ministry of Information Policy within the Ukrainian government has caused widespread consternation among Ukrainians, leading some to dub it the “Ministry of Truth.” Critics say the Orwellian department, aimed at protecting Ukraine in the information war with Russia, will only hinder freedom of...
