Section: Global Voices (The Netherlands)
Ukrainian Twitter Account Chronicles Euromaidan Protests Day by Day
The Euromaidan protests have left behind many photos, videos, and social media content. Image by Mikhail Palinchak on Demotix. How do you remember Euromaidan? A new Twitter account allows social media users in Ukraine and beyond to relive the history of the Euromaidan protests as they happened. Сьогодні розпочинаємо проект “Майдан – День за...
The Ferguson Protests are Actually About Russia. Here’s Why.
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...
Internet Trolls Use ISIS to Write About Eastern Ukraine
Image from the Vkontakte community “Islamic State of Donbass and Lugant.” A series of videos has appeared on VKontakte and YouTube featuring eastern Ukrainian militia in Donetsk and Luhansk, mixed with footage of ISIS militants in Syria and North Caucasian fighters in Russia. The montage has a soundtrack and everybody’s smiling, trading...
One Year Later: Ukrainians Remember Euromaidan Online
Euromaidan protesters sing the Ukrainian anthem in central Kyiv. Photo from Demotix. November 21, the official start of Euromaidan protests, has become a day of remembrance and reflection, not celebration, to many Ukrainians. The protests brought a change of power, but also resulted in scores of wounded and dead, and were followed by...
Musicians Seen As “Pro-Russian” Are Not Welcome in the UK and Latvia
Valeriya and Kobzon. Composite image mixed by Nina Mashurova with images from valeriya.net and iosifkobzon.ru. When Russian singer Valeriya came to London to perform on October 21, no one expected a scandal. But as she arrived at the Royal Albert Hall for her concert, which she was supposed to perform with fellow crooner Iosef Kobzon, she was met...
Fake ‘Ukrainian’ News Websites Run by Russian ‘Troll Army’ Offshoots
Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. Russia has engaged in a blitzkrieg of information warfare since the start of the Euromaidan protests, increasing the budget of RT (formerly Russia Today) by 41%, and creating a new international news operation called Sputnik to “provide an alternative viewpoint on world events.” More and more, though, the Kremlin is...
Climate Change, Ebola, Ukraine: Brisbane’s G20 Summit Wasn’t Just About Economy
The G-20 Leaders – Caricatures. Flickr photo by DonkeyHotey (CC License) There was extensive debate about what should have be discussed at Brisbane’s G20 summit on 15-16 November. As Clarencegirl shared on her blog North Coast Voices, even Pope Francis had ideas for that very public member of his Catholic flock, Australian Prime Minister...
Lugansk News Today: One Man’s SEO Battle with Russia Today
The avatar of Lugansk News Today depicts a pro-Ukrainian activist. 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. An anonymous blogger has been covering events in Eastern Ukraine on the English-language Lugansk...
What World Leaders Should Discuss at Brisbane’s G20 Summit
G20 Summit in Brisbane Australia. Flickr photo from GovernmentZA (CC License) The G20 summit on 15- 6 November 2014 has done what terrorism has never managed to do – shutdown the centre of an Australian city, namely Brisbane. Just the arrival of Barack Obama has been a showstopper. On Friday, Facebook user Peter Black indicated why: South Bank...
New Book Tells the Story of Euromaidan Protests in Facebook Posts
A new Ukrainian book tells the story of Euromaidan in hundreds of Facebook posts. Photo from Facebook. Social media played a key role in the Euromaidan protests that erupted in Ukraine last fall. Millions of updates were posted by Ukrainians on Facebook and Twitter, thousands of photos and videos uploaded to Instagram and YouTube. This means that...
