Section: Global Voices (The Netherlands)
In Crimea, No Room for Blogger Liza Bogutskaya And Her Pro-Ukrainian Views
Blogger Liza Bogutskaya braves the roads in Crimea in a car decorated with Ukrainian embroidery patterns and dresses in Ukrainian colors. Image from Facebook. 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. Liza...
Ice Bucket Challenge, Meet Ukraine’s ‘Blood Bucket’ Challenge
Can this blood bucket challenge video make the Ukrainian cause go viral? Screenshot from YouTube.com. A group of European youths are attempting to draw attention to the conflict in Ukraine by putting a gory twist on the infamous Ice Bucket Challenge. This time around, the buckets are filled with metaphorical blood. The initial meme,...
After US Ambassador to Ukraine’s Twitter Gaffe, RT Says ‘World Won’t Be Duped Again’
US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt tweeted some images that weren’t what he said they were. At least he didn’t tweet this. (Images edited by Kevin Rothrock.) The shooting war in Eastern Ukraine has an ugly sibling that people outside Ukraine know far better: the news war. In Donetsk and Luhansk, men with guns exchange bullets and...
Ukrainian Daredevil “Mustang Wanted” Now Officially Wanted in Russia
Mustang Wanted in action. Anonymous image circulated online. Skyscraper-climber Mustang Wanted is a man used to high places, but his latest exploits have taken him to dangerous new heights, including a warrant for his arrest in Russia. Following Mustang’s confession that he decorated a Moscow skyscraper’s crowning star with the...
North Caucasians’ Sad, Paradoxical Fight in Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainians, Georgians, and Chechens rally at Berlin’s Alexanderplatz against the Russian invasion in eastern Ukraine. August 30, 2014, by Thorsten Strasas. Demotix. Widespread reports, not to mention video footage, confirm that North Caucasians are indeed fighting in Ukraine. Areas like Chechnya and Ingushetia, where Russia is arguably...
Russian Nationalists Grasp at Straws with ‘Scottish Solidarity’ Campaign
Images edited by Kevin Rothrock. After massive referenda earlier this year in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin’s supporters online have embraced a new separatist vote over 1,500 miles from Moscow. Last week, Russian nationalists—some pro-Putin and others not so much—began expressing their support for the Scottish independence...
The Ukrainian Officer Tweeting from the Frontlines of the War in Donbas
Sergei Misyura, an officer in the Ukrainian Army. (image courtesy of Sergei Misyura) 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. Like many of the citizen journalists profiled in this series, Sergei...
For Russian Soldiers in Ukraine, the Mobile Phone May Be as Mighty as the Sword
The other weapons at work. Images edited by Kevin Rothrock. Russian soldiers are fighting Ukrainian “anti-terrorist” troops in eastern Ukraine. Officials in Kyiv say this is in essence a Russian invasion of Ukraine. In Moscow, the Kremlin says its servicemen now around Donetsk and Luhansk are actually “volunteers,” fighting alongside separatists...
Skeptical Crimean Blogger Now Writes “Only About Politics”
Georgiy Sedelnikov. Image from strajj.livejournal.com. 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. This Crimean Livejournal user used to be an everyman blogger, but now he fills his blog almost exclusively...
Russian Social Networks Dominate in Ukraine Despite Information War
Euromaidan protesters use electronic devices like smart phones and tablet computers at the IT tent on the Independence Square in Kiev. Photo by Anatolii Stepanov for Demotix. Russian VKontakte and Odnoklassniki networks dominate the social media market in Ukraine, according to new research from Russian Internet giant Yandex. In the newest release...
