Section: The United Kingdom
From Britain to Beijing: how governments manipulate the internet
The Kremlin’s ‘cyber army’ is gaining increasing notoriety, but similar tactics are used to influence opinion around the worldMoscow has been accused of financing an “army of trolls” to post pro-Russian opinions across the internet, The Kremlin, however, is not the only government intent on using the web to promote a particular point...
Salutin’ Putin: our lives inside a Russian troll house
Former workers tell how hundreds of bloggers are paid to flood forums and social networks at home and abroad with anti-western and pro-Kremlin commentsJust after 9pm each day, a long line of workers files out of 55 Savushkina Street, a modern four-storey office complex with a small sign outside that reads “Business centre”. Having spent 12 hours...
Ukraine agrees gas deal with Russia
Ukraine signs a new short-term agreement to buy gas from Russia at a lower price, despite the ongoing conflict in the east of the country. …read more Source:...
Putin threatens NUCLEAR response over the West’s interference in Ukraine
VLADIMIR Putin has warned Nato to back off from interfering with Crimea or face a NUCLEAR response. …read more Source:...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 2 Apr 2015
LEADERS’ TV DEBATE: BOOKIES TIP FARAGE Ukip’s Nigel Farage is the bookmakers’ favourite to ‘win’ tonight’s seven-way party leaders’ TV debate. There are expected to be four snap polls immediately afterwards – and while Farage is the bookies’ tip, YouGov thinks David Cameron will win. He is said to...
Ukraine signs new deal to buy Russian gas
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VIDEO: Riding with Ukrainian rebels
Natalia Antelava joins a patrol of pro-Russian rebels near Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia threatens to use ‘nuclear force’ over Crimea and the Baltic states
Russia has threatened to use “nuclear force” to defend its annexation of Crimea and warned that the “same conditions” that prompted it to take military action in Ukraine exist in the three Baltic states, all members of Nato. …read more Source: The...
Merkel says Ukraine ceasefire hasn’t been fully implemented
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that the situation in Ukraine had become calmer in the weeks following the Minsk agreement but added that the ceasefire had not yet been fully implemented. …read more Source:...
Crimea’s independent Tatar TV news channel silenced by ‘red tape’
Russian authorities’ refusal to renew licence over alleged paperwork ‘errors’ forces ATR to shut down after annexation from UkraineCrimea’s only independent TV news channel, ATR, has been forced to stop broadcasting after the new authorities rejected its attempts to register for a licence.ATR is also the only channel that...
