Internet unleashes barrage of too-soon Russian meteor memes
Inevitably, the Internet has meme-ified the meteor that injured over 900 people in Russia Friday.
On Feb 15, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
38 things Twitter is blaming for the Russian meteor
What’s the cause of the Russian meteor? Probably physics. But everyone on Twitter has a theory anyway!
On Feb 15, 2013 by Kris Holt
WikiLeaks reveals General Motors’ suspected Russian Mafia ties
A Spanish embassy cable claims that a Russian-Canadian consortium with ties to organized crime owns a stake in GM.
On Oct 1, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
“Cloud Democracy”: Could Russia’s opposition movement radically change how democracy works?
Leonid Volkov wants to gamify Russian democracy with the rising opposition party People’s Alliance, creating transparency and participation through crowdsourced initiatives and a purely electronic voting system.
On Aug 30, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Russian Wikipedia blacks out to protest censorship bill
The bill, currently being considering by Russia’s State Duma, would create “a unified digital blacklist.”
On Jul 10, 2012 by Jennifer Abel
Russian opposition leader’s Twitter, email accounts hacked
Alexei Navalny, a prominent anti-corruption blogger and critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, claims government investigators took over his Twitter account.
On Jun 26, 2012 by Kris Holt
Kremlin readies its own social network
In an effort to control the Russian Internet, the Kremlin is launching its own network for government complaints.
On Jun 19, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Kremlin’s alleged porn bots battle Anonymous
An oddly fascinating battle appears to be happening between the Russian government and hacktivist collective Anonymous.
On May 9, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
Impostor posing as U.S. ambassador briefly wreaks havoc in Russian Twittersphere.
A prankster took advantage of a Twitter typographical flaw to impersonate the U.S. ambassador to Russia.
On Mar 6, 2012 by Kevin Morris
How the Web reacted to Putin’s victory
The New York Times’s man in Moscow curates the elections as they unfolded in social media.
On Mar 5, 2012 by David Holmes
Russian apartment building collapse sparks anti-Putin commentary
Footage showing the collapse of a Russian building makes its rounds on YouTube—along with plenty of commentary.
On Feb 28, 2012 by Fruzsina Eördögh
Putin arrested? Nope
Videos circulating on YouTube show the Russian prime minister on trial. They’re fakes—but they’re promoting a real documentary.
On Feb 15, 2012 by Fruzsina Eördögh
A cold war of words on Twitter
The Arizona Senator mocked the Russian Prime Minister on Twitter—twice.
On Dec 19, 2011 by Justin Franz
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