What’s remarkable, in recent years, is how it’s been possible, even in a democracy like the United States, to create alternative realities. Imagine, then, how easy it is in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Exterior view of the Ritz Carlton in Moscow, Russia, where 'kompromat', or compromising material against Donald Trump was allegedly gathered Ritz Carlton The Russian word "kompromat" was thrust into ...

Glasnost for the Soviet cinema began promisingly with the dramatic release in 1986 of the long-suppressed, controversial films ”Commissar” (1967) and ”Theme” (1979), shelved with finality during the ...

“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” – Humpty Dumpty After nearly two years of being bombarded by the Western media with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ...