... opportunities for information cooperation and Russia’s scientific and educational diplomacy toward the Sahel nations.
The roundtable discussion brought together experts from academia, scientific and educational centers, non-governmental organizations and the media.
The participants received an address from Russian lower house lawmaker and coordinator of interparliamentary group on interaction with the parliaments of Mali and Burkina Faso D.I. Saveliev.
RIAC
will continue examining the situation in the region ...
... Russia's image in Africa and analyzing tools and approaches for its improvement and development.
The participants of the discussion stated that serious challenges in the Russian information policy for Africa did exist, along with the absence of a long-term media agenda and a narrative adapted for different African states in the field of Russian-African relations. At the same time, experts noted that Russia has soft power tools with beneficial effect on creating an attractive image of Russia in Africa, including ...
The concept of media systems does not possess a normative or generally accepted definition since the notion is posited on existing publications and empirical research rather than normative theory
This article takes Australian, Russian and Chinese media as three examples ...
... how Ukrainian soldiers crucified a child in front of its mother's eyes. Later, this story was proved to be fake, and there was neither a killed child, nor shocked mother. Still, the story went viral. It had reached a much broader audience on social mediathan it did on television.
The authors refer to that story as "an example of Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign." The authors of the report continued to state that "
in subsequent years, similar tactics would again be unleashed ...
... the Russian aid campaign, it is of interest to observe how the same information has been presented by the two respective governments. While in Russia the press focused on the gratitude shown by the Italian people for the assistance received, in Italy, media appeared more critical, questioning the implications of the campaign.
More specifically, La Stampa, one of the longest-selling and oldest newspapers on the peninsula, expressed its doubts about the matter, in particular through the work of the journalist ...
... today’s geopolitical climate, tensions can escalate quickly. All it takes is disinformation or a lack of context to irritate international relations. There is more than enough blame to go around for the state of current affairs. That being said, the media is particularly responsible for where we are at. Their profound ability to frame and string together events in order to fit their narrative is remarkably effective. All media is narrative. There is always a good guy and a bad guy; to validate your ...
The seminar was devoted to the analysis of challenges to the information spaces of Russia and the UK, the rules of conduct in the information space, and media codes in Russia and the UK, the development of social networks and their influence, the creation, spread and effects of fake news in both countries
On January 20, 2020, in Moscow, RIAC held the final workshop of the bilateral Russia-UK security ...
Media fail to recognize that the area between Ras Al Ain and Tal Abyad is almost entirely Arab and try to prove that a demographic change is taking place
US President Donald Trump took several decisions on the Syria conflict recently, which triggered ...
... White House’s decision to release the transcript of the telephone conversation the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents held in September 2019, albeit with the former’s consent, creates a precedent with far-reaching consequences. The opportunity was immediately seized on both sides of the Atlantic. Zelensky’s opponents in Ukraine happily demanded that the transcripts of his telephone conversations with Putin be made public too. Democrats on Capitol Hill are urging their enemy president to do the ...
... is the fuel that feeds the American political machine, and most Americans know that.
What is surprising is that Russia has for a long time been reluctant to venture into lobbying in the United States. Although it’s true that Russia has invested in media projects like RT and Sputnik, Russia itself has invested little to nothing into lobbying-related efforts that actually influence the American political landscape. Decorated
experts
like Andrey Sushentsov, have said that the reasons for this reluctance ...
