tRUe Crime 11# Is Yerevan “slipping away”?
Host: Varvara Shmygalova Today, we will discuss the Russian-Armenian information struggle and how the Kremlin propaganda machine tries to benefit from returning Karabakh under Azerbaijan control. So ...
26 Okt 202317min
tRUe Crime 10# Distorted Narratives: Russian Historical Manipulation in Education
Host: Matt Wickham In this episode, we will explore how Russia distorts history with its recent adaptation of Russia's history textbook written for 11th grade students. This revised edition places sp...
23 Okt 202313min
tRUe Crime 9# A very black humor
Host: Matt Wickham In this episode we will identify the characteristics of a political meme during a war, taking a trip through political satire history, describing and reconstructing the "life path"...
7 Okt 202315min
tRUe Crime 8# The 'Drug Addict' Smear Campaign Against Zelensky
Host: Matt Wickham Today's topic of our conversation is The 'Drug Addict' Smear Campaign Against Zelensky: Deconstructing Russian Propaganda Tactics. In this podcast we will take a look at what rheto...
15 Sep 202311min
tRUe Crime 7# Aftermath of the Chernihiv Strike
Written by Matt Wickham On August 19th, Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on Chernihiv, a neighboring oblast to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, resulting in seven fatalities, including a 6-year-...
5 Sep 202311min
tRUe Crime 6# Unveiling Russia's African Chessboard: How Russia manipulates Africa
Today's topic of our conversation is Africa and how Russia attempts to manipulate its position in this region as a great liberator and successor of the USSR. We will consider Russian officials’ state...
11 Aug 202312min
tRUe Crime 5# Anti-LGBTQIA+ Rhetoric of Russian Propaganda
With "tRUe Crime" podcast host Matt Wickham we'll uncover the tactics Russia uses to stigmatize and marginalize individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
27 Juli 202315min
tRUe Crime 4# Russian economy: inside perspective
Today, we will discuss the current state of the Russian economy from the point of view of Russian researchers: Natalya Zubarevich Sergey Guriev Oleg Itshoki Vladimir Milov Let's explore toget...
22 Juli 20239min
