Author: Stephen Komarnyckyj

The colour of Russian Money part 20: The Fourth Estate part 4; Through the Looking Glass: how western journalists stepped into Russia’s alternative reality in the Donbas

Stephen Komarnyckyj

A cache of hacked e mails published by the Distributed Denial of Secrets Initiative has revealed how Russian intelligence proxies have shaped western coverage of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine- this piece anonymises the documents and focuses on the processes by which Russia manipulates coverage

The colour of Russian money part 11: pulling a fast one…

Stephen Komarnyckyj

Mystery surrounds the funds allegedly looted from Latvia’s Parex bank which collapsed in 2008… however key Parex figures are linked to fast loan providers which were created while the bank collapsed. Latvia’s oligarchic past gives us a glimpse into one possible future for Britain and the EU…

Putin plays his Trump…

Stephen Komarnyckyj

Opinion: On 16 July Putin will meet Trump in Helsinki and try to realise a return on his investment in his tangerine tinted Fascist puppet. But time is running out for them both…

The man behind the Babchenko murder plot?

Stephen Komarnyckyj

Initial media reports in the UK have given a partial or inaccurate account of the man allegedly running one of Putin’s slush funds for subversion in Ukraine. Here is what we know to date about him and his links to Russia.