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Russia's pro-government TV is depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin as the undisputed winner of the December 7, 2021 video call with U.S. President Joe Biden over the Russian military buildup along Ukraine's borders.
Belarus and Russia’s state-run TV crafted a single narrative in November 2021 to cover the illegal migration crisis on the European Union’s borders: The West is to blame, and Belarus is blameless.
The Current Time analysis of content produced by Russian television network RT indicates the existence of two “parallel universes”: one for the Russian and a completely different for international audiences -- the latter full of falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
Mainstream Russian TV outlets initially commiserated with the U.S. after news broke about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But, as media came more under the Kremlin's control, conspiracy theories began to replace the facts.
Russia routinely ranks among the top 10 sources for cyberattacks, but what role, if any, does Russia allegedly play in ransomware operations?
In a May 13, 2021 briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that Russian requirements for “foreign agents” are a response to similar such regulations in the United States. We examined Zakharova’s remarks to pinpoint where the differences actually lie.
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan have all opted for Internet shutdowns, but at what cost to their economies? Current Time Digital’s Anna Shamanska explains both the cost-calculations for these shutdowns and their potential long-term damage.
China is one of the main creditors for all of Central Asia's countries. How much do these countries owe to China and are they completely equal partners?
Anna Shamanska takes a look at what election analysts consider to be the weak spots in the official vote count for Belarus' August 9 presidential election and whether, in reality, a second round of voting could have been expected.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka sometimes seems to find his unofficial title as a "dictator" amusing, telling media that he is, in reality, a freedom-loving man. Ahead of Belarus' August 9 presidential election, Current Time took a look at why this sobriquet is no joking matter.
Data may help track the scope of the coronavirus pandemic, but only up to a point. Behind each country's confirmed COVID-19 cases lies a set of variables that mean these numbers need to be taken in context.
Fifteen years ago, protesters in Kyrgyzstan launched a chain of events that many observers thought would bring lasting democratic change to this strategic Central Asian country. But what long-term impact has the 2005 Tulip Revolution actually had?
Thirty years ago, on January 27, 1990, the first McDonald's opened in Moscow. It had taken 14 years of negotiations, vodka shots, and handouts of Ronald McDonald wristwatches to get this icon of Western capitalism into the Soviet Union.
2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the day U.S. astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Mike Collins became the first people to land on the moon. Anna Shamanska explains why the real story of July 20, 1969 is much more interesting than any conspiracy theory.
On May 18, 1944, the Soviet government deported the entire population of Crimean Tatars from their homeland as a form of collective punishment for alleged collaboration with the Nazis.
Ukraine changed the Orthodox world forever on January 5, 2019, when its Orthodox Church became independent from the Russian Orthodox Church. But Moscow doesn't want to let it go.
Can you imagine living in a place where every year the government forces you to pick 50 kilos of cotton, every day, for 12 straight days, for just 5 cents a kilo? That's the reality in Uzbekistan.
Members of a Russian socio-military group who call themselves Cossacks have been using their nagaikas to whip up a storm of controversy lately. The origins -- and the intentions -- of these neo-Cossacks are being hotly debated.
