Putin’s Propaganda: Pushing Back Against Kremlin-Run Television
September 11, 2018 – 3:00 pm
Atlantic Council
Putin’s regime has been accused of using politically motivated assassinations as a tool to silence and deter future defectors and political opposition. Each assassination is accompanied by a web of false narratives, often transmitted by state-run media outlets. Marina Litvinenko and Alex Goldfarb are fighting back by suing RT and Channel 1 Russia for their role in spreading disinformation surrounding the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former officer of the Russian FSB, who was killed in London in 2006. …