As the Russian attack on Ukraine has come to dominate global news feeds, so has a previously little-known outlet called The Kyiv Independent. Since its inception in November of last year, the Independent’s profile has risen rapidly and has been promoted and endorsed by both social media giants and the corporate press. Why?
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The Great Putin Disappearance
Western media and experts be-clown themselves again
Patrick Armstrong
As consumers of media outlets in the West know, Putin’s “disappearance” is a sign of something very, very important. Probably.
He’s dead. There was even a Twitter thingy #ПутинУмер.
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