Russia

MSPs call on social media firms to crack down on coronavirus misinfo

Eoghan Macguire on March 24, 2020March 26, 2020

Dozens of Scottish Covid-19 Facebook groups have been formed in recent weeks, with some being used to promote false information about the pandemic.

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War on Europe’s frontier: the Ukrainians risking their lives to join the EU

Ryan Latto on November 20, 2019November 21, 2019

Five years after the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, a new movement is campaigning against Russian interference and for stronger EU ties.

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International, Housing and homelessness

The Moscow residents fighting to save their communist era homes

Ferret Journalists on February 13, 2018March 3, 2018

In September 2017, Chris Leslie, award winning photographer and filmmaker, and Dr Jonathan Charley, from the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, visited Moscow to report on one of the largest urban migration programmes in history.

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Finance

Edinburgh University criticised for investment in sanctioned Russian bank

Peter Geoghegan on November 20, 2017April 18, 2019

Edinburgh University has been criticised for holding shares in a Russian bank under sanctions from both the United States and the European Union.

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Fact check, Politics

Claim that Salmond show is on ‘Russian propaganda channel’ is Mostly True

Ferret Journalists on November 16, 2017April 18, 2019

Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about Alex Salmond's new TV show on controversial network RT.

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Russia

International, Human rights

War on Europe’s frontier: the Ukrainians risking their lives to join the EU

International, Housing and homelessness

The Moscow residents fighting to save their communist era homes

Finance

Edinburgh University criticised for investment in sanctioned Russian bank

Fact check, Politics

Claim that Salmond show is on ‘Russian propaganda channel’ is Mostly True

Pension scheme chasing retirees for money forced to review governance

Scottish Natural Heritage condemned for Diageo peat extraction deal on Islay

‘This doesn’t happen here’: young women highlight sexual violence in Shetland

Trident damned as ‘deadly farce’ after costs rise £1bn