Francine Hirsch

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Articles by Francine Hirsch

Reading Russian Media Between the Lines: On Kommersant’s “Nuremberg” Photo

The Russian newspaper Kommersant quietly engaged in a brave act of resistance on Wednesday. The newspaper ran an interview with the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, spouting all the usual propaganda. But on Twitter, alongside a link to the article, it ran a photo of Naryshkin with the word “Nuremberg” in the background.

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