Ilya Yablokov teaches Russian politics, history and media at the University of Leeds, UK. He holds a PhD from the University of Manchester (2014). His research interests include conspiracy theories, nation building and politics in post-Soviet Russia, history of post-Soviet journalism and international broadcasting. In 2015, he won the BASEES Prize for the best peer-reviewed article published by a postgraduate student. Together with Elisabeth Schimpfossl (Aston University, UK), he is currently working on the monograph about the history of Russian media. He is the author of Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Soviet World (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2018) and Curating Conspiracy: Politics, people and power on Russia Today (London: Routledge, forthcoming, with Precious Chatterje-Doody).
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Published in: oDR: Analysis'We’ll start a fight and then figure it out': the life and death of a Russian new mediaNews website VTimes was forced to close down after Putin’s laws make life increasingly difficult for independent...
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Published in: oDR: Interview'Russian officials simply could not ignore us': inside the attack on MeduzaAlexey Kovalev, a prominent Russian journalist, explains why the state is trying to silence independent outlets by...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionSo long, Vedomosti! What happened to Russia’s leading financial mediaIt’s been 20 years since the Kremlin openly started the war against the Russian press. Throughout all these years,...
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Published in: oDRAnatomy of The Times: how a British newspaper uses Russian propaganda tricks to discredit striking academicsA leading British newspaper is using patchy “evidence”, insinuation and intrigue to vilify the UK university...
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Published in: oDRPutin and Trump’s bad bromanceThe recent leak of emails from inside the US Democratic Party have led to allegations that Trump is a Kremlin agent....
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Published in: oDRRussian journalism’s double white linesA recent leak from a leading Russian media outlet has sparked a bitter debate about censorship and professional...