One year after ‪MH17‬ was shot down, Russia vetoes a UN tribunal that would try those responsible for the crash that killed 298 people. Through denial, deflection and deception, Russia was hoping the international community would eventually forget. I discuss here on hromadske.tv:

The escalation in fighting in Eastern Ukraine comes as world leaders scramble to implement a new peace deal. The last Minsk agreement to a ceasefire ultimately failed.  Liz Wahl talks to CNN about the discrepancy between what Russian leaders say and what is actually playing out on the ground and how Russian propaganda has skewed the facts throughout the conflict in Ukraine.

Liz Wahl joins Stephen Colbert on The Collbert Report to discuss Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine and how it works:

I testified at the Capitol in a hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs about confronting Russia’s weaponization of information. The hearing signaled that the U.S. is taking information manipulation as a tactic of war seriously and taking steps to address it. Here is the video. Hearing starts about :42 minutes in. My testimony begins at 1:0

http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-confronting-russia-s-weaponization-information