Fake: British Ambassador Violates Ukraine’s Election Law
Russian media were busy this week claiming that British Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough allegedly violated Ukraine’s election law by showing an open presidential...
Fake: Ukrainians Voting at Gunpoint
Ukrainians are voting in the presidential elections under the barrel of a gun and under the watchful eyes of Special Forces declared the Kremlin...
Fake: 10 million Ukrainians denied the right to vote in Ukraine’s presidential election
The propaganda website Tsargrad.tv reports that 10 million voters have been denied the right to vote in Ukraine’s presidential elections. The report is referring...
Fake: Kyiv prevented Donbas residents from voting in the elections
“Official Kyiv” is taking the right to vote away from residents of Donbas in Ukraine’s presidential elections. This fake was distributed by Russia’s First...
Fake: Conscription notices will be handed out at voting stations
Ukrainians are being misled by reports circulating in media, social media, and even on notice boards outside apartment buildings in Lviv oblast, that army...
Fake: “Dead souls” in the voters’ list — a frequent occurrence in Ukraine’s elections
Ukrainian and Russian media outlets are spreading reports citing election monitors from “Uspishna Varta” who said that, as of 11 AM, “one of...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Online platforms should provide more access to information for researchers
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The European Commission calls for online platforms to provide more information to researchers in its monthly report.
Mueller report released: No verified collusion,...
“Ukraine will turn into a banana republic”: Ukrainian elections on Russian TV
By EU vs Disinfo
Ukraine experienced the impact of Russian hybrid warfare and pro-Kremlin disinformation earlier than most other states. The Kremlin has long used Ukraine as a testing ground for its (dis)information and hybrid...
Kremlin accuses the West of interfering in Ukrainian elections
By Roman Shutov, for Ukrainian Election Task Force
The Kremlin tends to shift blame away from itself by accusing its adversaries of interference while disregarding...
Ukrainian outlets Vesti and Strana.ua on Presidential Elections in Ukraine: Fake Narratives, Heroes and...
Author: Anastasiia Grynko, PhD
Fieldwork and Coding: Artem Laptiiev
For ‘Stop Fake’
March 2019
Inroduction
News and news-making processes are no longer narrowly focused solely on media practices related...