StopFake #175 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Ukraine’s military command announces punitive Donbas campaign and Crimea offensive; Ukraine to force Crime and Donbas residents to repent; Ukrainian tracks in the...
Putin’s Brezhnev Moment
By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL
So, Vladimir Putin just had another Leonid Brezhnev moment.
Last year, the current Kremlin leader surpassed the longtime Soviet ruler in...
Fake: UN Recognizes Russian Telephone Code for Crimea
Russian media disseminated a fake story this week claiming that the United Nations International Telecommunication Union recognized the Russian telephone code of Crimea, thereby...
Fake: British Apologize for Boris Johnson
Pro-Kremlin media is disseminating stories claiming that the British public has criticized Foreign Minister Boris Johnson for his position on the poisoning of former...
#ElectionWatch: Voter Fraud In Russia
By DFRLab
On March 18, Russia held presidential elections, widely expected to re-elect Vladimir Putin to a fourth presidential term by a wide margin.
With Putin’s...
Little green men: the annexation of Crimea as an emblem of pro-Kremlin disinformation
By EU vs Disinfo
Among the many different examples of factually wrong claims that have come out of the Kremlin and media outlets loyal to...
New U.S. sanctions target Russian intelligence, companies for election meddling, cyberattacks
By Mike Eckel, for RFERL
U.S. authorities announced new financial sanctions against Russia's top intelligence agencies, more than a dozen Russian citizens, and the company...
Understanding the “russophobic” card
By Urve Eslas, for CEPA
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a 17 February speech at the Munich Security Conference, described as “Russophobic” neighboring countries that oppose...
UK behind Salisbury attack: Russian narrative is spreading on Twitter
Collected by EU DisinfoLab
To complement @DFRLab @benimmo's work, our study on narratives suggesting #Salisbury #Skripal #Novichok attack was carried out by UK /#MI6. Here's...
Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution Was Not a ‘Coup’
By Polygraph
Vladimir Putin
President of Russian Federation
The U.S. used Russia to prevent Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich from using his military against rioters in Kiev, and...