U.S. congressional press office strips RT of Credentials
By Mike Eckel, RFE/RL
The organization overseeing media access to the U.S. Congress has stripped Russia state-funded TV channel RT of its press credentials.
The move...
Fake: World Jewish Congress Recognizes Crimea as Russian
Russian media are disseminating a story claiming that the World Jewish Congress has recognized Crimea as part of Russia. The source for this claim...
The Daily Vertical: Russia’s Worst-Kept Secret (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL
Well, it looks like TASS just spilled the beans.
Russia's state news agency has apparently just revealed one of the Kremlin's...
Last week on Russian TV: Too “liberal” education and constitution
By EU vs Disinfo
TV Channel 1 discussed a speech by a Russian schoolboy at the German Bundestag. “What about freedom of speech?”, a Tweet...
Fake: Ukraine among Countries with Highest Level of Organized Crime
Many Russian and Ukrainian media reported this week that Ukraine is officially on the list of countries with the highest level of organized crime....
Fake: Georgian Snipers Shot Maidan Demonstrators
The fourth anniversary of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution is not only an important historical milestone for the country; it is also a significant disinformation opportunity...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: More than 156,000 Russia-based accounts tweeted about Brexit
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British media reported that more than 156,000 Russia-based Twitter accounts spread messages about Brexit before the referendum took place in June...
StopFake #159 with Marko Suprun
Nonexistent saboteurs, kidnapped women, territorial swap proposals and copious fakes about the EU Eastern partnership.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcxq5jX4B3Q
“Czechoslovakia should be grateful to the USSR for 1968”
By EU vs Disinfo
On 21 November, the official TV channel of Russia’s Ministry of Defence, Zvezda, published an analytical article on its website under the...
Facebook To Let Users See If They Followed Russian ‘Troll Farm’ Pages
By RFE/RL
Facebook says it is creating a portal enabling users to learn whether they liked or followed pages or accounts linked to a shadowy...