Weaponising the Olympics
By UA vs Disinfo
On 5 December, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018. The reason was the...
Fake: Ukraine To Accept 20,000 Refugees Instead Of Germany
Citing a Bavarian newspaper, last week scores of pro-Kremlin media claimed that Ukraine would accept 20,000 refugees instead of Germany with headlines such as...
Attempt No 2. Russian propaganda seeking to “dismiss” Angela Merkel again
Igor Solovey, for LB.ua
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s days in big politics are reportedly numbered, according to Russian media. However such predictions are unfounded given...
Fake: Ukraine’s Autumn Recruitment a Washout
Pro-Kremlin media are ablaze with fakes declaring Ukraine’s autumn recruitment campaign is a complete failure. Citing the Ukrainian military’s Facebook page, they claim there...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Spain will acknowledge “misinformation campaigns” as a threat to national security
Topics of the Week
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that the US won’t lift sanctions against Russia until the Kremlin withdraws Russian forces from...
RT’s Editor-in-Chief: FARA Registration, Capitol Hill Denial of Credentials Restricts ‘Journalistic Work’
By Polygraph
Margarita Simonyan,
RT’s editor-in-chief
“To all the self-righteous defenders of 'freedom of speech' who oh-so-ardently proclaimed that FARA registration places no restrictions whatsoever on RT's...
StopFake #161 with Marko Suprun
Self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic representation office in Helsinki. Ukrainians unhappy with people displaced by the war in Donbas. UN won’t with throw money into...
Trump was ‘Russia’s friend’ in Russian media for only a very brief period, new...
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Many assume that Donald Trump was portrayed in the Russian media as Russia’s friend until last summer when it...
Russian Colonel General Identified as Key MH17 Figure
By Bellingcat
Русская версия этого расследования опубликована изданием The Insider.
A joint investigation between The Insider and Bellingcat used open source research, investigative journalism, and forensic voice...
Fake: Kyiv Shuts Off Water to Luhansk without Explanation
Self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic media announced this week that without warning, Kyiv cut off water supplies to Luhansk territories occupied by Russian backed separatists....