Fake: Polish Students Attack Ukrainian Schoolgirl
Many Ukrainian and Russian sites featured a story this week about a Ukrainian schoolgirl who was allegedly attacked and beaten by fellow students in...
Fake: Poroshenko Advocates Cutting off Donbas and Building a Wall
RIA Novosti Ukraina published an article recently claiming that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was advocating cutting off the Donbas area of Ukraine and building...
Fake: EU Can End Visa Free Travel for Ukrainians because of Donbas War
Last week RT’s Russian language site ran a story claiming that the European Union can rescind visa free travel for Ukraine at any moment,...
The activity of pro-Russian extremist groups in Central-Eastern Europe
Source: Political Capital
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Political Capital documented the conducted research on Russian actors and hate groups in Central Europe and raised awareness of this...
StopFakeNews #131 with Cynthia Sularz
The latest edition of StopFake News with Cynthia Sularz. This week we look at how the Russian disinformation machine deals with two of its...
The ‘Russophobia’ Weapon
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
Sergei Lavrov sees "Russophobia" everywhere.
Allegations that Moscow is supplying arms to the Taliban are "Russophobic."
Accusations that Russia is interfering in Western...
Challenge Putin’s Lies about imprisoned Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov
By Halya Coynash, for Human Rights in Ukraine
See the link below the text for a letter and other ways of joining in the campaign...
Key steps for countering Russian propaganda: A toolkit for journalists
Political Capital Institute prepared a toolkit on how to tackle Russian propaganda. The toolkit is mostly based on the workshops Political Capital held with...
Made in Bulgaria: Pro-Russian Propaganda
Bulgarian fake-news agents often promote Moscow’s line not for Russia’s sake, but for their own political interests
By Michael Colborne, for Codastory
In the tiny town...
Fake: Record Number of Ukraine Tourists Flocking to Crimea
Russian sites were aflutter with fake stories claiming that Crimea was experiencing a tourist rush from Ukraine. Russia’s security service, the FSB, reported that...