Fake: Kyiv Homeless to be Run out of Town for Eurovision
Russian propagandist media are working overtime disseminating all manner of fake stories about Ukraine’s preparation for hosting the 2017 Eurovision song contest. The newest...
Fake: Kyiv Forcing Waiters and Shop Clerks to Speak Ukrainian
Nationalists demand shop clerks speak Ukrainian, declared RIA Novosti. Only Ukrainian in cafes and shops, announced Vesti. Kyiv city council surrounded by nationalists demanding...
How Tech Giants Are Joining Forces to Fight Fake News
By Craig Newmark, Linkedin
In high school US history, I learned that a trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy. As a news consumer,...
Fake: Ukraine Shelling OSCE Vehicle Explosion Area
The self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), the Russian supported separatist enclave in eastern Ukraine bordering Russia, has resorted to using the recent accidental death...
Bad Explainers: The Economist Misses the Point on Ukraine
By Jim Kovpak, for StopFake
Often people assume that it is only Russian media that distorts the truth about Ukraine and as a rule Western...
Investigation – Sex and lies: Russia’s EU news
By Andrew Rettman – Investigation - Sex and lies: Russia's EU news (20.4.2017, EU Observer)
Rape, paedophilia, incest, and sodomy - Russian media have targeted France...
StopFakeNews #128 with Romeo Kokriatski
The latest edition of StopFake News with Romeo Kokriatski. This week’s fakes include claims of a nuclear explosion in Ukraine, President Poroshenko alleged disappointment...
Fake: Poroshenko Recognizes Superiority of European Armies
Russian propagandist site Life.ru published an article claiming that Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko admitted that European armies were superior to Ukraine’s armed forces. Poroshenko...
Fake: Nuclear Explosion in Ukraine
Dubious and less than legitimate web sites regularly publish stories claiming that Ukraine possesses hidden nuclear weapons. The latest version of this unsubstantiated and...
Fake: Ukrainian Сolonel Proposes to Raze Donbas and Crimea
Russian propagandist media (REN TV, Vesti) disseminated a fake this week claiming that a lieutenant in the Ukrainian armed forces was advocating razing Crimea...