Fake: Energy Austerity Measures in Ukraine
The former Soviet newspaper of record, today Russia’s biggest daily broadsheet Izvestia announced this week that energy consumption and demand for oil products in Ukraine have...
Revealed: Confessions of a Kremlin Troll
Being paid by the Russian government to troll the internet just isn't what it used to be.
By Katie Davies, for The Moscow Times
Russia's paid...
Fake: Ukraine No Longer an Industrial Nation
Russian news agency Politnavigator declared this week that Ukraine is no longer an industrial country.
The news site quotes Donetsk sociologist Yevgeniy Kopatko’s pronouncements on...
Warfare in a Post-Truth World: Lessons from Ukraine
Author: Yuri Zhukov, for PONARS Policy Memo
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(PONARS Policy Memo) The U.S. intelligence community’s January 6 report about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election...
The Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack — Who Bombed What and When?
By Christiaan Triebert, for Bellingcat
Last week, we published a survey of open source evidence concerning the alleged chemical attack at Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s Idlib...
Meet Russia’s Warrior-Writer and Bloodthirsty Priest
By Nikolay Syrov, for Global Voices
In addition to being a prominent contemporary writer in Russia, Zakhar Prilepin is a vocal political ideologue. A member...
Fake: US Accuses Ukraine of Genocide against Its People
Scores of Russian media disseminated a story this week claiming that during a meeting with business leaders US President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of...
Fake: Aided by Islamic Battalion Ukraine Delivers Chemical Weapons to the Middle East
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda, along with other Russian propagandist sites disseminated a fake story last week claiming that Ukraine was delivering chemical...
StopFakeNews #127 with Jim Kovpak
The latest edition of StopFake News with Jim Kovpak. This week’s fakes include claims that Ukraine plans to classify Crimea and Donbas residents as...
After Moving Servers to Russia, LiveJournal Bans ‘Political Solicitation’
Last December, the blogging platform LiveJournal — purchased in 2007 by the Russian company SUP Media — finally relocated its data servers from California...