United Russia Tries to Fight ‘Fake News’ (In Its Own Way)
By The Moscow Times
Two State Duma deputies have introduced a proposal calling for multi-million ruble fines for publishing “false information” on social media.
The amendment...
Fake: A Quarter of Ukrainians Consider Themselves Soviet Citizens
Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a story claiming that one fourth of Ukraine’s citizens consider themselves to be citizens of the USSR...
Russia Without BS: The Awakening
By Jim Kovpak, Russia Without BS
As I’ve said and written numerous times, when I started this blog it wasn’t intended to be political. The...
Google News launches a streamlined redesign that gives more prominence to fact checking
“To give them that multitude of facts, voices, and perspectives, you want the UI to disappear and not be a sense of overload or...
The Desperation of Stephen Cohen
Jim Kovpak
Russia’s foreign language propaganda outlets have long had a problem getting real experts to go to bat for the Kremlin. Most times they...
Fake: G20 Admits Kyiv’s Violation of Minsk Agreements
Russian site Ukraina.ru published a story claiming that the leaders of France and Germany consider that Ukraine has failed to comply with the Minsk...
Some Things Are Better Left Untold
By Jim Kovpak
“Telling the untold” is one of Sputnik News’ slogans. The obvious implication is that the Russian news service covers stories that “they”...
Fake: Polish Ambassador Wants Yugoslav Scenario for Ukraine
Russian media are busy disseminating a fake story claiming that Poland’s ambassador to Kyiv Jan Piekło wants a Yugoslavian scenario for Ukraine and calls...
Here’s How Russian State TV Spun Putin’s G20 Meeting With Trump
By The Moscow Times
Russian state TV was unimpressed with Donald Trump in its coverage of the G20 in Hamburg last week.
The world leaders who...
The Daily Vertical: Telling The Truth About The Donbas (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, for RFERL
Has the Kremlin finally decided to stop denying that its military is fighting in eastern Ukraine?
Is Moscow finally abandoning the...