Kremlin Watch Monitor. February 23, 2017
New Publications
Two of our colleagues, Jakub Janda and Ilyas Sharibzhanov, published on the Atlantic Council an overview of six main narratives that Russian disinformation...
Fake: Russia – Top Importer of Ukrainian Arms
Ukrainian and Russian media disseminated a story this week claiming that despite the 2014 Ukrainian ban on doing business with the Russian Federation, Russia...
A guide to spreading fake news about Paris riots
First: start with a strong headline. "Three police officers beaten up in Bobigny" will do. Second: add a photo of a man in a...
Fake: Ukrainian Capital Raises Electricity Costs to Cover Eurovision
Russian media are gleefully disseminating a fake story originally featured by the Ukrainian publication Vesti claiming that residents of Kyiv will be paying more...
Fake: Ukraine Has No Heat, Organizes Public Warming Centers
A favorite Russian disinformation topic this winter has been the frigid cold enveloping Ukraine and the population’s alleged huge energy consumption in order to...
StopFakeNews #120 with Jim Kovpak
The latest edition of StopFake News with Jim Kovpak. This week’s fakes include Russian claims that the US and Canada are ending military cooperation...
Fake: 700 Tanks in Occupied Eastern Ukraine are Spoils of War
Ask Kyiv where the 700 tanks came from, Russia does not send tanks to the Donbas, declared Russian Presidential spokesman Dimitry Peskov, responding to...
Identifying Khmuryi, the Major General Linked to the Downing of MH17
This article was collaboratively researched and written by the Bellingcat MH17 Investigation Team.
On 18 July 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) published several...
Fake: US and Canada End Military Cooperation with Ukraine
Russia’s Defense Ministry television station Zvezda aired a story this week claiming that the US and Canada were ending their military cooperation with Ukraine....
Fake: UN Security Council Refuses to Support Ukraine
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin told RT that Ukraine received no support from UN Security Council members during a meeting...