Fake: French Customs Confiscate Human Organs from Ukraine
Russian media published a story this week claiming that French customs officers at Paris Orly airport confiscated a shipment of human organs from Ukraine.
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Fake: Merkel for Ending Russia Sanctions
The sites Ukraina.ru, Strana.ua and Gosnovosti reported this week that after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on May 2, German Chancellor...
Fake: Ukraine’s Falling Credit Rating
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda and scores of other Russian media have completely distorted the latest economic predictions for Ukraine by Fitch, the influential international...
StopFakeNews #129 with Benjamin Cohen
The latest edition of StopFake News with Benjamin Cohen. This week’s fakes include claims about homeless people being rounded up and moved out of...
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...