Russia uses money and threat of prosecution to hide Russian soldiers’ deaths in Ukraine
By Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine
While whole villages, sometimes regions, come out to bid farewell to slain Ukrainian soldiers, Russians killed are likely...
Putin May Be Crying ‘Wolf’ Once Too Often, Gudkov Says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
After a brief break from its “besieged fortress” rhetoric, the Kremlin has returned to the idea that Russia is...
Computational propaganda in Ukraine: caught between external threats and internal challenges
Social media being used by governments to spread fake news and manipulate public opinion, finds first comparative study of automated political propaganda worldwide
Social...
StopFakeNews #136 with Romeo Kokriatski
The latest edition of StopFake News with Romeo Kokriatski. This week we dissect two new Russian fakes about EU visa-free travel for Ukrainians and...
Russia Day as a symbol of propaganda schizophrenia
By Ksenia Kirillova, for LB.ua
On 12 June, Russians marks a holiday known as Russia Day, possibly the most controversial date in the country’s recent...
The Power Vertical: Putin Has No Story To Tell (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFERL
Vladimir Putin has always been a very good storyteller.
First he told a story about how he was the man who restored...
Top-5 Russian Fakes about US
- Tillerson Names Conditions under Which Crimea Would Be Recognized as Russian (http://www.stopfake.org/en/fake-tillerson-names-conditions-under-which-crimea-would-be-recognized-as-russian/)
Scores of Russian media manipulated statements made by US Secretary of State nominee Rex...
“Most common way that fake news spreads is from laziness” – Aric Toler (Bellingcat)
Aric Toler has been an employee at Bellingcat since 2015. He graduated with an MA in Slavic Languages & Literatures from the University of...
Fake: Poland Reluctant To Admit Ukrainians
The first day of EU visa-free travel for Ukrainians generated scores of fake stories in Russian media.
RIA Novosti reported that after the onset of...
StopFakeNews #135 with Cynthia Sularz
The latest edition of StopFake News with Cynthia Sularz. This week we dissect two Russian claims that EU visa-free travel for Ukrainians will be...