‘If the Russians Come Back Again, They Won’t Be Constrained by Communism’
By Paul Goble, for UpNorth
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who has just completed his service as president of Estonia, once remarked that “if the Russians come...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. December 12, 2016
Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts
Our Jakub Janda got interviewed by The Bild about the Russian Federation’s efforts to influence crucial Western elections, including...
StopFakeNews #112 with Brian Bonner
The latest edition of StopFake News with Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner. Among the disinformation debunked this week are claims about Eurovision 2017...
Fake: US Unhappy with Ukraine, Looking for Poroshenko Replacement
Scores of Russian and Ukrainian media disseminated a story alleging that Washington is dissatisfied with the Ukrainian government and is looking to replace President...
Fake: Eurovision to Be Moved to Moscow
Russia’s television station Dozhd has joined the chorus of Russian media speculating about the possibility of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest being held in...
TASS Manipulates German Foreign Minister’s Position on Ukraine-Russia war in Eastern Ukraine
Last week Russia’s official news agency TASS equated Ukraine and Russia as mutually ignoring the conditions of the Minsk ceasefire agreement in Russian separatist...
Fake: Ukrainian National Football Team to be disqualified from Future Matches
On December 5 the Russian site Ukraina.ru published a story claiming that Ukraine’s national football team would be disqualified from future matches because of...
StopFake trainer conducted two-day anti-propaganda training for young politicians in Armenia
In the beginning of December, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) and the UK Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) invited the Stopfake.org...
How to report fake news to social media
By Alex Murray, BBC News
Fake news stories on the internet have hit the headlines in recent weeks - especially since the US election.
While much...
Fake news: an insidious trend that’s fast becoming a global problem
By Kate Connolly, Angelique Chrisafis, Poppy McPherson, Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Benjamin Haas , Dominic Phillips, Elle Hunt and Michael Safi, The Guardian
With fake online news...