Fake: Ukrainian Armed Forces Recruiting Mercenaries from Croatia
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a story this week claiming that the Ukraine’s armed forces were recruiting mercenaries from Croatia through social...
Fake: Ukraine’s Health Ministry Abandons Cancer Patients
On November 8 Ukrainian and Russian media published stories claiming that the Ukrainian Health Ministry would no longer help cancer patients. Claiming that acting...
How Russian State Media Covers the US Elections: From Bias to Disinformation
By Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, The Interpreter
TV1 announcer says Hillary Clinton has ordered fireworks to celebrate her election win well in advance of election day.
Russian media...
How Russia Today lost a bank account, but won a battle in the war...
James Rodgers, for The Conversation
As any reporter knows, there are at least two sides to every story. Covering politics, war, or diplomacy can involve...
Conspiracy Thinking Most Dangerous Consequence of Russian Active Measures, Kirillova Says
Ukrainian reactions to the lead of the Vladislav Surkov documents – with some seeing them as confirming what they already knew about Moscow’s plans...
The limits of anti-Americanism in Russia
No matter who wins the White House race, Russia’s anti-Americanism will eventually exhaust itself, Anton Barbashin wrote for Open Democracy.
Not since the Cold War...
Fake: Ukraine to Face New Language Divisions
Russian media are predicting unrest and protests in Ukraine because of pending legislation on the Ukrainian language. A draft law introduced in Ukraine’s parliament...
Russia without BS: The Other Side of Whataboutism
I think whataboutism has been thoroughly dissected plenty of times on this blog. That being the case, many people from a left-wing perspective often...
Amnesty International: Russia ‘tightening the screws’ on dissenting Crimeans
Two and a half years after Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea, it gets only scarier and harder for the peninsula’s citizens to voice an opinion...
StopFakeNews #107 with Irena Chalupa
The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. Among the disinformation debunked this week are claims that Ukraine is becoming a breeding ground...