StopFake.org launches new international project
Together with the Polish Centre for International Relations StopFake is launching «Information Warfare on the Internet,” a project devoted to countering pro-Kremlin disinformation in Central...
How the International Media Enables Russian Aggression in Ukraine
If anyone had attempted to report on "German-backed forces" in Nazi-occupied France or "pro-Soviet forces" during the Prague Spring, they would have been dismissed...
Fake: International observers claim Ukraine is ignoring the Minsk agreement
Russian television program Vesti and its corresponding web site reported this week that international observers have verified that Ukraine is ignoring the Minsk agreement.
The...
StopFakeNews #93 with Brian Mefford
The latest edition of StopFake News with political consultant Brian Mefford. Among this week’s fakes, sanctions, Belgium and the Finnish farmer, claims Ukraine is...
From Russia With Love
Love FM’s “News from Russia” just announced that it would stop publishing the “news” due to what it said was “pressure” (read: transparency) and “lack...
French MPs visit Crimea; Russian propaganda celebrates
A group of French parliamentarians recently visited the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. The visit was not official and did not have...
Fake: ISIS training camps in southern Ukraine
At the end of July several Russian sites ran stories devoted to one of their favorite disinformation topics, that Ukraine is a training ground...
Fake: Belgium may lift sanctions against Russia
Earlier this week, Russia’s newspaper of record Izvestia announced that the Belgian parliament was poised to consider a resolution aimed at lifting sanctions against...
Fake:Ukraine soliciting funds to host Eurovision 2017
Russian website Ukraina.ru ran a story about Ukraine’s preparation for the 2017 Eurovision song contest in which it implied that Kyiv is soliciting funds...
Fake: IMF won’t grant Ukraine new tranche of funds
The internet publication Kiev Times announced that the IMF would not give Ukraine any more bailout funds, Russia’s official international network RT immediately followed...