Fake: Ukrainian Soldiers Targeted Charlie Kirk’s Wife
The video is clearly staged: the purported «soldiers» speak with an exaggerated, affected accent that bears little resemblance to native speech. Similar fabricated clips...
Fake: Charlie Hebdo Mocked Macron’s Ukraine Policy and Pokrovsk Fighting
The covers are entirely fabricated; the French magazine has never published the cartoons in question.
Social media users have circulated a bogus cover purportedly from...
Fake: Ursula von der Leyen Left the European Commission Meeting after Orban Accused Her...
This story is made up. On the contrary, in October 2025, during a speech in the European Parliament, von der Leyen harshly criticized Orban...
Fake: Bloomberg Published an Infographic Showing How Zelensky «Looted» France
Bloomberg did not post such an infographic.
An infographic with the Bloomberg logo has been shared online. In it the media allegedly compares the damage...
A simple explanation for complex issues, or the search for a scapegoat
Ukrainians are given priority in hospitals, while Poles are denied treatment – this disinformation narrative has been circulating intensively in the Polish information space...
20 years of Russia Today: Russian propaganda from Paris to Sydney
RT television celebrated its 20th anniversary with a flourish befitting its status as the main exporter of Russian propaganda: the Bolshoi Theater, decor in...
Punchlines: Wagner and Narva
Estonia responds to Russian trolling with ridicule.
By Edward Lucas, CEPA
Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries are not the kind of people you want to see on your...
Fake: Ukrainian Gang Stole Chairs from Spanish Restaurants
The story is true. Yet none of the media publications mention the nationality of the perpetrators.
The pro-Russian social media spread the news that a...
Fake: Italian Landmark Collapsed Because Funds Were Diverted to Ukraine
A historic tower in central Rome did not collapse because Italy «sent all its money to Ukraine.» The medieval Torre dei Conti fell during...
The strategy of erasing memories of the occupied territories
In the fourth year of the war, when the front line has stabilized in a bloody stalemate and public attention is focused on diplomatic...