StopFakeNews #75 with Amelia Oliver
Fulbright student Amelia Oliver Chalupa hosts the latest edition of StopFake News. This week’s fakes include claims that Ukraine will conscript suspected criminals into...
Fake: Yulia Tymoshenko Planning Coup
The Russian website Holos Pravdy published a news item claiming that the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundshau reported that Julia Tymoshenko was leading coup in...
The Rise and Fall of the Putin Propaganda Czar Who Met a Violent End
The marks of violence on the body of Mikhail Lesin have renewed suspicion that the reasons for his death lead back to his powerful...
The killer nanny and the TV blackout
The recent murder of a child in central Moscow has shocked us all. Why didn't Russian state media respond, Natalia Antonova wrote for oDR.
The...
Is Russia’s National Character Authoritarian?
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the Russian public’s acquiescence in direct government control of news media have many people wondering if Russians are predisposed...
Fake: Ukrainian Diplomat: “Kharkiv and Odessa Will Meet Russian Tanks with Flowers”
In the beginning of March the separatist publication DONI Press published a story claiming that a Ukrainian diplomat said the Ukrainian cities Kharkiv and...
Ukrainian Fake: Depardieu Leaves Russia
Ukrainian media are abuzz with the news that French actor Gerard Depardieu announced he is leaving the Russian Federation. Depardieu, who received Russian citizenship...
Fake: Ukraine Approves Legalization of Same Sex Marriage and Adoption by Gays
Russian and Ukrainian media among them ITAR-TASS published news stories claiming the Ukrainian government approved legalization of same sex marriage and adoptions by gays.
Ukraine’s...
Fake: NATO Secretary General Accuses Russia of Splitting the Alliance
The Russian website Ukraina.ru published a news story claiming that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accused Russia of dividing the Alliance, resorting to illegal...
Fake: Calais Residents Protest against Refugees
The Russian website Russkaya vesna published a news story claiming that residents of the French port city of Calais held a demonstration against refugees.
“Calais...