Friday, September 12, 2025

Russian media breaks Putin family taboo

Russian President Vladimir Putin likes to cultivate the image of a tough national leader and macho man. It is an image that has left...

​​Alexei Bayer: Why is Putin’s propaganda successful?

I have read reports claiming that Russian propaganda has been developed based on some super-scientific principles developed in secret FSB (Federal Security Service) psychology...

The Hybrid War: Russia’s Propaganda Campaign Against Germany

The brief disappearance of a girl in Germany recently become an international political issue. Russia is exploiting the case for propaganda purposes as part...

StopFakeNews #70 with Mark Rachkevych

This week Kyiv Post journalist Mark Rachkevych guest hosts StopFake News. This week’s fakes include a story about continued Azov threats against the Netherlands;...

Fake: Shevchenko Statue Demolished in Zaporizhzhia Region

On February 6, Ukrainian and Russian media actively spread the news that a monument to Ukraine’s national poet Taras Shevchenko was demolished in Tokmak,...

Fake: Ukrainian Train Lost in Kazakhstan

On February 1 the Russian site Lenta.ru, followed by  various Ukrainian and Russian publications reported that a Ukrainian train headed for China and traveling...

Fake: Zaporizhzhia City Council Rejects Ukrainian Language

Zaporizhzhia city government has opted to abandon using Ukrainian on its official internet page, writes the website Holos Pravdy. As practically all local media...

US Ambassador on Ukraine’s Information Policy: Don’t Follow Russia’s Example

Ukraina.ru published a story claiming that US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt “criticized Ukraine’s policy in the information war” and warned the Ukrainian government not to...

Gulliver Cragg: Lessons from an outrageous film

Paul Moreira, a French filmmaker, is famous for hard-hitting investigations that show viewers “what the authorities don’t want you to see.” So French-speaking reporters...

An alleged rape sparked tensions between Russia and Germany. Now police say it was...

Over the past few years, Germany's relationship with Russia has repeatedly proven important for the West. Yet a mysterious disappearance and rumors of a horrific crime...