Putin vs. Lenin?
Last week, AP reported that President Putin had “denounced Lenin and his Bolshevik government for their brutal repressions and accused him of having placed...
Fake: Azov Battalion continues to threaten the Netherlands
Another sinister video has appeared on a YouTube channel which purports to be the work of Ukraine’s controversial Azov Battalion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebnysVmhDc
Last month a video appeared...
On “The Masks of the Revolution” – and on the ethics of journalism
This is a personal opinion post published ahead of the screening of “Les Masques de la Révolution”, on French Canal +, on 01/02/2016
A few...
StopFakeNews #69 with Irena Chalupa
This week, Irena Chalupa, journalist and Fulbright scholar hosts StopFake News. Among this week’s fakes: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Lies about Russia’s Budapest...
Fake: the Netherlands Accuse Ukraine of criminality in the MH17 Investigation
Russian media have reported that the Netherlands accused Ukraine of criminality during the investigation of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 which crashed over eastern...
Fake: EU Countries Massively Denying Visas to Ukrainians
The newspaper Vesti has published a story with this misleading headline: “Ukrainians in mass rush for visas: such hopelessness not seen even in the...
Russia Media Scaring Moldova with Fake Restitution
Pro-Russian media in Moldova are spreading news of the imminent restitution of historical land and property held by Ukrainian citizens to Poland and similarly...
Ukrainian Library director to remain under house arrest on ‘extremism’ charges
A Moscow court on Jan 27 extended for a further 3 months the house arrest imposed on Natalya Sharina, Director of the Ukrainian Literature...
Internet Trolling as a hybrid warfare tool: the case of Latvia
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Russian Media Calls Mentally Unstable German Citizen “Refugee”
Russia’s Channel Five television channel published a story entitled “Refugee pushes 20 year old girl under a train in Berlin”. The man who allegedly...