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...
Just How Bad is Putin? Ever More People Are Counting the Ways
As the number of Vladimir Putin’s violations of international law and normal morality grows, ever more people are offering lists of the actions for...
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...