How Donald Trump became the Kremlin’s Candidate
In the 2016 election, Putin’s propaganda network is picking sides, Michael Growley writes for Politico
Back when he hosted a prime-time talk show on MSNBC,...
Kremlin’s infowar in the Baltics
Moscow switches from unfriendly rhetoric to state-sponsored lies
Vladimir Sazonov for StopFake.org
One of the main components of a hybrid or non-linear warfare is the information...
Fake: Russia Sanctions Cost Ukraine $98 Billion
The Russian website Rossiyskaya gazeta published a news item claiming that according to the World Trade Organization Trade Policy Review report published on the...
Fake: Not Living in Officially Registered Residence in Ukraine Subject to Penalties
The Segodnya newspaper published a news story claiming that Ukrainians living in places that are not their officially registered residences will be subject to...
Fake: France to Lift Russia Sanctions
On April 28 scores of Russian publications featured headlines such as “French parliament calls for lifting sanctions against Russia” (Vesti.ru), “French legislature supports lifting...
Russian Crimea Annexation Documentary Filled with Lies and Errors
In February 2015 Russia’s national television channel Rossia-1 aired “Crimea, the way home” Andrey Kondrashov’s film about the annexation of Crimea by the Russian...
Conspiracy Files: Who shot down MH17?
Conspiracy theories swirl around many accidents, terror attacks or disasters. It's not surprising, then, that a host of different claims surround the crash of...
Fake: BBC Accuses Ukraine of Downing MH 17
Conspiracy theory aficionados should be elated. The venerable BBC has announced an upcoming film in its “Conspiracy Files” series examining new claims about the...
How Russia’s worst propaganda myths about Ukraine seep into media language
Over the past two years, much has been written about the “Ukraine crisis.” This phrase is, in fact, a euphemism, used purposefully by some...
The Next Attack on Russia’s Free Press Comes Into Focus
Someone in Russia desperately wants people to think the billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is preparing to sell off two particularly important assets: the energy company Quadra and...