Fake: The Sad State of Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants

On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident, Russia’s Lenta.ru news agency published an article entitled “The Unpeaceful Atom” criticizing...

Fake: Ukraine continues buying gas from Russia

The Spanish edition of Russia’s official Sputnik news agency has published a news story claiming that Ukraine continues buying gas from Russia while its...

Timothy Snyder: Yes to Security in Europe

By Timothy Snyder The choice that Dutch citizens will make on 6 April is not only about a trade agreement between the European Union and...

A perversion of soft power

A Review of Putin’s Propaganda Machine. Soft power and Russian foreign policy. By: Marcel Van Herpen. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, USA, 2016. In July...

The Kremlin’s latest propaganda bogeymen: cartoon Scottish wizards and rip-off Harry Potters

Meet the latest bogeymen in the Kremlin's propaganda war against the West: cartoon Scottish wizards. A major new animated feature, backed by the Russian government...

StopFakeNews #78 with Irena Chalupa

The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. This week’s fakes include claims that the EU has denied Ukraine future membership and views...

Russian Propaganda Trying To Destabilize Germany

What You Need To Know: ✓ Russian propaganda is playing a big role in trying to destabilize the European Union; ✓ “If you watch Russian television...

Behind the Dutch Terror Threat Video: The St. Petersburg “Troll Factory” Connection

At 13:30:09 GMT on 18 January 2016, a new YouTube channel called ПАТРИОТ (“Patriot”) uploaded its first video, titled (in Ukrainian) “Appeal of AZOV...

Fake: Poroshenko Lied about Being Late

On March 31 many Russian media reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lied about the reason why he was late for his speech during...

Who really rules the airwaves in Moldova?

"With public trust at all time low, we need to examine how murky media ownership threatens pluralism and freedom of speech in Moldova," -...