U.S. losing “information war” to Russia, other rivals – study
(Reuters) - The United States is losing an information war to Russia, Islamic State and other rivals, says a new report that calls for...
How Russia Today is using YouTube
When Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded YouTube in an office over a California pizza shop in 2005, they described it as...
Volunteers Start Service TrolleyBust
TrolleyBust– a beta version of services to block anti-Ukrainian propaganda – has been launched in Ukraine.
TrolleyBust’s founders wrote on the service’s homepage that this...
“Mass Riots” In Odessa Turn Out To Be Staged
Several Russian media misleadingly published reports on March 21 about "Odessa against repression" protesters that blocked a street in Odessa and turned over a...
Fake: Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk Suggests Depriving Ukrainians of Voting Rights
On March 14, the Russian channel Lifenews published false information about Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk. Lifenews incorrectly reported that she had written an email...
Russian State TV Anchor: ‘Propaganda Is Journalism’
Andrei Kondrashov is one of 300 media professionals awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin for their "objective" coverage of events in Crimea. Speaking to...
EU Launches First Step in Spreading Word Against Russian ‘Disinformation’
The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal approval to the campaign at a summit...
Fake: Poroshenko Threatens to Arrest Protesting Airport Staff
On March 19, the Russian news program Vesti (broadcast on state-controlled Russia 24) incorrectly reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko threatened to arrest protesting staff...
Fake: About 500 Ukrainian security officers block Kiev Street
On March 17, the Russian news agency TASS misleadingly reported that “about 500 participants of military operations in the southeast of Ukraine blocked Khreschatyk...
Retired American General Allegedly Calls for “Killing Russians”
Russian mass media has either misinterpreted or misrepresented comments made by retired U.S. Major General Robert Scales. The controversy revolves around a comment he...