Fake: Marchers Call Out “Death to Moskals” in Kharkiv
While reporting about a bomb attack in Kharkiv on February 23, 2015, some Russian media (segodnia.ru, riafan.ru) claimed that the bomb had detonated “just...
Detoxing Russia
Long after Boris Nemtsov’s killers are caught and Putin is gone, we’ll still be dealing with the legacy of the current media climate.
As Russia...
The Guardian view on Russian propaganda: the truth is out there
Nietzsche said it first: “There are no facts, only interpretations.” But Vladimir Putin has perfected it into a political strategy. Within hours of opposition...
Russia is now monitoring the world’s mass media for bias
The Russian Institute for Strategic Studies introduced its first-ever World Mass Media Hostility Index, which measures potential anti-Russian bias in the media publications of...
If Moscow TV Said Putin was a Criminal, Russians Would Soon Agree, Panfilov Says
Government-controlled television is such a dominant player in Russian life that if the TV didn’t show Putin for two weeks and in the third...
RT on Nemtsov murder: It could be a big plot to destabilize Russia, Putin’s...
RT’s headlines about the shooting death of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov portray Russian investigators at work pursuing a broad range of theories about who...
Russia Today faces inquiry over anti-western comments in Ukraine debate
Media regulator to launch investigation into views expressed during Crosstalk programme on Kremlin-backed broadcaster
Russia Today is to be investigated by media regulator Ofcom over...
Fake: Snowden Accuses U.S. State Department of Nemtsov’s Murder
On February 28, Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic, posted a photo of Edward Snowden on his Instagram profile. According the post, the...
StopFakeNews #49. How Did It All Begin? Stopfake’s Anniversary
StopFakeNews #49.
One year ago a group of us gathered in order to try to do something helpful for Ukraine under its difficult circumstances. As...
The West Is Ignoring Some Unpleasant Truths About Putin
At the beginning of the Ukraine crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told U.S. President Barack Obama that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "in...