Fake: Lviv Urges Recognition of the Crimea and Donbas as Territories of Russia
Russian media falsely reported that deputies of the Lviv regional council demanded that Ukraine’s leadership recognize the Crimea and Donbas as territories of Russia....
Aric Toler, Bellingcat: The question should be “why has it taken so long to...
What is wrong with a new Russian 'leaked' report concerning Malaysia Airlines Boeing crash? StopFake.org talked to Aric Toler, contributor at bellingcat.com.
Aric, you mentioned...
Fake: Veterans Exchange Medals for Food in Chernigiv
Several Russian sites, Antifascist and Pravda.ru in particular, falsely claimed that volunteers in Chernigiv collected medals of Ukrainian World War II veterans in exchange...
Fake: “The Witches’ Sabbath” in Kyiv Supported by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense
On April 28, Russia-24’s program Vesti aired a report entitled “At Walpurgis Night 2,000 Witches Will Carry out a Ritual in the Center of...
Russia to slap crippling fines on media for ‘propaganda of extremism’
Vladimir Putin has signed a law increasing fines on the media for what the authorities choose to view as ‘propaganda of extremism’. In Russian-occupied...
Russia 24 Presents Odesa Participant Who Is Accused of Murder as Hero
On April 29, the Russia 24 network broadcast Arkady Mamontov’s movie devoted to the tragic events in Odesa on May 2, 2014. Eduard Hayrapetyan...
Fake: Poroshenko Makes Bandera Flag Symbol of Victory Day
On April 30, Russia media (the Russian Ministry of Defence television channel Zvezda, Ren-TV, Russian Channel 5, Pravda.ru) falsely reported that Ukrainian President Petro...
Fake: The Launch of a Ukrainian Version of Charlie Hebdo
The Russian media recently spread false reports about the first issue of a Ukrainian version of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Ria Novosti...
RT America Boss Out on Supervised Release Following Tax Fraud Conviction
The former boss of the Kremlin’s Washington-based media empire has been sentenced to a year of supervised release for his 2013 tax fraud conviction,...
Russia’s pro-Putin media darling loves his new life in Brooklyn — minus the hipsters
His father is a multi-millionaire media mogul who has called Vladimir Putin the "father of the nation." At 24, he founded LifeNews, a news...