Voice of America Misrepresents Russian Don Cossacks as Ukrainian “Rebels” Battling Kyiv
On March 12, the website for Voice of America (VOA) posted a video item entitled “In Eastern Ukraine, Civilian Deaths Push Men to Join...
Fake: Viktor Yushchenko to fight in Donbas
On March 16, the internet resource ukr.media published a sham report about Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yushchenko, with the headline “Yushchenko is sent to...
Fake: Carpatho-Rusyns Region Demands Autonomy
On March 14, the Russian news agency TASS incorrectly reported that the Ukrainian region of Carpatho-Rusyns was demanding total autonomy. TASS cites Petro Hetsko...
Deceptive Headline by Zvezda: “Ukrainian Battalion Commander Confessed on Ukrainian TV about How He...
On March 12, the television channel Zvezda published an article under the misleading title, “The Commander of the Battalion Dnipro-1 Confessed on Ukrainian TV...
Fake: Brzezinski Accuses U.S. Intelligence Services of Nemtsov’s murder
Since early March, the site Politikus.ru has posted an article by Canadian journalist Ardzhil Turner under headline “The USA and Other Organizers of Anti-Russian...
Fake: Lviv Officer Proposes Annulling the Order for Courage
On March 13, the website for the Russian Ministry of Defense’s television channel Zvezda incorrectly reported that World War II veterans living in Lviv...
Russian Imperialism’s Internet Triumph
With nearly 5 million views in less than two weeks, the YouTube video I’m a Russian Occupant is a bonafide sensation. Just under three...
Ketchum calls it quits on Russia work
Ketchum has ended the bulk of its work for the Russian Federation in the US and Europe amid continuing tensions between the country and...
Fake: National Geographic Magazine Recognizes Crimea and Parts of Donbas as Russian Territories
In February, the Russian site “Antimaidan” posted an article entitled “National Geographic: Crimea is Russia, and Novorossia is not Ukraine.” The article was based...
Putin Winning by Exploitation of West’s Greatest Strength
Vladimir Putin’s success in exploiting Western weaknesses — divisions between those who lived under Soviet occupation and those who didn’t and between Europe as a whole as the United...