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October 17, 2019 - 19:44 News

Fake: Ukrainian Diaspora Condemns Sanctions against Crimea

Ukrainians from different countries are calling for the lifting of sanctions against Crimea, several Russian media outlets declared last week. 15 representatives of Ukrainian emigres from various countries announced that unification of the peninsula with Russia must be recognized, Komsomolskaya Pravda claimed. Not one organization representing the Ukrainian diaspora has made such a claim, quite the contrary, Ukrainian emigres speak with one voice about Russia’s illegal occupation of Crimea and…

October 14, 2019 - 09:50 News, Videos

Russian Language War: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 256)

Fake: Donbas war started over language. Dutch parliament demands Ukrainian responsibility for MH17 crash.

October 12, 2019 - 11:39 News

Language Issues Did Not Bring War to Donbas

During his marathon press spectacle on October 10 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the war in Donbas began over the language issue (video 02:15), thus repeating one of the Kremlin’s most entrenched propaganda narratives, i.e. Russian speaking Donbas was being forced to speak Ukrainian and that is why they rebelled. The reality, of course is completely different. The Kremlin media use a set of specific narratives to tell their…

October 09, 2019 - 19:06 News

Fake: Crimea Gradually Disappearing from International Agenda

RT and other Russian media focused on OSCE Special Representative Martin Sajdik this week, who during a question and answer session at the Salzburg Europe Summit said that in order to have a more objective understanding of Crimea one has to take into account the fact that “Crimea had been part of Russia for many years”. RT and others claim that Sajdik’s statement shows that Crimea is no longer part…

October 09, 2019 - 18:25 News

Fake: US Actions Destabilizing Black Sea Region

Russia’s propagandist network RT is once again portraying the United States as enemy number one, that is destabilizing the world. This time America’s alleged destabilization is limited to the Black Sea region, whereas Russia, of course, is only interested in ensuring the region’s well-being. According to a new report from the RAND Corporation, it is Russia that is destabilizing the Black Sea region, having used military force against other countries…

October 07, 2019 - 10:37 News, Videos

IMF Buys Land in Ukraine: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 255)

Fake: Ukrainian land to be sold in exchange for IMF Billions. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorating because of Ukraine. Train service to Crimea to resume.

October 02, 2019 - 11:06 News

Russian Reactions on Ukraine Agreeing to the Steinmeier Formula for Donbas

On October 1 President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine had agreed to adopt the so-called Steinmeier formula in an effort to end the war in eastern Ukraine. Making the announcement Zelensky emphasized that Donbas local elections can only be held in accordance with Ukrainian law and only after the withdrawal of troops from the occupied territories and subject to Ukraine resuming control over its state border with Russia. The Steinmeier…

October 02, 2019 - 10:56 News

Fake: Relations between Russia and the West Deteriorating because of Ukraine

Relations between Russia and the West have worsened because of Ukraine where a coup has brought on a civil war, RT declared this week. The article regurgitates various tried and true Kremlin tropes, that Western countries are coming around to Russia’s side, that the Russia sanction front is weakening and that the reason for worsening relations with the West is Ukraine, where the “2014 coup led to a civil war”.…

September 30, 2019 - 16:44 News

Fake: Ukraine to Resume Train Service to Crimea

Citing an interview with Ukraine’s Minister for Infrastructure, Russian and Ukrainian media reported this week that Kyiv intends to resume train service to Crimea. In fact, the minister did not say anything of the kind and has personally debunked the fake that irresponsible media disseminated without verifying the facts. Journalists seriously distorted Minister Vladislav Krykliy’s interview to Radio Liberty. Russia’s RIA Novosti went so far as to claim that Ukrainian…

September 30, 2019 - 11:28 News, Videos

An Anti-America Army in Europe: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 254)

Fake: Polish soldier kills Ukrainian serviceman during military exercises. Finland wants to end Russia sanctions. EU wants to create its own army to defend itself against the United States.