Fabricated treason and espionage cases prop Putin up in power
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake
Russia’s Foreign Ministry is supporting its accused spy in the United States Maria Butina with the hashtag #FreeMariaButina despite...
Fake: Cholera Found in the Azov Sea
One of Russian propaganda’s central narratives is that Ukraine poses a threat to its neighbors and to the world community, and alarming fakes about...
Putin’s post-summit interview lies won’t save Trump
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake
Basking in the glow of the World Cup final and a humiliation of Donald Trump in Helsinki yesterday, Vladimir...
Moscow’s Long Tradition of Poisoning its Opponents with Impunity
By Askold Krushelnycky, in London, for StopFake
British authorities have seemingly made a crucial breakthrough in their investigation into Russia’s use of the deadly military-grade...
Fake: Major Donbas Cities Soon To Be Without Water
Mariupol and Kramatorsk, two major cities in the Donbas area will be without water within a month, declared Russian site Ukraina.ru. The region’s water...
Fake: European court of Human Rights Says Russian Government Not Involved in Politkovskaya Murder
Russia is not guilty of murdering investigative journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya, a vocal critic of Russia's war in Chechnya, and of...
StopFake #192 with Marko Suprun
Fake: US sells Ukraine defective Javelin missiles. Ukraine prepares terror attacks in Crimea. How Ukraine “rooted” for Russia in the World Cup. Patriotism in...
Fake: Ukraine Destroying its Leading Television Channel
Ukrainian authorities are trying to muffle the Inter television channel that they call pro-Russian, declared Russian propagandist site Ukraina.ru. Other Russian sites followed suit...
Fake: NATO Black Sea Exercises Aggravate Donbas Conflict
Ukraine is playing with fire conducting the Sea Breeze 2018 military exercises with NATO countries - such is Russia’s reaction to the joint Ukrainian...
Fake: Ukraine Preparing Terrorist Attacks in Crimea
Since Russian annexed Crimea in 2014, Kremlin faithful media regularly feature fakes claiming that Ukraine is preparing a terrorist campaign to destabilize the peninsula....