Fake: Ukraine Boasts about Crimea Drought
Several pro-Kremlin Russian media disseminated stories this week claiming that Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis representative council boasted...
Distortion: Ukraine’s Border Defense Powerless on the Azov Sea
On June 5 Russian media reported that Ukraine’s military had allegedly admitted that its State Border Service was incompetent and ineffective compared to Russia’s...
The curious case of Pavel Stroilov
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews)
A middle-aged Russian “student” who was once described as a friend of Alexander Litvinenko has also been former Soviet dissident Vladimir...
Manipulation: Dutch Foreign Minister Does Not Exclude Kyiv’s Involvement in MH17 Downing
Scores of major Russian media declared last week that the Netherlands were not ruling out Ukraine’s responsibility in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight...
StopFake #186 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Ukrainian military fire on OSCE patrol; Ukraine to separate from Crime via canal; NATO expansion destabilizing Europe; Ukraine to face problems after leaving...
Manipulation: NATO Expansion Destabilizes Europe
NATO plans to destabilize Europe - this was Russia’s reaction to NATO’s growing presence in the Balkans. Izvestia, RT and Moskovskyi Komsomolets all rang...
Russian Responses to Babchenko’s Staged Death
Moscow’s reactions to the staged death of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in many ways mirrored their reactions to his “real” death of the day...
Fake: Ukrainian Military Fire on OSCE Patrol
The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics regularly accuse Ukraine of shelling civilians and OSCE monitors. Their latest claim made without any evidence is...
StopFake #185 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Football fans return Champions League final tickets in thousands due to high Kyiv prices; NATO soldiers killed in Donbas; US violating INF treaty.
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Fake: US Violates INF Treaty
The US is violating international treaties and continues to manufacture lethal weapons banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (commonly called the I.N.F. treaty),...