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Fake: Ukraine Fears Mass Exodus if Russian Visas are Introduced

Russia’s national news agency RIA Novosti claimed this week that Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry fears a mass exodus of its citizenry if visas with Russia...

Fake: University Student Expelled for Asking President Poroshenko “Uncomfortable Question”

Russian and Ukrainian media are disseminating a story claiming that a student who asked Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko if he would send his children...

Fake: Polls Show Majority of Ukrainians Don’t Want To Vote

Manipulating the results of polls is a favorite tool in the Russian disinformation toolkit. The latest example of this tried and true method is...

StopFakeNews #103 with Romeo Kokriatski

The latest edition of StopFake News with Romeo Kokriatski. Among the disinformation debunked this week: Russia claims that Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko arrested in...

Fake: Crimean Tatar Mejlis a US Creation

On September 29 Russia’s Supreme Court ruled to uphold the ban on the Mejlis, the Crimean Tatars’ self-governing body. The US responded immediately and...

StopFakeNews #102 with Nina Jankowicz

The latest edition of StopFake News with Nina Jankowicz. Among the disinformation debunked this week Catalonia to Recognize Crimea as Part of Russia,Ukraine’s Poltava...

Catalonia to Recognize Crimea as Part of Russia

On September 28 scores of Russian media along with their English and Spanish language equivalents reported that Catalonia was planning to recognize the annexed...

Fake: Ukraine’s Poltava Region Demands Federalization from Kyiv

The central region of Poltava is the latest province to demand federalization from Kyiv, announced RT, claiming that regional MPs asked Ukraine’s president and...

StopFakeNews #101 with Irena Chalupa

The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. Among the disinformation debunked this week are a fake story about another separatist “consulate” opening...

Fake: Food Riots Begin in Ukraine

Scores of Russian and pro-Russian media, among them Ukraina.ru, Kremlin Press, Politikus.ru, Narodnyi Korrespondent  and others disseminated a story claiming that food riots had...