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...
Fake: Suddeutsche Zeitung Declares Poroshenko Autistic
Russia’s federal news agency RIAFAN published a story claiming that the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung diagnosed Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko with autism. Without citing...
No Enthusiasm for Russian Duma Elections in Crimea
Russian Duma September 18 parliamentary elections were a practical no show in Crimea as scores of countries and international organizations condemned holding the ballot...
Fake: Radical Ukrainian Nationalists Destroy Moscow Patriarchate Churches
Local nationalists and their sympathizers destroyed an orthodox church of the Moscow Patriarchate under construction in the village of Borova, (Kyiv oblast) declared Russia’s...
Fake: Ukraine to Sell Land and Cancel Pensions for the Sake of IMF Bailout
Ukraine will immediately begin privatizing agricultural land and cancelling pensions in order to receive the next installment of IMF bailout funds reported Ukraina.ru. The...