Salisbury suspects number one in top 10 “worst hits” of Russian TV
The interview given by the two suspects in the Salisbury novichok poisonings to RT boss Margarita Simonyan was met with disbelief and ridicule around the world, and inspired dozens of memes, but it was just…
Manipulation: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Advocates Depriving Crimea of Water
Russian pro-Kremlin media have accused Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin of depriving Crimea residents of water.
Fake: British Authorities Preparing Anti-Terrorist Operation for Brexit
Opponents of Brexit will be forcefully dispersed by Britain’s military and police announced Russia’s Strategic Culture Foundation, a pro-Kremlin research and analysis web site.
RAND report exposes Russian propaganda claims in Turkey
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews) In Turkey, where an estimated 245 journalists are behind bars and news is dominated by a mix of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s propaganda and conspiracy theories, it would seem pointless for Russia to spread its own false narratives.
Fake: Kyiv ‘Not Ready’ for Prisoner Exchange with Russia
Kyiv has no intention of exchanging prisoners with the Kremlin – is one of Russia’s classic disinformation narratives about Ukraine which Moscow has been propagating tirelessly since the beginning of Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014.
Fake: Hasidim Rape Underage Girl in Uman
Several web sites circulated a fake story during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year in the central Ukrainian city of Uman, claiming that several Hasidic men had raped a local underage girl.
StopFake #200 with Marko Suprun
Fake: France recognizes Donetsk People’s Republic. Ending trade with Russia is killing Ukraine’s economy. Russian lies about the accident at the Crimean Titan chemical plant. https://youtu.be/m8XmuOs97f8
Accident at the Crimean Titan Chemical Plant: Fifty Shades of Official Russian Lies
"There is no danger", "everything is under control," "atmospheric pollution is at permissible levels", "there are no health hazards" - Crimean occupation authorities are going out of their way to reassure the…
Fake: US Tells Ukraine to Give Up on Crimea
Moskovskyi Komsomolets and other Russian media featured stories based on an American magazine article claiming that the US is telling Kyiv to give up on returning Crimea to Ukrainian control.
UK’s Skripal evidence obliterates hollow Russian propaganda
The morning after the OPCW confirmed that Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley had been poisoned by novichok in the aftermath of the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Britain’s Metropolitan Police issued a…