Poland’s Prime Minister Calls Ukrainian Migrants Refugees
Poland’s prime minister announced that Poland has hosted more than a million Ukrainian refugees in the last years. “We feel a strong sense of...
Fake: Azov threatens to “destroy Dutch citizens” if they reject association deal with Ukraine
Russian websites are abuzz with a fake video purporting to be from the Ukrainian Azov battalion, threatening Holland with retribution on the eve of...
Fake: Jihadists Participate in Crimean Tatar World Congress
The Russian information agency Eurasia Daily reports that foreign fighters have come from far and wide to attend the second Crimean Tatar Workd Congress...
Fake: Gas Station Owners Refuse to Lower Fuel Prices
Golos Pravdy claims that Ukraine’s largest gas station owners have refused to lower petrol prices, going against the recommendations of Ukraine’s Energy Minister.
Seemingly this...
StopFakeNews #67 with Irena Chalupa
This week, Irena Chalupa, journalist and Fulbright scholar hosts StopFake News. Among this week’s fakes: creative use of photos tries to pass off Russian...
Fake: Nuland Warned Surkov of “an Inevitable NATO Attack”
Russia’s largest "news" machine RT, or Russia Today as it was formerly known, published an article claiming that Victoria Nuland warned Russians about an...
Fake: Using Foreign Policy’s Banner to Tell a Pro-Russian Story
The Russian website Ukraina.ru published a story by little-known American author Jack Smith claiming that Russia is an important player in Syria and Washington...
Fake: Putin Will Bring Down Western Economies
Various Russian web sites published a translation of a French article about an alleged Putin initiative predicted to cause an economic depression in the...
Fake: Russian Girl Kidnapped and Raped by “Refugees” in Germany
Russian media has been abuzz about an alleged rape in Berlin of a Russian girl. Referring to the website of the Convention of Russian...
Fake “ Ukrainian Nazis” are really Russian Nationalists
Last week Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel “Zvezda” published a news item claiming that Ukrainians were taught to hate Russians.
The article entitled “Cutthroat Nazism:...