StopFake #191 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Displaced man from Donbas attacked for speaking Russian. Future Maidan Museum copies Hitler’s architecture projects.
Fake: Kyiv Preparing PR Attack on Crimea to Disrupt Tourist Season
The Ukrainian government is preparing an information attack aimed at occupied Crimea with the goal of disrupting the peninsula’s tourist season, Russian and Crimean media declared last week.
Fake: Donbas Displaced Person Attacked for Speaking Russian
Scores of Russian media featured stories this week claiming that a man displaced by the war in Donbas currently living in the small northern Ukrainian town of Buymer in Sumy province was attacked for speaking Russian.
Russian unleashes torrent of alternative facts in Amesbury poisoning case
Within hours of British police announcing last night that a couple from Amesbury, Wiltshire had been poisoned with Novichok, Russia’s propaganda machine was firing out projectiles in all directions with the usual aim of casting doubt and confusion in people’s minds.
Fake: Ukraine Can Face Olympic Ban
Russian Defense Ministry’s official publication Zvezda’s latest fake declares that Ukraine could be banned from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Fake: Future Maidan Museum Copies Hitler’s Architecture Projects
Comparing Ukraine to Nazi Germany is a beloved trope of the Russian disinformation machine. The latest fake to continue this tradition appeared on June 28 in pro-Kremlin Sputnik, Tsargrad and Novoross…
Russian arms manufacturer leads gullible citizens of “space nation”
The “space nation” of Asgardia attracted global headlines last month when its “Head of Nation”, 54-year-old Igor Ashurbeyli, was inaugurated in a gala ceremony at the Hofburg palace in Vienna.
Fake: EU Financial Aid for Ukraine in Exchange for Migrants
Last week Russian media returned to a favorite disinformation theme with a story claiming the EU and Ukraine were negotiating the settlement of African migrants in Ukraine.
StopFake #190 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Ukrainian rock star calls for destruction of current rule in Ukraine; Economi disaster awaiting Ukraine. Video manipulation makes sure you truly can’t believe your eyes.
Fake: Ukrainian Rock Star Calls for Destruction of Current Rule in Ukraine
Ukrainian rock star and activist Svyatoslav Vakarchuk calls for the destruction of Ukraine’s current government announced Russia’s REN TV, the RBK agency, Vechernaya Moskva, URA.RU, Ridus and others.