Distortion: Ukraine’s Border Defense Powerless on the Azov Sea
On June 5 Russian media reported that Ukraine’s military had allegedly admitted that its State Border Service was incompetent and ineffective compared to Russia’s border agency.
The curious case of Pavel Stroilov
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews) A middle-aged Russian “student” who was once described as a friend of Alexander Litvinenko has also been former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky’s spokesman and an aide to the MEP who is now leader of the anti-EU UKIP party, Gerard Batten.
Manipulation: Dutch Foreign Minister Does Not Exclude Kyiv’s Involvement in MH17 Downing
Scores of major Russian media declared last week that the Netherlands were not ruling out Ukraine’s responsibility in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 that was shot down on 17 July 2014 while flying over Russian separatist occupied eastern Ukraine.
StopFake #186 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Ukrainian military fire on OSCE patrol; Ukraine to separate from Crime via canal; NATO expansion destabilizing Europe; Ukraine to face problems after leaving CIS. https://youtu.be/Gbf2bfk2toI
Manipulation: NATO Expansion Destabilizes Europe
NATO plans to destabilize Europe - this was Russia’s reaction to NATO’s growing presence in the Balkans. Izvestia, RT and Moskovskyi Komsomolets all rang alarm bells with misleading statements about NATO.
Russian Responses to Babchenko’s Staged Death
Moscow’s reactions to the staged death of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in many ways mirrored their reactions to his “real” death of the day before: the guilty party was Ukraine, there was no evidence of…
Fake: Ukrainian Military Fire on OSCE Patrol
The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics regularly accuse Ukraine of shelling civilians and OSCE monitors.
StopFake #185 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Football fans return Champions League final tickets in thousands due to high Kyiv prices; NATO soldiers killed in Donbas; US violating INF treaty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKMxv5cNdHQ
Fake: US Violates INF Treaty
The US is violating international treaties and continues to manufacture lethal weapons banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (commonly called the I.N.F. treaty), declared Russia’s Armed Forces newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, closely followed by RT and NTV.
Manipulation: Problems Awaiting Ukraine after CIS Exodus
Russian media reacted to Kyiv’s announcement that the country will leave the CIS by claiming Ukraine will face a gloomy future, suffer billions of dollars in losses and have problems in relations with countries in the post-Soviet space as a result.