Fake: Kyiv Residents Want Russian Social Media Platforms Back
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a story claiming that the majority of Kyiv residents are against banning Russian social media sites and Russian films.
Fake: Crimean Tatars to Support Putin in March Presidential Election
As the March presidential election grows ever nearer, Moscow’s propaganda machine is actively pushing a new theme, that new Russian citizens from the recently annexed Ukrainian Crimea, all wholeheartedly support Putin.
Fake: Train from Ukraine Arrives In Russia Loaded With Mines
REN TV, one of the largest private federal TV channels announced this week that a train from Ukraine loaded with an explosive arrived in Russia without naming any source for such a claim.
StopFake #166 with Marko Suprun
Fakes: America is preparing a new revolution in Ukraine; Ukrainian traces in the drone attacks on Russian bases in Syria, as well as fakes about milk sales and hepatitis epidemics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91Cv6Tx6QA
Fake: EU Bans Milk Sales from Private Ukrainian Farms
Russia’s propagandist newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta published an article claiming that the European Union has banned milk sales from small Ukrainian farms that do not have EU certification.
Manipulation: US Preparing a New Revolution in Ukraine
On January 11 scores of pro-Kremlin media blazed with incendiary headlines such as US Threatens Ukraine with New Maidan, United States Preparing a New Revolution for Ukraine, A Third Maidan for Ukraine.
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Involvement in Syria Attacks on Russian Bases
Russia’s disinformation machine never tires of portraying Ukraine as an enemy. The latest manifestation of this narrative is to accuse Ukraine of involvement in a mysterious drone attack on Russian bases in Syria at Hmeimim and Tartus.
Fake: Hepatitis A Epidemic in Ukraine
Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda declared that a Hepatitis A epidemic was raging in Ukraine.
Fake: European Union Seeks To Improve Relations with Russia At Any Cost
Russian media distorted the words of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser in order to create the impression that the European Union is seeking to improve relations with Russia at any cost.
StopFake #164 with Marko Suprun
Top 10 fakes of 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQAqV7zkOlg&t=46s