Fake: EU To Impose Retaliatory Sanctions Against US
Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda announced this week that the European Union would impose sanctions on the US in response to Washington’s new sanctions against Moscow.
Fake: Iconic Odessa Film Studio to Close
Russian Defense Ministry television station Zvezda announced this week that the Ukrainian government was closing down the iconic Odessa film studio.
Fake: Ukrainian Military Fire on OSCE Monitors in the Donbas
Following the latest escalation in fighting in eastern Ukraine in which nine Ukrainian soldiers were killed, Russian media have been disseminating fakes claiming that Ukrainian armed forces are shelling OSCE patrols and preventing the monitors from their work.
StopFakeNews #141 with Peter Dickinson
The latest edition of StopFake News with Peter Dickinson. This week we show how Russia reacted to the recent EU Ukraine summit, debunk a dubious Russian analyst who says Ukraine is poised to abandon the EU in…
Fake: Ukraine Blackmails West with EU Membership
If you don’t give us money, we’ll go to Russia. Ukraine Blackmails West with EU Membership, declared a recent headline in the Russian web publication Inforeaktor.
Russian Media: Ukraine-EU Summit Complete Failure
Summit failure, a most dire summit, a summit that ends in zilch – this is how scores of Russian media described the EU-Ukraine summit that took place in Kyiv last week.
StopFakeNews #140 with Marko Suprun
The latest edition of StopFake News with Marko Suprun. This week we debunk claims that Ukraine is violating the Minsk agreements; a Yugoslav scenario for Ukraine; the IMF and pensions, who loses what and more… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_H4pj4Nzc
Fake: A Quarter of Ukrainians Consider Themselves Soviet Citizens
Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a story claiming that one fourth of Ukraine’s citizens consider themselves to be citizens of the USSR and every 20th resident of Ukraine considers himself Russian.
Fake: G20 Admits Kyiv’s Violation of Minsk Agreements
Russian site Ukraina.ru published a story claiming that the leaders of France and Germany consider that Ukraine has failed to comply with the Minsk agreements, the hasty peace deal between Ukraine, Russia and Russian backed separatists signed in 2015.
Some Things Are Better Left Untold
“Telling the untold” is one of Sputnik News’ slogans. The obvious implication is that the Russian news service covers stories that “they” don’t want you to know about. “They” are the Western “mainstream…