Fake: Soros Sponsored Funds Warn of End to EU Visa-Free Travel for Ukrainians
As the long awaited visa-free travel agreement between Ukraine and the European Union goes into effect in mid-June, Russian media are working overtime producing various fakes predicting its cancellation before it actually goes into effect.
Fake: Ukraine’s Security Service Orders Destruction of MH17 Crash Evidence
Russian sites Sovershenno Sekretno (Top secret) and the Federal Investigation Agency.ru published stories featuring what they claim are Ukrainian Security Service documents with instructions for destroying MH 17 crash related evidence.
Window to Nowhere. Russian Media Upset about Ukrainian Visa Free Travel to EU Countries
Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda got into the visa-free travel to the EU is doom for Ukrainians game in a special report menacingly entitled “Visa free travel for Ukraine. Window to nowhere”.
StopFakeNews #134 with Marko Suprun
The latest edition of StopFake News with Marko Suprun. This week we dissect Russian claims that Ukraine gets the short end of the stick from its trade deal with the European Union; Ukrainian shipbuilders…
Fake: Kyiv Demands Extradition of EU MP
Spain’s Público newspaper featured a story last month claiming that Kyiv was demanding that the European Union extradite 50 European antifascists, including 7 Spaniards to Ukraine for suspicion of terrorism.
StopFakeNews #133 with Marko Suprun
The latest edition of StopFake News with Marko Suprun. This week we look at Russian accusations that a prominent historian is calling on Ukrainians to cut all ties with family in Russia, fake claims that Kyiv…
Fake: Ukraine Loses from Trade with EU
On May 9 the Russian newspaper Gazeta.ru published a story claiming that Ukraine is losing out on trade with the European Union as negotiated export quotas are filled quickly and manufacturers have been unable to replace the lost Russian market with new customers.
Fake: Ukraine Begins Repression of Hungarians in Transcarpathia
Russian sites Utro.ru, Holos UA,TASS, Ukraina.ru published a story this week claiming that Hungarians living in the Ukrainian region of Transcarpathia were declaring autonomy and the Ukrainian Security Service was detaining and persecuting the activists involved.
Fake: Historian Calls for Cutting All Ties with Family in Russia
Scores of Russian media featured a story this week claiming that the director of Ukraine’s National Memory Institute Volodymyr Viatrovych called on Ukrainians to sever all ties with their Russian relatives.
StopFakeNews #132 with Nina Jankowicz
The latest edition of StopFake News with Nina Jankowicz. This week we look at how the Russian disinformation machine continues to churn out lies about the new visa free agreement between Ukraine and the…