Fake: Ukraine’s Falling Credit Rating
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda and scores of other Russian media have completely distorted the latest economic predictions for Ukraine by Fitch, the influential international credit rating agency.
StopFakeNews #129 with Benjamin Cohen
The latest edition of StopFake News with Benjamin Cohen. This week’s fakes include claims about homeless people being rounded up and moved out of Kyiv in time for the Eurovision song contest, accusations of…
Fake: Kyiv Homeless to be Run out of Town for Eurovision
Russian propagandist media are working overtime disseminating all manner of fake stories about Ukraine’s preparation for hosting the 2017 Eurovision song contest.
Fake: Kyiv Forcing Waiters and Shop Clerks to Speak Ukrainian
Nationalists demand shop clerks speak Ukrainian, declared RIA Novosti. Only Ukrainian in cafes and shops, announced Vesti.
Fake: Ukraine Shelling OSCE Vehicle Explosion Area
The self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), the Russian supported separatist enclave in eastern Ukraine bordering Russia, has resorted to using the recent accidental death of an OSCE monitor for…
StopFakeNews #128 with Romeo Kokriatski
The latest edition of StopFake News with Romeo Kokriatski. This week’s fakes include claims of a nuclear explosion in Ukraine, President Poroshenko alleged disappointment in the country’s armed forces, fake…
Fake: Poroshenko Recognizes Superiority of European Armies
Russian propagandist site Life.ru published an article claiming that Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko admitted that European armies were superior to Ukraine’s armed forces.
Fake: Nuclear Explosion in Ukraine
Dubious and less than legitimate web sites regularly publish stories claiming that Ukraine possesses hidden nuclear weapons.
Fake: Ukrainian Сolonel Proposes to Raze Donbas and Crimea
Russian propagandist media (REN TV, Vesti) disseminated a fake this week claiming that a lieutenant in the Ukrainian armed forces was advocating razing Crimea and the Donbas in order to return these occupied territories to Ukraine.
Fake: Energy Austerity Measures in Ukraine
The former Soviet newspaper of record, today Russia’s biggest daily broadsheet Izvestia announced this week that energy consumption and demand for oil products in Ukraine have fallen sharply because of political and economic crises plaguing the country.