Fake: Maydan and Economic Crisis Cause Tuberculosis Epidemic in Ukraine
Rates of tuberculosis are rising in Ukraine, the rate of children infected with the disease has increased fifteen times declares the Russian web publication Ukraina.ru and concludes that such a turn of events is a direct consequence of the Maydan revolution and the country’s economic crisis.
StopFakeNews #125 with Brian Bonner
The latest edition of StopFake News with Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner. This week’s fakes include claims that Kyiv sanctions against Russian banks will worsen Ukraine’s investment climate, visa free…
Fake: Ukraine’s President Acknowledges Donbas Loss
Kyiv has lost the Donbas, Ukraine loses control over the Donbas, even the president admits this – such headlines heralded the latest fakes presented this week by Russia’s best and brightest disinformation entities.
Fake: Kyiv Sanctions against Russian Banks Worsen Ukraine’s Investment Climate
Ukraine’s sanctions against five Russian banks has resulted in a deluge of stories in the Russian media warning Ukraine that it has shot itself in the foot with this move by worsening its own investment possibilities.
StopFakeNews #124 with Matt Kriteman
The latest edition of StopFake News with Matt Kriteman. This week’s fakes include stories about impending hunger and food riots in Ukraine, more claims that Ukraine is so broke it can’t host Eurovision, Russia…
Fake: Hunger in Ukraine
A new theme proving very popular in Russian media is the alleged hungry winter Ukraine is living through. Leading the pack with this fake story is none other than Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel…
The Debunking Business is Booming
Some readers are already aware of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s attempt to break into the fake news debunking business. It launched a few weeks prior to this writing and was a dismal failure.
Fake: Ukraine Has No Money for Eurovision 2017
Ukraine has no money to conduct the 2017 Eurovision song contest, Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda declared this week, citing Ukraine’s Culture Minister Yevhen Nyshchuk as its source, who…
StopFakeNews #124 with Marko Suprun
The latest edition of StopFake News with Marko Suprun. This week’s fakes include mendacious Russian claims about Ukrainians’ future visa free travel to the EU Schengen zone; Moscow claims Ukraine used a video…
Fake: Ukraine to Get Limited EU Visa Free Travel
Russia’s Sputnik Radio featured a story this week claiming that Ukrainians would not get the visa free travel to the EU that Kyiv had been negotiating with Brussels for.