Fake: Odessa to Dismantle its Iconic Duke de Richelieu Monument
“Will the Duke Survive in Odessa?” asked the Russian publication Rossiyskaya gazeta on April 5.
Decommunization and derussification are making inroads in Ukraine. Odessa governor...
Fake: European Commission Proposes Abolishing Visas for Ukraine despite Dutch Referendum Results
The Russian website Vesti.ru reported that the European Commission intends to ignore the results of the recent referendum in which a majority of participants...
Fake: Dutch Referendum Poroshenko’s Last Chance to Remain in Power
The Russian site Ukraina.ru published a story attributed to the Bloomberg news agency claiming that the recent Dutch referendum on the EU Association Agreement...
RT Distorts German Foreign Minister’s Statement
Russia’s foreign broadcaster RT announced on April 10 that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier wants to see Russia return to the G7 group.
The story...
Russian National Channel Rossia 24 Lied about Ukrainian EU Quotas
On April 6 Russia’s national television channel Rossia 24aired a story presented by Olga Skabeyeva from the Netherlands where the Dutch referendum on the...
Fake Document on Crimean Tatar Autonomy
Russian media are claiming that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko aims to establish a Crimean Tatar autonomy in the southeastern Ukrainian province of Kherson and...
Fake: Transcarpathia Demands Autonomy from Kyiv
On April 7 Russian news website Lenta.ru published a news item claiming that the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine was demanding autonomy.
The source of this...
Fake: Kyiv Cuts Thousands of IDP Benefits
Russia’s national NTV channel aired a news story in early March claiming that Ukraine cut benefits of some 600,000 pensioners and internally displaced persons...
Fake: The Sad State of Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident, Russia’s Lenta.ru news agency published an article entitled “The Unpeaceful Atom” criticizing...
Fake: Ukraine continues buying gas from Russia
The Spanish edition of Russia’s official Sputnik news agency has published a news story claiming that Ukraine continues buying gas from Russia while its...