Fake: Friends of Ukraine Tear Down Russian Flags in Burgos, Spain
In early March several Russian, Ukrainian and Spanish media circulated a story about Russian and Crimean flags being mysteriously removed from the main square...
StopFakeNews #74 with Irena Chalupa
Fulbright scholar Irena Chalupa hosts the latest edition of StopFake News. This week’s fakes include claims that Ukrainian media are avoiding refugee topics, alleged...
Fake: Ukraine to Conscript Suspected Criminals into Military Service
A self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) representative announced that the Ukrainian government has decided to conscript suspects who are being investigated by the authorities...
Fake: Trump Proposes Resettling Balts to Africa
In early March several Russian web sites published a story purporting to be an interview with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in which he...
Fake: Ukrainian Mass Media Avoiding the Topic of Refugees
Russia’s website Vesti.ru published a story about the construction of a shelter for refugees in Yahotyn, 110 kilometers southeast of Kyiv. According to Vesti...
Fake: Bulgaria Invites Erdogan instead of Putin for the Commemoration of the Liberation from...
The Russian publication Pravda.ru published a story claiming that Bulgaria invited the president of Turkey Recep Erdogan instead of Russian President Vladimir Putin for...
Ukrainian Media Spread Fake Uzhhorod Police Accident Story
The Ukrainian web publication Obozrevatel published a fake story claiming that a tram traveling at full speed smashed into a police car in the...
Ukraine is not Demanding Compensation from Mongolia for the Sacking of Kyiv in 1240
The press attache of the Mongolian embassy in the Russian Federation Lhagvasuren Namsrai announced that the Ukrainian parliament has asked the Mongolian legislature to...
StopFakeNews #73 with Luke Drabyn
Fulbright scholar Luke Drabyn guest hosts the latest edition of StopFake News. This week’s fakes include an intelligence document that never was, fake UNICEF...
Fake: Bloomberg Announced Giant Deposits Found in Crimea
Russian and Moldovan sites are circulating a fake story which originally appeared last December claiming that a giant gold mine was discovered in Crimea....