Fake: Motorola Fascist Killer Video
This week Russian and western media made wide use of a video of masked young men claiming they were responsible for the death of Russian separatist militant Arsen Pavlov, aka Motorola, who was blown up by a bomb planted in the elevator of his apartment building in Donetsk.
StopFakeNews #104 with Benjamin Cohen
The latest edition of StopFake News with Benjamin Cohen. Among the disinformation debunked this week: American snipers in the Donbas, International MH17 Investigation Team ignores Russian radar data, student…
Fake: Ukraine Fears Mass Exodus if Russian Visas are Introduced
Russia’s national news agency RIA Novosti claimed this week that Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry fears a mass exodus of its citizenry if visas with Russia are introduced.
Fake: University Student Expelled for Asking President Poroshenko “Uncomfortable Question”
Russian and Ukrainian media are disseminating a story claiming that a student who asked Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko if he would send his children to fight in the country’s separatist occupied eastern territories was expelled from university.
Fake: Polls Show Majority of Ukrainians Don’t Want To Vote
Manipulating the results of polls is a favorite tool in the Russian disinformation toolkit. The latest example of this tried and true method is the manipulative presentation of a poll conducted by the reputable Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
StopFakeNews #103 with Romeo Kokriatski
The latest edition of StopFake News with Romeo Kokriatski. Among the disinformation debunked this week: Russia claims that Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko arrested in Moscow while visiting family is a…
Fake: Crimean Tatar Mejlis a US Creation
On September 29 Russia’s Supreme Court ruled to uphold the ban on the Mejlis, the Crimean Tatars’ self-governing body. The US responded immediately and condemned the decision as illegitimate.
StopFakeNews #102 with Nina Jankowicz
The latest edition of StopFake News with Nina Jankowicz. Among the disinformation debunked this week Catalonia to Recognize Crimea as Part of Russia,Ukraine’s Poltava Region Demands Federalization from Kyiv, Food Riots Begin in Ukraine and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02Owsrxytw
Catalonia to Recognize Crimea as Part of Russia
On September 28 scores of Russian media along with their English and Spanish language equivalents reported that Catalonia was planning to recognize the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea as part of Russia.
Fake: Ukraine’s Poltava Region Demands Federalization from Kyiv
The central region of Poltava is the latest province to demand federalization from Kyiv, announced RT, claiming that regional MPs asked Ukraine’s president and prime minister to support an agreement on the division of powers between the central government and regional state administrations.