Fake: Lavrov Lies about Russia’s Budapest Memorandum Obligation to Ukraine
During a January 26 press conference summing up Kremlin’s foreign policy in 2015, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Russia did not violate...
Fake: 20 Soldiers Die From Leaked Mysterious Virus
On January 26 the webside Pravda.ru ran a news item claiming that 20 Ukrainian soldiers died and 200 were hospitalized with the deadly California...
Putin’s Selective Reading Of Soviet History
Russian President Vladimir Putin often accuses the West of distorting history. But in his latest comments about Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin and his successor,...
StopFakeNews #68 with Irena Chalupa
This week journalist and Fulbright scholar Irena Chalupa hosts StopFake News. Among this week’s fakes that we debunk: claims that jihadists participated in a...
Fake: Central Banker Accuses Pensioners of Taking Billions Out Of Ukraine
The Russian language news site Vesti.Versii.Sobytia published a story claiming that the head of Ukraine’s National Bank Valeria Hontareva accused the country’s pensioners of...
FAKE: Canada Cancels Visas for Ukrainians
The news and current affairs web site Hyser published a story claiming that Canada has cancelled visas for Ukrainian citizens.
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Poland’s Prime Minister Calls Ukrainian Migrants Refugees
Poland’s prime minister announced that Poland has hosted more than a million Ukrainian refugees in the last years. “We feel a strong sense of...
Fake: Azov threatens to “destroy Dutch citizens” if they reject association deal with Ukraine
Russian websites are abuzz with a fake video purporting to be from the Ukrainian Azov battalion, threatening Holland with retribution on the eve of...
Fake: Jihadists Participate in Crimean Tatar World Congress
The Russian information agency Eurasia Daily reports that foreign fighters have come from far and wide to attend the second Crimean Tatar Workd Congress...
Fake: Gas Station Owners Refuse to Lower Fuel Prices
Golos Pravdy claims that Ukraine’s largest gas station owners have refused to lower petrol prices, going against the recommendations of Ukraine’s Energy Minister.
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