Fake: IMF won’t grant Ukraine new tranche of funds
The internet publication Kiev Times announced that the IMF would not give Ukraine any more bailout funds, Russia’s official international network RT immediately followed suit and declared that the IMF would continue working with Ukraine, but would not give Kyiv any more money.
StopFakeNews #92 with Askold Krushelnycky
The latest edition of StopFake News with British journalist Askold Krushelnycky. Among this week’s fakes, claims that Ukraine disrupted the 2016 Sea Breeze military exercises, European Parliament accuses…
Fake: Finnish farmers losing out because of Russian sanctions
According to Russian agencies RIA Novosti, Sputnik, RuNews 24, Argumenty nedeli, Ekonomika Segodnya Finnish farmers’ profits are falling because of Russia’s embargo on European food imports.
Fake: Kirovograd residents overwhelmingly prefer tsarist era name
Russian government daily newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta announced last week that Ukraine disregarded the majority opinion of Kirovohrad residents and renamed this central Ukrainian city with the name of a…
Fake: Naval NATO Sea Breeze exercises disrupted because of Ukraine
On July 18 RIA Novosti reported on its website that the Sea Breeze 2016 joint US-Ukrainian military exercises were unable to proceed because of technical problems with Ukraine’s flagship frigate.
Fake: European Parliament accuses Poroshenko of political repression
Ukraina.ru reported this week that members of the European Parliament are calling on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to stop political repression in Ukraine while another Russian site, RIA FAN declared that the European Parliament has directly accused Poroshenko of political repression.
StopFakeNews #91 with Marta Dyczok
The latest edition of StopFake News with Western Ontario University professor Marta Dyczok. Among this week’s fakes - Russian mockery of Ukrainians’ grasp of Canadian history, fake claims of a Swedish EU exit…
MH17 – The Open Source Investigation, Two Years Later
Today Bellingcat releases its latest report, “MH17 – The Open Source Investigation, Two Years Later”, bringing together two years of research by Bellingcat into the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 17, 2014.
Russian media distort Ukrainian poll results
Disenchanted Ukrainians give up on their government, announced RIA Novosti Ukraine. “The latest polls won’t please the Ukrainian powers that be, writes the publication, the rating of the country’s top…
RT: Sweden wants out of the EU
Earlier this month the Spanish version of Russia’s international news company RT announced that Sweden, the most attractive country in the world wants out of the EU.