Funding crunch for RT
The budget for RT (former Russia Today) will amount to R19 billion (€271 million) in 2016, or R1.84 billion less than this year.
According to...
Photo Fake: Ukrainian Soldier Kisses American Flag
A bogus photo depicting a Ukrainian soldier kissing an American flag has been popularly spreading on the Web over the last months.
The photo was...
Fake: No Russian Troops in Donbas According to the Ukrainian General Staff
On October 7, Russia One’s anchorman Andrey Kondrashov falsely reported on the news program Vesti that Ukraine’s General Staff had denied the presence of...
Telegraph’s Crimea Travel Piece Full of Errors
On October 1, in its travel section, The Telegraph published an article by British BBC journalist John Simpson entitled “Crimea’s Charms Uncovered.” In the...
StopFakeNews #54 [ENGLISH] with Jim Kovpak
This week, journalist and blogger Jim Kovpak is the StopFake News guest anchor. Russian and pro-Russian media report that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was...
So this is ‘Putin’s propaganda TV’?
A look at how RT’s chief editor responds to evidence that the network is a political failure
The Kremlin's flagship news network abroad, RT (formerly known...
Journalist Claims that Hungary Can Reclaim Ukrainian Territory through International Court
Russian and separatist media have popularized an article from Nezavisimaya Gazeta entitled “Kiev Creates Professional Army to Resolve Territorial Disputes.”
Its author, Vladimir Gundarov, argues...
Fake: Ukraine Announces New Foreign Policy towards Africa
On September 30, Russian media distorted comments by Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Ambassador-at-Large, reporting that, as a new policy, Ukraine plans to align more closely...
Russian and Separatist Media Distort Savchenko’s Words
On September 29, Russian and separatist media mockingly distorted a comment made by a Ukrainian politician and pilot who is now being tried in...
StopFakeNews #53 [ENGLISH] with Guy Archer
This week, publisher and editor Guy Archer is the StopFake News guest anchor. Websites manipulate and post a staged photo of a young boy...