Fake: The Hague won’t ratify the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine
Last week Russian site Ukraina.ru published a news item claiming that during last week’s EU summit in Brussels Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the Netherlands would not ratify the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine.
Fake: Poroshenko threatens to bomb Russia
Scores of Russian and pro-Russian sites (Pravda.ru, Ukraina.ru, REN.tv, newsday24, Vsya Pravda, InforBuro, Politikus.ru and others)disseminated a story with the menacing headline “Poroshenko threatens to bomb Russia”.
StopFakeNews #88 with Irena Chalupa
The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. This week’s fakes include claims of thousands of Ukrainians flocking to Russian occupied Crimea for vacations, distortions about sanctions against Russia being rolled back and yet another fake territorial autonomy claim.
Fake: Ukrainian tourists flood Crimea
Russian media continue to report that large numbers of Ukrainians are vacationing in occupied Crimea. Crimean First deputy prime minister told RIA Novosti that “Crimean border crossings had to increase the number of personnel manning posts because of the flood of vacationers from Ukraine”.
Fake: Separatist buried alive in Ukraine
Social media and Russian sites are actively reposting a video which allegedly shows a separatist being buried alive in Ukraine.
Fake: Dutch PM Wants All Referenda Banned because of Ukraine
Scores of Russian and pro-Russian media (Ukraina.ru, Kremlinpress, NewInform, Kharkov, Informburo) are claiming that the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wants to cancel all future referenda because of Ukraine.
StopFakeNews #87 with Irena Chalupa
The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. This week’s fakes include accusations of Right Sector and Mossad involvement in the Marseilles football fan violence, a massive I Love Russia campaign…
Fake from Die Linke: Ukrainian Parliamentary Speaker Denies Eastern Ukrainians Rights
Several Ukrainian websites who publish in Russian ( 112.ua, Ukrainskiye novosti, MIGnews) simultaneously published identical stories about German Bundestag member Inge Höger from the Die Linke party criticizing Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy.
Right Sector and Mossad Accused of Football Hooliganism Organization in Marseilles
Along with Russia, one of the groups responsible for the football fan violence in Marseilles is the Ukrainian Right Sector organization.
Fake: I Love Russia Mass Action in the US
Russian media reported that “I love Russia” demonstrations took place simultaneously in 15 American states and hundreds of people took to central city squares to declare their love of Russia on the Russian national holiday known as Russia Day.