Fake: Erdoğan’s Son Made Excuses for Buying ISIL Oil
The Russian television station REN-TV posted a news item claiming that the son of Turkish President Erdogan had allegeldy justified buying oil from the...
Fake: Norwegians Sue Ukrainian Ministry of Defence for Stolen Uniform
In an interview to the Ukrainian weekly Fokus magazine, Yuriy Biriukov, adviser to the Ukrainian Defense Minister announced that the Defense Ministry had stolen...
StopFakeNews #63 with Irena Chalupa
This week Fulbright scholar and broadcast journalist Irena Chalupa guest hosts StopFake News. This week’s fakes include Russian media claims that Turkey is closing...
Fake: Russian Troops Destroyed Oil Depot in Syria
Russia’s Defense Ministry published a video on December 2 showing Russian troops seemingly attacking an oil storage facility held by “The Islamic state” fighters...
Fake: Ukraine’s Air Defense Can’t Protect Kyiv
The website Ukraina.ru reported that the Ukrainian air defense system allegedly could not protect the country’s capital Kyiv.
The fake story refers to an interview...
Fake: Ministry of Finance Proposes Turning Ukraine into One Big Casino
Russian mass media falsely reported that the Ministry of Finance proposed turning Ukraine into one big gambling enterprise.
The website Golos Pravdy posted an article...
Fake: Turkey closes the Bosphorus and Dardanelless for Russia
Russian mass media has circulated a fake story claiming that Turkey has closed one of the world’s most strategic waterways to Russian vessels.
The Rosinfo...
Fake: United Nations Admits Presence of Islamists among Ukrainian Armed Forces
On November 27, the Russian television station Russia 24 broadcast a news item stating that members of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” were fighting...
StopFakeNews #62 with Christina Jarymowycz
This week, Christina Jarymowycz, a Fulbright student and PhD. candidate at Boston University, guest hosts StopFake News. Among this week's fakes, Russian and Ukrainian...
French Diplomat Says Sputnik Report Is “Fiction”
The Russian news agency Sputnik falsely reported on November 27 that a French representative in NATO, Jean-Baptiste Mattei, had “harshly” spoken about the downing...