StopFakeNews #74 with Irena Chalupa
Fulbright scholar Irena Chalupa hosts the latest edition of StopFake News. This week’s fakes include claims that Ukrainian media are avoiding refugee topics, alleged demands for compensation from Mongolia for…
Fake: Ukraine to Conscript Suspected Criminals into Military Service
A self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) representative announced that the Ukrainian government has decided to conscript suspects who are being investigated by the authorities into contractual military service.
Fake: Trump Proposes Resettling Balts to Africa
In early March several Russian web sites published a story purporting to be an interview with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in which he seemingly proposes resettling residents of the Baltic countries to Africa.
Fake: Ukrainian Mass Media Avoiding the Topic of Refugees
Russia’s website Vesti.ru published a story about the construction of a shelter for refugees in Yahotyn, 110 kilometers southeast of Kyiv.
Fake: Bulgaria Invites Erdogan instead of Putin for the Commemoration of the Liberation from...
The Russian publication Pravda.ru published a story claiming that Bulgaria invited the president of Turkey Recep Erdogan instead of Russian President Vladimir Putin for the commemoration of Ottoman Liberation, a national holiday that Bulgaria marks on March 3.
Ukrainian Media Spread Fake Uzhhorod Police Accident Story
The Ukrainian web publication Obozrevatel published a fake story claiming that a tram traveling at full speed smashed into a police car in the western Ukrainian town of Uzhhorod.
Ukraine is not Demanding Compensation from Mongolia for the Sacking of Kyiv in 1240
The press attache of the Mongolian embassy in the Russian Federation Lhagvasuren Namsrai announced that the Ukrainian parliament has asked the Mongolian legislature to compensate Ukraine for the murder of…
StopFakeNews #73 with Luke Drabyn
Fulbright scholar Luke Drabyn guest hosts the latest edition of StopFake News. This week’s fakes include an intelligence document that never was, fake UNICEF accusations about Ukrainian aggression, Russian…
Fake: Bloomberg Announced Giant Deposits Found in Crimea
Russian and Moldovan sites are circulating a fake story which originally appeared last December claiming that a giant gold mine was discovered in Crimea.
Russian Media Distorts Ukrainian Position on the War in Eastern Ukraine
The website Ukraina.ru published an article this week entitled "Kiev promises a quick military victory in the Donbas”.