Fake: Ukrainians Must Kneel to the Right Sector
The Czech news portal Stalo-se published an article and a photo of men kneeling along a street, with the caption, “This is a salute...
Fake: Reports about Downed Boeing-777 Citing Dutch Prosecutor’s Office
On March 5, Ukrainian media sources incorrectly reported: “MH17 Airplane Was Brought Down by Russian SA-11 Gadfly – Prosecutor’s Office of the Netherlands.”
The prosecutor’s...
Fake: Western Media Disclose that American Mercenaries Are Fighting for Ukraine
On February 19, 2015, the “International News Agency Novorossiya” published a report entitled “The West Finally Recognizes that There Are NATO Divisions on the...
Fake: Svoboda Political Party Designs Hitler Banknote
On January 12, 2015, Rossiya 1’s evening news program, Vesti, reported that the Ukrainian political party Svoboda (“freedom”) had proposed a new 1,000-hryvnia banknote...
Fake: Marchers Call Out “Death to Moskals” in Kharkiv
While reporting about a bomb attack in Kharkiv on February 23, 2015, some Russian media (segodnia.ru, riafan.ru) claimed that the bomb had detonated “just...
Fake: Snowden Accuses U.S. State Department of Nemtsov’s Murder
On February 28, Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic, posted a photo of Edward Snowden on his Instagram profile. According the post, the...
StopFakeNews #49. How Did It All Begin? Stopfake’s Anniversary
StopFakeNews #49.
One year ago a group of us gathered in order to try to do something helpful for Ukraine under its difficult circumstances. As...
Fake: U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lays Flowers with Blue and Yellow Ribbons at the...
On February 28, 2015, Russian and Ukrainian mass media reported that the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Tefft, had laid flowers at the murder...
Fake: Maria Tsipko Detained by SBU
Information has once again been circulating that the famous speculator and anti-Ukrainian heroine Maria Tsypko has been detained by the Security Service of Ukraine...
Fake: Poroshenko Asks Verkhovna Rada to Classify Budget as “Secret”
On February 19, 2015, several mass media, including the Russian news agency Interfax and the website for the Ukrainian television channel ICTV, reported that...