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On December 17, during his annual press conference, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin stated that the Ukrainian Opposition Bloc had won leading positions in nine or ten Ukrainian regions in 2015…

The claim was accompanied by a copy of a presidential decree, allegedly signed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on December 15, 2015.

Several Ukrainian and Russian media reported that during his speech to the Ukrainian Parliament on December 8, US Vice President Joseph Biden allegedly called Ukraine the most corrupt country in the world.

Among this week’s fakes are Russian media claims that US Vice President Joe Biden proposed to federalize Ukraine.

During US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Kyiv social networks and some pro-Russian websites posted a photo of people kneeling on outside the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers building on Hrushevsky Street in Kyiv.

The Russian news website Golos Pravdy reported in his speech to the Ukrainian parliament, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden allegedly declared that Ukraine needed federalization, claiming it was the best European practice and did not compromise state sovereignty.

Ukrainian media reported on December 9 that the Dnipropetrovsk FC “Dnipro” may be disbanded because its main players are intending to leave.

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 Islamic State.

In an interview to the Ukrainian weekly Fokus magazine, Yuriy Biriukov, adviser to the Ukrainian Defense Minister announced that the Defense Ministry had stolen the design for military uniforms from the Norwegian company NFM Group.

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 the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian vessels.