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On September 24, several Ukrainian media falsely reported that Russian television channel Zvezda, famous for its fake news items about Ukraine, had reported that a well-known football player, Andriy Shevchenko, had been appointed as the Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada.

On September 23, internet media posted false reports claiming that U.S. President Barack Obama had “accused Ukrainian authorities of the genocide of their own people” in a speech to a business roundtable.

Russian and pro-Russian media falsely reported on September 24 that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had been intoxicated the previous day when he was not allowed on a flight from Kyiv to Moscow.

On September 20, Russian opposition groups held a rally in the Maryino district of Moscow. The event, however, will most likely be remembered for a clumsy fake photo shown on Russia’s REN-TV.

In mid-September, social networkers began actively spreading a staged photo of a boy walking amidst shelled buildings.

On September 17, the news site informator.lg.ua reported that the Party of Regions would participate in “elections” in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

This week Michael Getto, a business and electoral consultant, is the StopFake News guest anchor. Media circulate a fake letter, supposedly from a Swedish Chief Prosecutor, promising to classify as “secret” any information found regarding Ukrainian war crimes.

On September 18, citing Polish reports, Russian and pro-Russian media falsely reported that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had commented on the “illegal” annexation of Galicia to Ukraine in 1939.

On September 17, the Russian television network NTV, during its program Segodnia, incorrectly presented British doctor Robert Lefever as a political scientist.

On August 10, the Russian television channel TsarGrad falsely reported that the U.S. supports independence for Donbas.