Fake: Brzezinski Accuses U.S. Intelligence Services of Nemtsov’s murder
Since early March, the site Politikus.ru has posted an article by Canadian journalist Ardzhil Turner under headline “The USA and Other Organizers of Anti-Russian...
Fake: Lviv Officer Proposes Annulling the Order for Courage
On March 13, the website for the Russian Ministry of Defense’s television channel Zvezda incorrectly reported that World War II veterans living in Lviv...
Fake: National Geographic Magazine Recognizes Crimea and Parts of Donbas as Russian Territories
In February, the Russian site “Antimaidan” posted an article entitled “National Geographic: Crimea is Russia, and Novorossia is not Ukraine.” The article was based...
Russian Media Report that Rally in Support of Czech President Is Protest against Anti-Russian...
On March 8, the Russian television channel Russia 24 aired footage of a rally in Prague. They reported: “In the capital of the Czech...
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...