The Sculptor Zurab Tsereteli has not signed a letter in support of Putin’s policies...
On March 11, 2014 the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation website reported that more than a hundred Russian cultural figures supported the policies of President Vladimir Putin concerning Crimea.
FAKE: Crimea belongs to Russia on documents
The program "Vesti" on the TV channel "Russia" showed a news story about Crimea being supposedly part of the Russian Federation.
The Ukrainian MP Kuzhel has not called Kharkiv to revolt against the current government
Alexandra Kuzhel’s video message to the people of Kharkiv has appeared on Youtube on March 8, 2014. It claims that the MP from the "Batkivshyna" parliament group allegedly said that the upcoming elections will not be elections but war.
The Commander of the Bakhchisaray military unit did not defect to Russia
Recently, it was reported in some Ukrainian media outlets that the Commander, Lieutenant Colonel of the Bakhchsarai Motor Battalion Vladimir Sadovnik, as well as several military – contractors and praporshchiks, took the sideof the Crimean government.
Russia justifies Crimean separatism with the Kosovo secession, which it had sharply condemned previously
The Russian Foreign Ministry on its official website on March 11, 2014 issueda "Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the…
Donetsk “Berkut” did not change over to the side of self-proclaimed Governor Gubarev
The LifeNews Channel showed an episode about events in Donetsk on March 7, 2014. In this episode the fighters of the special police force of Ukraine "Berkut", which are deployed on the base near the regional center, reportedly refused to comply with the orders of Kyiv authorities.
Fake: Russia’s actions are justified by international law
Russia calls its actions on the territory of Ukraine ‘our legal obligations to protect compatriots’. For example, today, speaking at the plenary session of the State Duma on behalf of the fraction "United…
A Resident of the Russian city of Ekaterinburg put up the Russian Flag on...
After a Russian "tourist" put up a flag in Kharkov on behalf of Kharkov, another “tourist” in Donetsk exposed himself.
Information About Planting Land Mines in some Facilities in the Kherson Region Was Not...
Information about putting mines in some settlements, dams or other facilities in the Kherson region was not confirmed. This was announced by Vladimir Mikolaenko, who is the Acting Mayor of Kherson.
FAKE: Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers are not receiving salary for more than a month.
Russian news agency RIA News on the 9th March stated that the soldiers in Crimea are not getting their salary for more than a month and there is no information whatsoever on where to find the money for them.