StopFake

The most interesting thing that happened during yesterday's so-called election was a heated debate between a candidate who received less than two percent of the vote and one who wasn't even on the ballot.

“I have worked as an observer of elections for about 20 years and can say that in Russia I see improvements every time. And elections are becoming more transparent and open.

In January 2018, the European Commission set up a high-level group of experts ("the HLEG") to advise on policy initiatives to counter fake news and disinformation spread online.

The data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica took private information from more than 50 million U.S. Facebook users without their permission to support Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The Kremlin claims that more Crimean Tatars turned out to vote in last weekend’s Russian presidential elections than in any elections held under Ukrainian rule before the peninsula was invaded and annexed by Moscow in 2014.

Ever since the British media began suggesting that Russia was behind the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal with a rare nerve agent on March 4, theories have swirled over who else might have done it, especially via pro-Kremlin outlets.

It is perhaps emblematic of the times, but Vladimir Putin is increasingly using video clips and full-scale films to articulate his views of Russia and the world.

Fake: Ukraine’s military command announces punitive Donbas campaign and Crimea offensive; Ukraine to force Crime and Donbas residents to repent; Ukrainian tracks in the Skripal poisoning case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc8jWsvVQWI

So, Vladimir Putin just had another Leonid Brezhnev moment. Last year, the current Kremlin leader surpassed the longtime Soviet ruler in longevity in power.

Russian media disseminated a fake story this week claiming that the United Nations International Telecommunication Union recognized the Russian telephone code of Crimea, thereby recognizing the annexed peninsula as part of the Russian Federation.