Russia: U.S. and NATO Try to Deny IS Presence in Afghanistan

“We are alarmed as unfortunately, the US and NATO military in Afghanistan makes (sic) every effort to silence and deny . Source: TASS, February 20, 2018 False The claim is unsubstantiated.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Twitter’s mission against bots and trolls

Twitter is banning the methods used by bots and trolls to spread false stories on the network. Twitter users will no longer be able to post identical messages from multiple accounts or use software to perform other simultaneous actions.

Anatomy of The Times: how a British newspaper uses Russian propaganda tricks to discredit...

A leading British newspaper is using patchy “evidence”, insinuation and intrigue to vilify the UK university protest. We know these techniques well from our research into Russian propaganda.

StopFake #172 with Aaron Kennet

Fake: IMF and Kyiv fail to compromise on Ukraine aid; Ukrainian food prices nearly equal EU; Right Sector radicals attack peaceful Russians in Greece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzm5sm_k5U

Smear campaign against civilian rescuers in Syria continues

On 6 February, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria released a statement saying that it was investigating multiple reports that bombs allegedly containing weaponised chlorine had been used in the town of Saraqeb in Idlib and in Douma in eastern Ghouta.

Fake: IMF and Kyiv Fail to Compromise on Ukraine Aid

In the aftermath of the International Monetary Fund’s visit to Ukraine last week, Russia’s official 24/7 English language channel RT declared that according to its own anonymous source in the Ukrainian Finance…

Russia on Iskander-M missiles in Kaliningrad: ‘so what?’

On 5 February, Lithuanian news outlets reported that Russia had stationed several of its newest high-precision weapons—the Iskander-M nuclear-capable missile, with a range of 415-500 km—in the Kaliningrad region and that it intends to leave the missiles there permanently.

Fake: Ukrainian Food Prices Nearly Equal EU Levels

Pro-Kremlin site Ukraina.ru published an article this week claiming that food prices in Ukraine have grown to equal those of Europe.

Russian Foreign Minister Calls Mueller Indictment ‘Blabber,’ Experts call it ‘Absolutely Damning’

“I have no response. You can publish anything, and we see those indictments multiplying, the statements multiplying. Until we see the facts, everything else is just blabber.

How the word ‘genocide’ is abused in pro-Kremlin language

More and more often, the word ‘genocide’ is used by pro-Kremlin outlets and communicators to describe things that have nothing to do with genocide.