Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Fake: Nadiya Savchenko Advocates Amnesty for Donbas Separatists

Russian government funded cable and satellite television network RT, citing another official news agency,  RIA Novosti, broadcast a story claiming that recently released from...

StopFakeNews #86 with Lada Roslycky

The latest edition of StopFake News with Lada Roslycky. This week’s fakes include Russian media manipulation of a French Senate resolution on Russia sanctions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuMGkqP-Z6Q&feature=youtu.be

Fake: Several Ukrainian Oblasts Demand Autonomy

Russian state owned Rossiya 24 television channel broadcast a report claiming that four Ukrainian regions were demanding autonomy from Kyiv. The regions featured in...

Lies, Damn Lies and Translation: Mucking With Quotes in Russian

Normal people have normal hobbies. They garden. They hike through the woods. They collect stamps. I am not a normal person. My favorite pastime is scouring...

“Beware, Propaganda!”: Russia’s Independent Media Take On State TV

Russia's NTV state television channel is facing an unexpected backlash over a bit of its trademark anti-Western rhetoric. After NTV accused a regional newspaper of...

TASS Distorts French Senate Resolution on Russia Sanctions

This week Russia’s news agency TASS reported that the French Senate adopted a resolution calling for" the gradual softening of sanctions imposed on Russia...

Why Ukraine banned 17 Russian journalists

On 27 May 2016 Petro Poroshenko signed a decree banning 17 Russian journalists from entering Ukraine till the end of 2017, accusing them of...

Fake: Germany and France Want Special Visas for Ukraine

At the beginning of June Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda published a story claiming that Germany and France want to introduce special visas for Ukrainian...

StopFakeNews #85 with Ed Johnson

The latest edition of StopFake News with Ed Johnson. This week’s fakes include a claim that the US Ambassador to Russia is calling for...

Fake: UN Criticizes Kyiv for 2014 Odessa Violence Investigation

Russia’s government daily newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta announced that the United Nations have criticized Ukraine’s investigation of the violent events in Odessa which claimed the...