Fake: US Ambassador to Russia Calls for Lifting of Russia Sanctions
Russia Today completely misrepresented the position of the American Ambassador to Russia regarding the lifting of sanctions against the Russian Federation. RT’s story entitled...
TASS: UN Concerned about Falling Ukrainian Standard of Living
Earlier this week scores of Russian media (Vzglyad, Euronews, Russkaya planeta, Nezavisimaya gazeta, Pronedra and others) disseminated a TASS story claiming that the UN...
Fake: Ukraine Launches Federalization
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced recently that the process of federalization has begun in Ukraine.
“Call it what you want, decentralization, federalization. That’s...
The “Return of Stalin”: Understanding the Surge of Historical Politics in Russia
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) At the beginning of this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov published an article in Russia in Global Affairs explaining the...
Russian TV Lies: Exchanged Russian Officers Did Not Ask for Clemency
Russia’s television network Channel Five broadcast a story in their May 29 weekly program about the exchange of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko for two...
Exposing Russia’s False NATO Narrative
A staple of Russian, pro-Russian, and so-called realist narratives is that NATO not only reneged on its promises to not enlarge after German reunification,...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. May 30, 2016
Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts in Europe
The Czech Ministry of the Interior will establish a specialized Centre for Terrorism and Hybrid Threats. According...
Kazakhstan: Mud-Slinging at Protesters Highlights Apparent Media Double Standards
Aimira Shaunkentayeva reads her news bulletins with a stony and ferocious demeanor. But on the turn of a dime, her voice softens as she...
Russian Propaganda and Disinformation in Ukraine: Current Challenges and the Way Forward
More than two years have passed since the outbreak of the conflict in eastern Ukraine and Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea. These events not...
Fake: German Town of Quakenbrück To Recognize Crimea as Part of Russia
Russian media has devoted a great deal of attention to a German town called Quakenbrück in the northwestern Lower Saxony region. According to Ria...