Russia Sees Its First Real Prison Sentence for ‘Promoting Extremism’ on Social Media
For the first time, a Russian court has handed out a real prison sentence to a user charged with “propaganda of extremism on social...
Russia’s Top 200 Lies – International Edition
Since the start of the Ukrainian revolution, subversive Russian media has been transformed into an outright propaganda machine. Since that time, the Kremlin’s factory...
Fake: Turkey closes the Bosphorus and Dardanelless for Russia
Russian mass media has circulated a fake story claiming that Turkey has closed one of the world’s most strategic waterways to Russian vessels.
The Rosinfo...
NATO chief Stoltenberg: Spotlight still on Ukraine, new hybrid warfare strategy to be crafted
That one of the five sessions at the NATO foreign ministers conference on Dec. 1-2 is devoted to Ukraine is a testament to Ukraine’s...
Russia Considers Tougher Restrictions on Mobile SIM-Card Sales
Buying a mobile SIM-card in Russia might soon become even more difficult, even though doing it anonymously is already illegal and subject to a...
Fake: United Nations Admits Presence of Islamists among Ukrainian Armed Forces
On November 27, the Russian television station Russia 24 broadcast a news item stating that members of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” were fighting...
StopFakeNews #62 with Christina Jarymowycz
This week, Christina Jarymowycz, a Fulbright student and PhD. candidate at Boston University, guest hosts StopFake News. Among this week's fakes, Russian and Ukrainian...
Russian News Media Fake Stories About US
Did you know the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Tefft, once gave a press conference on the moon? - Molly McKitterick asks for...
French Diplomat Says Sputnik Report Is “Fiction”
The Russian news agency Sputnik falsely reported on November 27 that a French representative in NATO, Jean-Baptiste Mattei, had “harshly” spoken about the downing...
Fake: Turkey to be Thrown Out Of NATO
Some Russian mass media are informing that Turkey will allegedly be thrown out of NATO. The Ukraina.ru website reports: “Turkey should not be a member...