Russia’s Virtual Universe
When you come back to Moscow after a long absence the city overwhelms you, swallowing you up in its around-the-clock bustle. It is as...
Swedish MTG Becomes Latest Target in Russian Media-Ownership Rules
Sweden’s Modern Times Group AB is the latest company to face being pushed out of Russia as President Vladimir Putin’s media law tightens control...
Fake: Russia Not Recognized as “Aggressor State” in UN Report
On July 5, the Russian news site Ukraina.ru falsely reported that Russia had not been called an “aggressor state” in relation to Ukraine in...
Fake: Ukraine Placed on Map of Modern Nazism
Russian and Ukrainian media reported that Ukraine was placed on a map of “modern Nazism” in Europe. This information was published by Korrespondent, Vesti,...
Russian media operates by law of war, tapping into Great Patriotic War myth
The Great Patriotic War was chosen as a central foundational myth by the leadership of the USSR. It continues to serve this function in...
Fake: Nationalists Swear Allegiance to Hitler in Kherson
On June 30, the city of Kherson celebrated the 74th anniversary of the Declaration of Ukrainian Independence. At a small event in the city’s...
Digital Investigators Try To Disperse Fog Of War In Ukraine
In June 2014, Russian soldier Stanislav Tarasov posted on a social-media site a photo of himself standing in front of a military convoy against a...
BBC: Russian viewers misled about sentiment in Europe
Russian state TV has recently been trying to create the impression that the separatists in east Ukraine enjoy widespread sympathy in major European capitals....
Fake: European IP Registry Recognizes DPR Independence
On July 2, Russian media (such as topwar.ru, Pravda.ru) and Ukrainian media (ain.ua, apostrophe.com.ua, korrespondent.net) falsely reported that the European IP-address registry recognized the independence...
Russia 24 Falsely Reports on Poroshenko’s Proposed Amendments to Constitution
The Russian television network Russia 24 falsely reported about new powers it said would be conferred upon the president of Ukraine after the adoption...