How the Kremlin Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Online News Aggregation
With well more than twice as many visitors as Russia’s most popular news websites, Yandex.News, an aggregation service offered by the country’s most popular...
Selfie Soldiers: Russia Checks in to Ukraine
As the conflict in Ukraine continues, so too does Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial of any Russian involvement. But a recent report from think...
Seven Goals of Russian Domestic Propaganda Have Laid a Trap for the Kremlin, Kirillova...
As a result of its propaganda effort at home, one that has seven main goals, Kseniya Kirillova says, the Kremlin has trapped itself in...
Russian Media Misrepresent Protester Demands in Donetsk
On June 15, Russian and separatist mass media reported on a spontaneous protest that took place in Donetsk. City inhabitants were demanding that the...
Ukraine Restaurant Spoofs Russian Propaganda
Russia's propaganda on the conflict in Ukraine has often reached absurd levels, such as labeling government leaders “Nazis” and “fascists” to revive emotions from...
Fake: Poroshenko Goes Binge Drinking for a Week
On June 15, Russian television channel Zvezda falsely reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had gone binge drinking for a week.
The report gives BBC...
Kremlin’s ‘Top-5 Propaganda Myths, Fakes, and Stupidities’ of the Week
Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” provides a particularly rich harvest of the Kremlin’s “top propaganda myths, fakes and stupidities” of the last week,...
Fake: Ukrainian Mobile Operators Charge Residents of “Luhansk People’s Republic” for Antiterrorist Operation
On June 7, the Russian television channel Lifenews ran a piece called “Enrichment in a Kyiv Way,” during which it falsely reported that Ukrainian...
Metadata: Invisible information about a photo
Let’s begin with a small question – where exactly was this photo taken?
One of the most common ways to identify the location of a...
Fake: New Fire at Fuel Tanks near Kyiv on June 12
On June 12, one of Russia’s most popular news sites, Lenta.ru, falsely reported that a new fire had ignited among the fuel tanks at...