Russian State TV Anchor: ‘Propaganda Is Journalism’
Andrei Kondrashov is one of 300 media professionals awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin for their "objective" coverage of events in Crimea. Speaking to...
EU Launches First Step in Spreading Word Against Russian ‘Disinformation’
The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal approval to the campaign at a summit...
Fake: Poroshenko Threatens to Arrest Protesting Airport Staff
On March 19, the Russian news program Vesti (broadcast on state-controlled Russia 24) incorrectly reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko threatened to arrest protesting staff...
Fake: About 500 Ukrainian security officers block Kiev Street
On March 17, the Russian news agency TASS misleadingly reported that “about 500 participants of military operations in the southeast of Ukraine blocked Khreschatyk...
Retired American General Allegedly Calls for “Killing Russians”
Russian mass media has either misinterpreted or misrepresented comments made by retired U.S. Major General Robert Scales. The controversy revolves around a comment he...
Fake: Kyiv Administration Plans to Demolish Monument to Soviet Military Commander
On March 15, several Russian news sources, including the site of the Federal News Agency, wrongly reported that the Kyiv Administration is planning to...
Voice of America Misrepresents Russian Don Cossacks as Ukrainian “Rebels” Battling Kyiv
On March 12, the website for Voice of America (VOA) posted a video item entitled “In Eastern Ukraine, Civilian Deaths Push Men to Join...
Fake: Viktor Yushchenko to fight in Donbas
On March 16, the internet resource ukr.media published a sham report about Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yushchenko, with the headline “Yushchenko is sent to...
Fake: Carpatho-Rusyns Region Demands Autonomy
On March 14, the Russian news agency TASS incorrectly reported that the Ukrainian region of Carpatho-Rusyns was demanding total autonomy. TASS cites Petro Hetsko...
Deceptive Headline by Zvezda: “Ukrainian Battalion Commander Confessed on Ukrainian TV about How He...
On March 12, the television channel Zvezda published an article under the misleading title, “The Commander of the Battalion Dnipro-1 Confessed on Ukrainian TV...