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...
Fake: Italians Ask Putin to Save the World
Covering the recent visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Italy, Russian media misleadingly reported that Italians in Milan enthusiastically supported his visit to...
Facebook Responds to ‘Stop Political Blocking’ Petition by Russians and Ukrainians
t’s taken about about two weeks and almost 11,000 signatures, but Facebook has at last responded to the “Stop Political Blocking on Facebook” petition....
‘Russian Propaganda Kills,’ Nemtsov’s Daughter Says
The eldest daughter of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has stepped up her criticism of the Russian state media, drawing a parallel with Nazi...
Fake: Russian Duma Passes Law Forbidding Russians to Leave Country
Ukrainian media has falsely reported that the Russian State Duma adopted a law that prohibits its citizens from leaving Russia. It is not the...
Ukrainian bloggers use social media to track Russian soldiers fighting in east
In his free time, Ukrainian blogger Anton Pavlushko trawls through Russian-language social networking sites searching for evidence of foreign soldiers in his country.
“Sometimes you...