Behind the Lines: Crimean Tatars Battle to Save their Language
Suppression of language is a key part of Moscow’s drive to erase the Crimean Tatar identity as it seeks to colonize occupied Ukraine. Linguists...
Fake: European Media Provides Evidence of Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons
In reality, an article in an Italian pro-Kremlin media outlet simply repeats the words of Russian propagandists – without any factual basis.
Pro-Russian publications are...
Fake: U.S. Rejected Umerov’s Ambassadorial Bid Over American Citizenship
Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s former Defense Minister, holds only Ukrainian citizenship, according to his official asset declarations. Under Ukrainian law, dual citizens are barred from...
Fake: New Musical Express Claims Coldplay Deleted Ukraine‑Support Posts Amid Subscriber Backlash
The NME outlet has not published any such video reports, and the visual design circulating online appears to be fabricated. Coldplay has not removed...
Empire’s Echoes: Secrets and Lies
Government secrecy breaches leave red faces in London.
By Edward Lucas, for CEPA
Old habits died hard in the former empire. Murky commercial and espionage interests...
Fake: Ukraine Plans to Blow Up 550 Tons of Ammonia in Novotroitske
The assertion that Ukraine is orchestrating a provocation involving the explosion of 550 tons of ammonia in Novotroitske is unfounded. The ammonia pipeline in...
Fake: Ukraine Will Have Nothing to Export to the EU in 2025 Due to...
The claim that Ukrainian agricultural exports will completely cease is untrue. Despite weather risks, Ukraine maintains a high harvest, and it remains one of...
Fake: Ukrainian Pilot Stole F-16 and Landed It At Belarus Airfield
The original source of this «news» was a satirical (parody) account on x.com, which is spreading deliberately false information. The photo used by the...
Fake: Ivanka Trump Admires «Russian Traditional Values», Beauty and Style of Russian Women
In reality, the video was published by an Ivanka Trump fan profile that is in no way related to the president’s daughter.
A number of...
Villages of Lies. From Potemkin to Carlson
Russia has never abandoned Bolshevik propaganda methods. The scenery changes, the media changes – from paper newspapers to platform X – but the core...