Fake: Poroshenko Allows Lumber Smuggling to EU
“Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko authorizes lumber smuggling to EU countries” declared a July 23 headline in the pro-Kremlin internet site Ukraina.ru. Having vetoed a...
The justifiable outrage at Western reporting on Ukraine
By Ariana Gic, for StopFake
Only July 23, the BBC’s Panorama aired “The Faked Murder that Fooled the World”, about the staged murder of a...
In Sweden, resilience is key to combatting disinformation
By EU vs Disinfo
Since Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014 – an operation where disinformation, deception and confusion played a major role – Swedish...
Military Intelligence, fake online personas, fake local news: How Russia targeted US elections
By EU vs Disinfo
On Friday 13 July, the US Justice Department took a further step in their investigation of Russian meddling into the 2016...
Russian influence in Montenegro: disinformation, threats and attempted regime change
By EU vs Disinfo
A recent debate about Montenegro’s NATO membership has put the spotlight on this Western Balkan country. But it is not the...
Estonia spy chief: Network of operatives pushing Russian agenda in West
By Jeff Seldin, for VoA
For the past several months, intelligence and security officials in the U.S. government and private sector have cautiously marveled at the...
StopFake #193 with Marko Suprun
Fake Multinational Black Sea exercises aggravate Donbas conflict; European Court of Human Rights says Russian government not involved in opposition journalist’s murder; Novichok? Cynaide?...
Moscow’s Ambassador Claims Russophobia Victimizes Russian-Americans — ‘No,’ says Diaspora
By Polygraph
Anatoly Antonov
Russian Ambassador to U.S
“An unprecedented information campaign to discredit our country, its role and place in the world, continues, inevitably affecting the...
Fabricated treason and espionage cases prop Putin up in power
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake
Russia’s Foreign Ministry is supporting its accused spy in the United States Maria Butina with the hashtag #FreeMariaButina despite...
Fake: Cholera Found in the Azov Sea
One of Russian propaganda’s central narratives is that Ukraine poses a threat to its neighbors and to the world community, and alarming fakes about...