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Leonid Martynyuk

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June 19, 2024
Putin camouflages debunked falsehoods as ‘Ukraine peace plan’

In his “peace plan,” the Russian president repeated all the false excuses he used to start the war in Ukraine
June 13, 2024
The Matthew Miller deepfake has the attributes of Russia’s information warfare

Kremlin propaganda operatives, state news outlets, and top officials used the deepfake video of the US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller for a massive disinformation attack against the US and Ukraine.
June 06, 2024
Putin’s propaganda attack on Zelenskyy aimed to incite power struggle in Ukraine

Ukrainian law does not give the parliament, Verkhovna Rada, the authority to lift martial law, only the president can issue a decree to revoke it. But the law legally bars the president from lifting martial law while Ukraine is under attack that threatens its independence and territorial integrity.
May 29, 2024
Russian diplomat labels European foreign ministers ‘US agents’ for marching with protesters in Georgia

In Georgia, leaders of political opposition and the president are leading protests against the foreign agent bill, which critics say threatens the nation’s EU membership and could become a tool of political oppression in the hands of the governing party.
May 24, 2024
Russian propaganda entangles NATO, West, and Ukraine in knot of ‘dangerous,’ ‘provocative’ rhetoric

The Kremlin seized on the narrative about possible NATO participation in Ukraine war to reinforce its long-standing assertion that ‘West waged war against Russia using Ukraine'
May 07, 2024
The peculiar correlation between Russian Navy drills and GPS disturbances in Europe

European nations accuse Russia of intentionally disrupting air and maritime navigation. Russia does not respond to allegations, but blackouts of communications in the Baltics, Poland, and Nordic countries coincide with what Russia says are its Navy Baltic Fleet’s GPS jamming exercises.
April 27, 2024
Russian Atomic Agency faces accusations of covering up Tobol River radioactive pollution

Satellite images of flooded areas in the Kurgan region compared with the maps of Dobrovolnoye uranium deposits show part of Rosatom’s uranium wells covered in water. Environmentalists believe that the radioactive solution has been flowing into the Tobol River.
April 19, 2024
Did Russia’s top diplomats walk out on Israel’s UN representative?

Russia’s top diplomats walked out of the U.N. Security Council meeting when Israel’s representative took the stage.
April 17, 2024
Pro-Russia governor of Gagauzia falsely claims Moldovans don’t want to join EU

Public opinion polls in Moldova demonstrate consistent majority support for the nation's accession to the European Union.
April 11, 2024
Russia’s Lavrov falsely asserts Kyiv’s mayor banned use of Russian language

In July 2023, the Kyiv City Council introduced a moratorium on the use of “Russian-language cultural products” such as books, songs and films in the city. While people are permitted to speak Russian in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine, as of 2023, most Ukrainians spoke only Ukrainian in daily life.
April 08, 2024
Volodin falsely claims Putin gave women ‘real power’ in Russian politics

The United Nations recommends that women hold at least 30% of political leadership positions so that women can influence decision-making. Russia is far below the UN threshold.
April 01, 2024
Moscow distorts UN report on human rights situation in Ukraine

RIA Novosti distorted the U.N. report on the human rights situation in Ukraine, covering only alleged violations by Kyiv while omitting the bulk of the report, which focused on violations by Moscow.
March 26, 2024
Eager to Label Ukraine as Terrorist, Kremlin Keeps Pushing Ridiculed Conspiracy Theories

Despite launching a massive disinformation campaign, Russia failed to frame Ukraine and the West for Friday’s terrorist attack in the Moscow region. Even after ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack and published video evidence, Russia keeps lying.
March 15, 2024
World Court Arrest Warrant for Russians Charged With War Crimes in Ukraine Is No ‘Nothingburger’

While Russia is a safe haven for suspected criminals, they will be arrested and brought to ICC if they travel to any of the 124 world nations that recognize the world court’s jurisdiction. Regime change in Russia can also end the impunity.
March 07, 2024
Putin Distorts Russia’s Plans for Nuclear Weapons in Space

Russia’s planned deployment of nuclear-armed anti-satellite weapons into space would violate the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which Moscow signed.
February 27, 2024
Russia Beefs Up Disinformation About US Chemical Weapons in Ukraine

Russia’s declared destruction of all its chemical weapons remains an open question. Moscow presented no evidence to international bodies that Ukraine used chemical weapons.
February 20, 2024
Two Scientists Called Nobel Laureates by Russia’s Education Minister Didn’t Win the Prize

Ivan Sechenov and Alexander Butlerov did not receive the Nobel Prize, and Leonid Kantorovich received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
February 14, 2024
Moscow Falsely Accuses YouTube of Arbitrariness for Blocking Russia's State Media

YouTube blocked Russian state media channels for violating its community guidelines.
February 09, 2024
Putin's Talk with Tucker Carlson... and America: A Mixture of Blunt Lies and Toxic Propaganda

Putin replayed thoroughly debunked falsehoods and pedaled the Kremlin’s traditional propaganda narratives.
February 08, 2024
Online Passport Applications Targeting Belarusian Exiles Are Fake

The exiled Belarusian opposition has denied issuing the online forms and warned they may be part of an operation by President Aleksandr Lukashenko regime’s intelligence agency to collect dissidents’ personal data.

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