After targeting Georgian wine exports and announcing a flight ban following anti-Moscow protests in Tbilisi, the Kremlin claimed no "illegal" sanctions are being employed. However, the so-called "restrictions" from the Russian side are clearly designed to hit Georgia's bottom line.
After his annual call-in show on June 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists there was no proof Russia is to blame for the 2014 downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine. However, the evidence presented by investigators showing the Kremlin's culpability in the tragedy is undeniable.
While visiting the U.S., Poland's president spoke of his country's tragic WWII history, spurring a Russian TV host to say that “offense” could not stem from Russia, which "liberated" the Poles from the Nazis.” Missing from those comments, however, was the Soviet Union’s occupation of eastern Poland.
After the detention of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, Russian state TV host Dmitry Kiselyov attacked those expressing censorship fears, claiming Russia has freer speech than anywhere else. But from the persecution of journalists to a crackdown of free expression online, this claim is false.
Prior to the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that effort to liberate Nazi-occupied France was not a Second World War "game changer." While the large Soviet sacrifice in defeating Nazi Germany cannot be understated, historians agree that D-Day was pivotal.
Russian media has seized on comments made by the lawyer for the former chief of the Ukrainian armed forces’ General Staff, who repeated an expert commission claim that constitutionally, the Ukrainian military can only be deployed at home to repel external aggression. That claim, however, is false.
The Russian TV channel NTV made a number of claims about former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his wife Sandra Roelofs, including that she is part of black market organ harvesting in Eastern Ukraine. But the latest spin on this conspiracy theory is lacking in both evidence and logic.
Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov attacked the new Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, claiming he threatened “to seize the territory of a neighboring state.” But while Zelenskiy prioritized regaining Ukraine’s “lost territories” in his inaugural speech, he did not suggest using force to do so.
A Ukrainian website recently posted a story claiming that outgoing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was willing to risk civil war by engineering a questionable legal pretext for a third round of voting. The only problem – the inauguration date has already been set.
A Russian state media columnist attacked efforts to determine President Vladimir Putin’s “mythical” wealth, claiming that Western intelligence agencies have been unable to dig up the dirt despite their access to offshore flows. We find an abundance of evidence that is already available publicly.
Former Ukrainian lamaker Vasyl Volha appeared on Russian TV warning that NATO exercises in Estonia are an act of aggression against Russia. Volha claimed that every NATO member state is doubling its defense budget starting from this year. But while NATO military spending is up, it has not doubled.
After Maria Butina's sentencing, Russian deputies are threatening to draft a list of U.S. nationals that Russia claims have violated its citizens' rights. Yet, while Russia claims Butina faced “inhumane conditions” behind bars, her experience in the U.S. justice system appears to have been routine.
After a Lithuanian court sentenced 67 former Soviet military officers for crimes against humanity in a failed January 1991 crackdown on the country’s pro-democracy drive, Russia has lashed out at the “illegal act,” although the claim fails under international law and historical circumstances.
Russia’s ambassador to the UK recently spoke with Sky News to refute claims that Moscow was behind the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury, England. But while Yakovenko says there is no proof to back up the British claims, the facts show otherwise.
Ukrainian presidential hopeful Volodymyr Zelenskiy opened the door to talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in eastern Ukraine. Putin’s spokesman said talks would be fine, although “Moscow is not a party to the conflict.” The facts show otherwise.
Following a promise by the U.S. “to beef up” NATO’s presence in the Black Sea to ensure safe passage for Ukrainian ships traversing the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov, a Russian senator warned any such “provocation” would be harshly suppressed. But is the Azov Sea solely Moscow’s preserve?
After winning the first round of the presidential poll, Volodymyr Zelensky said a return of Ukrainian territory and talk of compensation would be preconditions for meeting Vladimir Putin. Putin’s Press Secretary responded by denying Russia was occupying Ukrainian land. The facts show otherwise.
Russia’s Sputnik news agency has tried to pin the blame on Ukraine’s open airspace for the downing of civilian airliner MH17. But the facts on the ground clearly showed that a Russian missile was responsible for the July 2014 tragedy.
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