On October 13-14, Russian-speaking Facebook users (1;2) shared the cover of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, supposedly from the October 11, 2024 issue. The cover depicted a caricature of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s “peace formula,” with the symbol of peace drawn using dismembered bodies of Ukrainian soldiers. The caption on the cover reads: “Ukraine’s Peace Formula.”...

Russian-language media outlet topwar.ru, along with several Russian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3, 4), published images of posters featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin, which were allegedly placed by Ukrainian partisans on the streets of Kyiv to mark his birthday. According to the post, over 1,000 posters were placed around Kyiv. One of the disseminated images...

Between October 1-2, several Georgian (1,2) and Russian-speaking accounts (1, 2, 3, 4.), shared a video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In the footage, the Israeli prime minister is seen running into a building in an unspecified direction. The authors of the posts claimed that the video was taken on October 1 and shows...

On August 9-10, Georgian (1;2;3) and Russian-speaking (1;2;3;4) Facebook accounts shared photos and video footage showing French President Emmanuel Macron kissing a man. In the footage, it appears they are on a boat. The video circulating on social media is a fabrication. While President Macron was indeed on a boat with the individuals captured in...

On July 15, a Georgian-language Facebook account disseminated information about the alleged death of a NATO general in Ukraine. Identical information was also spread by Russian-speaking Facebook users (1,2,3,4) in March 2024. An article published by rg.ru on March 27 claimed that NATO General Marczak might have died as a result of an Iskander missile...

A video circulating on social network (1, 2, 3) features Jonathan Van Ness, a hairstylist, actor, and representative of the LGBTQ+ community, standing behind the press secretary’s podium in the White House. According to the descriptions, he was appointed as the new White House Press Secretary to replace “black lesbian” Karine Jean-Pierre. Judging by the comments,...

On June 7, a Facebook user posted a photo that, according to the description, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, high on drugs, being helped to walk by foreign leaders. An identical photo was published on the Russian media portal Миртесен and posted on the Tik-Tok account voice_of_russia (1,2). The circulated photo is altered. The authentic...

Update 7.07.23: An August 2022 Google Maps shot of New York’s Fifth Avenue was added to the article, as well as a June 2023 shot showing yellow traffic lights. On June 29-30, 2023, Georgian and Russian-language (1, 2) Facebook accounts published a video depicting an English-language banner with the following inscription: “No Zelensky, No War.”...

On March 4-5th, 2023, Russian propaganda media outlets Pravda.ru, Российская газета and kherson-news.ru, as well as Georgian (1, 2, 3, 4) and Russian-language (1, 2, 3, 4) Facebook accounts published posts, according to which Public display of Ukrainian flags in Israel is prohibited by law, otherwise, the fine is 10,000 Israeli shekels. Some of the...