The Russian Ilya YashinOpponent of Vladimir Putin, sentenced to 8 years in prison for “spreading false information about the Russian army”. Bucha. In fact, Yashin denied the Kremlin’s version that reports of the massacre itself were fabricated against him Fly. The narration of Kremlin it has also long been supported in Italy, questioning the videos and photos taken in Bucha and even claiming the presence of actors pretending to be dead. Conspiracy theories that we have covered on several occasions, notably in our open fact-checking special, further denied by video of a drone leaked by CNN and New York Times investigations that managed to identify the perpetrators of the massacre identify: the 234th Moscow Regiment. This is just the tip of the iceberg of Russia’s information warfare against Ukraine and the West, a constant disinformation activity that happens to be operating outside of Russia. In this gallery-size article, we will report on Open’s fact-checks on fake news being propagated by pro-Russian disinformation outlets and beyond.
