Anti-Fake

Refusing to bow to an occupier in Russia’s world labels you as “mentally ill.” Through forced diagnoses, drugging, and institutionalizing—even children—Russia’s modern occupation of Ukraine echoes a horrifying Soviet tactic: punitive psychiatry.

From the average Joe to the famous one—Rogan—Russian propaganda has successfully seeped into both everyday conversations and influential platforms, constructing anti-Ukrainian sentiments using sensationalism to elicit an emotional reaction from people otherwise unfamiliar with Ukraine, its culture, politics, and history.

Joe Rogan, the most influential podcasters in the world, has sparked controversy once again—not for his trademark hot takes on diet or MMA but for a recent episode where his commentary on the war in Ukraine mirrored strikingly familiar Kremlin propaganda.

Recent satellite imagery has revealed significant renovations at Russia's Sergiyev Posad-6, a former Soviet biological weapons facility. This development comes alongside Russia's persistent claims about Ukrainian biolabs—a narrative the Kremlin used to justify its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

In recent years, Russia has ramped up a disinformation campaign against NATO , spreading myths to manipulate public opinion and mask its own aggression. By distorting NATO ’s role and intentions, the Kremlin seeks to portray itself as a victim of external threats rather than the true aggressor.

"Current whereabouts remain unknown" is the reality for many Ukrainian journalists captured and detained by Russian forces. Even before the full-scale invasion in 2022, reporters covering Russian aggression in occupied territories faced arbitrary arrests, kidnappings, and torture—a pattern that continues today.