Anti-Fake

The investigation by Radio Svoboda’s “Schema” and several European media outlets has exposed the “Agency for Social Design” (ASD), led by Russian political technologist Ilya Gambashidze, as a key player in spreading disinformation to undermine Ukraine, its leadership, and Western allies.

"Some bodies have ropes around their necks, tied hands, broken limbs, and burn wounds,” said Kharkiv region governor Oleh Syniehubov, recounting the horrors of Russian occupation in Izium. On September 15, 2022, Ukraine discovered several mass graves in the woods near the city. One site contained over 400 bodies of civilians and soldiers, tortured and killed by the Russian army.

Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova premiered her film Russians at War at the Venice Film Festival, claiming it challenges Western media’s one-sided portrayal of Russian aggression. Trofimova wants to offer a different story, and it happens to be one in which she sees no war crimes committed by Russian soldiers.

Putin claims that Russia has media freedom. However, Russia is one of the world’s worst countries for that. What are the facts? How does Russia restrict information sharing, and what punishments are journalists and civilians facing?

Russell Bentley, widely known as “Texas,” defected to Russia and rose to fame as a TV personality. Eight years later, he was killed. We explore the line between privilege and peril in Russia.

What if your friendly neighbor was a Russian spy? Or your friend? Or even your colleague? We examine five notable cases of Russian espionage across the world in recent years and explore how they operate.