Truthmeter: Video from TV series misused against Ukrainian president Zelensky
The video, which is said to be from Zelensky’s presidential campaign, is in fact from a TV series in which he was an actor, four years before he became president. The video has nothing to do with the reality of Ukraine’s political presidential election...
Truthmeter: Video Misinforms – Member of the Azov Battalion Set Fire to Russian Soldiers on the Cross
There is no evidence that Azov soldiers are burning Russian soldiers alive on a cross, and the video circulating on the Internet is seven years old and has nothing to do with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Truthmeter: Facebook Post Without Any Context Spreads Xenophobia And Incites Interethnic Tensions
This conclusion, which we do not know how it is reached and for which there is no real evidence, is sensationalistic and spreads xenophobia and intolerance. A post with this title has anti-immigrant rhetoric and encourages intolerance on ethnic and religious grounds. Moreover, the...
Truthmeter: The West did not provoke the war in Ukraine
The idea that the U.S. and NATO are inciting the crisis between Russia and Ukraine stems daily from the Kremlin’s propaganda machinery. The facts, however, state that Western leaders called on Russia in December last year to defuse tensions and promised to support Ukraine...
Truthmeter: It is not true that the ex- Miss Ukraine is involved in the war in Ukraine
Ex-Miss Ukraine, Anastasia Lena posted photos of herself posing with an automatic rifle on her Instagram profile, but that does not mean she joined the Ukrainian army. Anastasia Lena posted photos on her Instagram profile just to inspire her compatriots. “I am not a...
Putin’s story about his mother may have been entirely fabricated; Russian president told lies several times
It is the duty of journalists to inform the readers on the basis of facts and to present the complete picture of a news item, and not only the parts that arouse some emotions for a certain politician. InfoShqip published a story about Russian...
Truthmeter: There are no US-run biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine
The claim that the United States runs secret bio laboratories in Ukraine is a conspiracy theory that has been spread by Russian propagandists since 2018. The allegations misinterpret the 2005 US-Ukraine agreement, which aims to prevent biological threats rather than create them. According to...
Truthmeter: Viral video shows Russian soldier saying goodbye to daughter, not Ukrainian
The emotional video of a soldier saying goodbye to his daughter, which spread on social media and was then published by several media, does not show a Ukrainian but a Russian soldier, as the video was shot before the Russian attack on Ukraine, writes...
Truthmeter: Older photograph of open-air religious rite in Ukraine being shared amid Russian invasion
The photograph posted in the article being shared on Facebook, in which Ukrainian Christians pray in the open, in the snow, for their country, is almost three years old and dates 2019, and not February 22, 2022, as claimed in the post, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Truthmeter: Victim of Russian attacks on Ukraine, falsely accused of being a “transatlantic press artist”
The claim in the post that the cover of “DeMorgen” is false is not true. It is not true that this is fake news, fake photography and fake “artists” from the transatlantic press. These are real photos taken on the same day that Russia...
“Baba Vangja” not a credible source for articles praising Putin’s character
It is not professional to publish articles that arouse emotions in readers, especially in emergencies, and their only source is someone who claims to predict the future. The news we are reviewing announces a “prophecy” of Baba Vangja as a done deal and it...
Truthmeter: It is not true that citizens are withdrawing deposits from Macedonian banks in panic
The National Bank told “Truthmeter” that “the information that there are withdrawals of deposits from banks these days is incorrect” and stressed that “the solvency of Macedonian banks is in no way in question.” Regarding inflation, the National Bank says that it is above...
More than 2,000 Russian scientists have written an Open letter protesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The military action, according to the Russian academic community, leads to the international isolation of Russia, something that will directly harm the country, because “scientific research cannot be imagined without full cooperation with colleagues from other countries, and Russia’s isolation from the world means...
Truthmeter: 3D Animation Presented As a Real Footage of the Russian Attack on Ukraine
The video is not real, but it is a 3D animation and it was shared on Instagram in October 2021, four months before the Russian invasion. The author of the video has over 90 thousand subscribers on YouTube and told foreign reviewers that it...
Truthmeter: It is not true that Turkey has a neutral position on the war in Ukraine
Contrary to the claim of the President of the party “United Macedonia”, Janko Bačev, that Turkey has a neutral position on the war in Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country supports Ukraine’s struggle to protect its territorial integrity. The Turkish...
Truthmeter: Putin does not mention Pendarovski and Vuchich at all in his speech
Truthmeter reviewed the speech delivered by Russian President, Vladimir Putin from February 24, 2022, published on the official website of the Kremlin, and in it he does not, in any context, mention the Macedonian and Serbian presidents, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Truthmeter: Zelensky Did Not Order Ukrainian Troops To “Destroy Everything That Crosses Their Sights”
Some media headlines claiming that Ukrainian President Zelensky said “destroy everything that crosses your sights” are incorrect, i.e., it is something that Zelensky did not say in his speech, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Truthmeter: The “Exclusive video” is not from a Russian plane, but is a 10-year old video from Libya
This is a video that the Associated Press published on its YouTube channel on March 19, 2011, and originates from Benghazi, Libya. The video is titled “Plane shot down by Libyan rebels”, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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GLOBSEC: North Macedonia has pro-Western ambitions, but Is vulnerable to Kremlin’s and Beijing’s influences
The GLOBSEC Vulnerability Index analyzes the vulnerability of eight Central European and Western Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia) to foreign malignant influence in 5 dimensions: public attitudes, political landscape, public administration, information landscape and civic and academic...
Truthmeter: This video is not from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it is two years old
According to Reuters, the video is falsely related to the crisis in Ukraine and is part of a Russian air show from 2020, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused an avalanche...
