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Disinfo: The IMF entered the Cold War, forgives Ukraine’s debt to…

Summary

The IMF entered the Cold War, forgives Ukraine’s debt to Russia.

Disproof

The IMF has only
agreed that if the country goes insolvent, there will still be a chance it'll receive financial aid from the IMF: bit.ly/1Pjrz2a,

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eurasia24.cz
aeronet.cz
  • Reported in: Issue 8
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14/12/2015
  • Language/target audience: Czech
  • Country: Russia, Ukraine
  • Keywords: IMF

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The article elaborates on the phenomenon of crisis actors, hired…

The article elaborates on the phenomenon of crisis actors, hired by media for creating false news. It shows the examples of BBC faking the photos from Syria or false death of a student during the Velvet revolution.

December 13, 2015
Disproof

The news about BBC faking photos from Syria was published by Russia Today and British regulator OFCOM ruled that this RT's claim is false and that the broadcasting rules were violated by it (bit.ly/1UUYdHA), . The information about the dead student is false, but it wasn't made up by media but by the college dormitory doorkeeper.