russia: Twenty Years of Distorting the Media
This week’s disinformation cases reflect a culture of resentment that has become an established trend in the loyal pro-kremlin media over the last decade, writes...
russian Academic Journals Retract Hundreds Papers After Plagiarism Probe
russian academic journals have retracted more than 850 papers after an Academy of Sciences [RAS] commission probe into questionable publication practices, the commission said this...
russian special services planned to kill ex-commander of Ukrainian army battalion
Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has prevented in Kharkiv an attempt to kill a former combat commander of an intelligence unit of...
Сonspiracy theories are playing an increasingly influential role in politics
In an era dominated by “fake news” and disinformation, conspiracy theories are coming to play an increasingly influential role in modern politics. During the recent impeachment hearings...
Ukraine’s passenger plane was shot by a MANPAD?
russia has launched a campaign to discredit the United States over the Ukrainian plane crash flying from Tehran to Kyiv. The plane disappeared from radar...
Ukraine announces plans to boost the share of low-cost carriers in the Ukrainian air travel sector
With more Ukrainians flying than ever before and visa-free EU travel fueling a boom in the country’s aviation industry, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy has announced...
Snapchat acquires Ukrainian startup for $166M
Snapchat has acquired Ukrainian startup AI Factory for $166 million, reports AIN.UA. AI Factory startup was founded in 2018 and operated in stealth mode by entrepreneur Viktor...
Ukraine to supply Turkish armed forces with 500 engines for military drones
Zaporizhia’s Ivchenko-Progress design bureau has won a $600 million contract to supply the Turkish armed forces with 500 engines through the 2020s, reports Defense Express. The...
EssilorLuxottica gets green light to acquire Ukraine’s largest eyewear network
Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee has given the green light to the acquisition of Ukraine’s largest eyewear network Luxoptica by EU spectacles industry giant EssilorLuxottica, UkraineInvest reports....