Disinformation about Ukraine in Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts has almost doubled over the last two years, with most of the favourites for fake news the same as in the Russian state-controlled media. Oksana Romanyuk, whose Institute for Mass Information [IMI] carried out the studies both two years ago and in April 2019, believes the separatist-held eastern Ukraine may be ladling on the fakes to compensate for their dwindling power to influence the local population.
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A vendor shows the local newspaper Donetsk Time showing on its front page Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk region, in Donetsk on Nov. 15, 2018.
