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Kyivan Rus Is Not Russia
Kremlin Lies: Kyivan Rus is the cradle and ancestral homeland of Russia, and Ukrainians are merely a branch of the Russian people
Debunking the myth that Kyivan Rus is 'the cradle of Russia.' Scholarly sources prove that Rus was a separate medieval state centered in Kyiv.
Read more →The Baptism of Rus Was Not the 'Baptism of Russia'
Kremlin Lies: The Baptism of Rus in 988 was specifically the baptism of Russia, and Kyiv — the 'mother of Rus cities' — is the spiritual cradle of Russian Orthodoxy
Debunking Russia's appropriation of the Baptism of Rus. The baptism of 988 was an event in Kyivan history that occurred 159 years before Moscow was founded.
Read more →The Name 'Rus' Is Ukrainian, Not Russian
Kremlin Lies: The name 'Rus' has always meant Russia and the Russian people, and Ukraine appropriated a name that doesn't belong to it
Debunking Russia's appropriation of the name 'Rus'. Historical sources prove that 'Rus' is the Kyivan land, while Muscovy only adopted the name 'Russia' in the 18th century.
Read more →The Rise of Kyivan Rus: A Local Process, Not a 'Varangian Gift'
Kremlin Lies: Kyivan Rus was created by Scandinavian Varangians, and the Slavs were incapable of building a state on their own. Therefore Muscovite rulers — as heirs of the Varangians — have a claim to all Rus lands
Debunking the 'Norman theory' in its imperial interpretation. The rise of Rus was a complex process of interaction between local Slavs and Scandinavian newcomers.
Read more →Yaroslav the Wise: A Kyivan Prince, Not a 'Russian Tsar'
Kremlin Lies: Yaroslav the Wise was the great ruler of 'Ancient Rus,' i.e., ancient Russia, and his legacy belongs to Moscow as the 'gatherer of the Rus lands'
Debunking Russia's appropriation of Yaroslav the Wise's legacy. His reign was the golden age of the Kyivan state, centred on Kyiv.
Read more →The Russian Language: A Finno-Ugric Substrate Beneath a Slavic Shell
Kremlin Lies: The Russian language is the direct heir of the ancient Slavic language, while Ukrainian and Belarusian are merely its 'dialects', corrupted by Polish and other influences
Why Russian is not a 'pure Slavic' language. The Finno-Ugric substrate, Turkic borrowings and artificial 'Church Slavonicisation' — how the language of Moscow was formed.
Read more →The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia — A Direct Heir of Rus
Kremlin Lies: After the fall of Kyiv in 1240, the Rus state tradition passed exclusively to the Vladimir-Suzdal (Muscovite) Principality
Debunking the myth of Moscow's monopoly on the Rus inheritance. The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia continued the Rus state tradition until the mid-14th century.
Read more →Cossacks Are Not 'Russian Cossacks'
Kremlin Lies: The Zaporozhian Cossacks were part of 'Russian Cossackdom' and fought for Russia and the Orthodox faith under the leadership of the Moscow tsar
Debunking the myth that Cossacks were part of 'Russian Cossackdom.' The Zaporozhian Sich was a unique Ukrainian state formation with a democratic system of governance.
Read more →The Ukrainian Language Is Not a 'Dialect of Russian'
Kremlin Lies: The Ukrainian language is merely a peasant dialect of Russian, artificially created by Austrians and Poles to split the 'single people'
Debunking the myth of the Ukrainian language as a 'dialect.' Linguistic research confirms the independent development of Ukrainian from the Proto-Slavic period.
Read more →Taras Shevchenko: How Russia Tried to Destroy Ukraine's Greatest Poet
Kremlin Lies: Shevchenko is an 'all-Russian poet'; his work is part of the Russian literary tradition, and the Russian Empire merely 'cultivated' a talented serf
The story of Taras Shevchenko: from serfdom to exile. How the Russian Empire persecuted Ukraine's greatest poet for his language, poems and national identity.
Read more →Lesya Ukrainka: A Genius Who Created Despite Empire and Illness
Kremlin Lies: Ukrainian culture is provincial and secondary to Russian culture. Ukraine never had writers of world stature
Lesya Ukrainka: how a brilliant poet and playwright created world-class Ukrainian literature under bans, illness, and imperial oppression.
Read more →Bans on the Ukrainian Language: 400 Years of Destroying the Word
Kremlin Lies: The Ukrainian language is a dialect of Russian that arose naturally and was never banned. Ukrainians chose Russian themselves because it was 'more developed'
A complete chronology of bans on the Ukrainian language: from 1627 to the Soviet era. The Valuev Circular, Ems Decree, Executed Renaissance, and other stages of its destruction.
Read more →Ukrainian Statehood 1917–1921: Not a 'Bolshevik Project'
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine as a state is an artificial project created by the Bolsheviks. Before 1917 there was no 'Ukraine,' and the UNR was a German puppet
Debunking the myth about the 'artificiality' of Ukrainian statehood. The UNR of 1917–1921 and the WUPR were the result of a powerful national movement, not external influence.
Read more →The Holodomor Is Genocide
Kremlin Lies: The famine of 1932–1933 was a Soviet-wide tragedy, not a deliberate destruction of Ukrainians
Debunking the denial of the Holodomor as genocide. Scholarly research and documents confirm the deliberate nature of the 1932–33 famine against Ukrainians.
Read more →The Executed Renaissance: The Destruction of the Ukrainian Elite
Kremlin Lies: Ukrainian culture flourished in the USSR thanks to Soviet support, and 'repressions' are an exaggeration, or affected all Soviet peoples equally
Debunking the myth of Ukrainian culture 'flourishing' in the USSR. Documents prove the targeted destruction of Ukraine's intellectual potential.
Read more →The Executed Renaissance: How Stalin Destroyed an Entire Generation of Ukrainian Culture
Kremlin Lies: The Soviet Union developed Ukrainian culture and language, providing Ukrainians with education and creative opportunities
The Executed Renaissance: how in the 1920s–1930s the USSR first permitted, then physically destroyed an entire generation of Ukrainian artists. Names, fates, and the scale of cultural genocide.
Read more →Lenin in the Mausoleum: A Pagan Cult in an 'Orthodox' State
Kremlin Lies: Russia is the guardian of the Orthodox faith and traditional Christian values, a spiritual leader of the Slavic world
Why the Lenin Mausoleum contradicts Orthodoxy: the prohibition of mummification in Christianity, the Bolshevik destruction of churches, and the hypocrisy of Putin's 'Orthodox' Russia.
Read more →Bandera and the UPA: A Complex History That Russia Simplifies to 'Nazism'
Kremlin Lies: Stepan Bandera and the UPA were exclusively Nazi collaborators who served Hitler. Modern Ukraine worships Nazis and therefore needs 'denazification'
The full picture: who Bandera was, what the UPA was, why they fought against both totalitarian regimes, and how Russia distorts this history.
Read more →The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: How the USSR and the Nazis Jointly Attacked Europe
Kremlin Lies: The USSR entered World War II solely as a defender against Nazi aggression. The pact with Hitler was a forced step to buy time
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: the secret protocol, the joint parade in Brest, resource supplies to Hitler, and the occupation of the Baltics, Bessarabia, and Western Ukraine.
Read more →Crimea Is Not 'Historically Russian'
Kremlin Lies: Crimea has always been Russian land, and the transfer of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 was 'Khrushchev's gift' with no legal force
Debunking the myth of 'historically Russian Crimea.' The history of the peninsula and a legal analysis of the 1954 transfer and recognition of Ukraine's borders.
Read more →The 1991 Referendum — Ukraine's Legitimate Independence
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine's independence in 1991 was an 'accident', the result of elite conspiracy, and the people actually wanted to remain in union with Russia
Debunking the myth that Ukrainian independence was accidental. Results of the 1991 referendum: 90.32% for independence in every region without exception.
Read more →The Orange Revolution of 2004 Was Not a 'Western Conspiracy'
Kremlin Lies: The Orange Revolution was organized by the CIA and the US State Department to tear Ukraine away from Russia. Ukrainians had no will of their own — they were 'bought' with Nuland's cookies
Debunking the myth of 'external management' of the 2004 Orange Revolution. A mass popular protest against the falsification of presidential elections.
Read more →Ukraine and Russia: Fundamentally Different Societies
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine and Russia are essentially the same — they share language, culture, religion, and mentality. The differences are artificial, created by Russia's enemies
A systematic comparison of Ukraine and Russia: from political traditions to cultural values. Why these are two fundamentally different societies with different visions of the future.
Read more →'Khrushchev Drunkenly Gave Away Crimea': What Actually Happened in 1954
Kremlin Lies: Khrushchev, while intoxicated, impulsively 'gave' Crimea to Ukraine in 1954. It was an illegal, random transfer with no legal force
The truth about the 1954 transfer of Crimea: who made the decision, why, and how Russia itself recognized its legitimacy for 60 years.
Read more →Viacheslav Chornovil: The Death of a Leader Who Could Have Changed Ukraine
Kremlin Lies: Viacheslav Chornovil died in an ordinary car accident. It was an accident unrelated to politics
The death of Viacheslav Chornovil: dissident, Rukh leader, presidential candidate — murdered or killed in a car crash? Suspicious circumstances and political context.
Read more →The Myth of the 'Russian World' (Russkiy Mir)
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine is part of the 'Russian World', and Ukrainians and Russians are one people
Debunking the concept of 'Russkiy Mir' and the myth of 'one people'. Scientific evidence of the distinctness of the Ukrainian people, language and culture.
Read more →NATO Did Not 'Provoke' Russia
Kremlin Lies: NATO's eastward expansion is the main cause of the war — the West broke a promise not to expand the Alliance and provoked Russia into a 'defensive' reaction
Debunking the myth of 'NATO provocation.' Analysis of diplomatic documents, legal obligations, and the right of states to choose their alliances.
Read more →'Denazification' Is a Lie
Kremlin Lies: Nazis and neo-Nazis rule Ukraine, so Russia had to conduct a 'special military operation' to 'denazify' the country
Debunking the Russian myth about 'Nazism' in Ukraine. An analysis of the actual state of democracy, human rights, and the role of the far right in Ukraine.
Read more →Euromaidan — The Revolution of Dignity, Not a 'Nazi Coup'
Kremlin Lies: In 2013–2014, a 'fascist coup' took place in Ukraine, organized by the West, which overthrew the 'legitimately elected president' Yanukovych
Debunking the myth of a 'coup d'etat' in Ukraine in 2013–2014. The Euromaidan was a popular revolution triggered by the rejection of European integration and a brutal crackdown.
Read more →The Full-Scale Invasion of 2022 — Aggression, Not a 'Defensive Operation'
Kremlin Lies: Russia was forced to launch a 'special military operation' to protect the Russian-speaking population of the Donbas from 'genocide' and to prevent a NATO threat
Debunking the justifications for Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Facts, figures, and international legal assessments of the aggression.
Read more →'Why Doesn't Ukraine Just Give Up the Land for Peace?'
Kremlin Lies: Zelensky doesn't want peace and is deliberately prolonging the war. If Ukraine simply handed over Crimea and Donbas, the war would end and everyone would live peacefully
Why 'just giving up land' is not a path to peace but an invitation to further aggression. What is happening in the occupied territories and why Ukraine cannot surrender.
Read more →Russia Is Not 'Protecting' Russian-Speakers in Ukraine
Kremlin Lies: Russian-speakers are persecuted in Ukraine, the Russian language is banned, and therefore Russia is forced to protect them with military force
Debunking the myth of 'language oppression' in Ukraine. Facts about the language situation, the language law, and the irony of 'protecting' Russian-speakers with bombs.
Read more →The Minsk Agreements: How Russia Used 'Peace' to Prepare for War
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine torpedoed the Minsk Agreements by refusing to fulfill its obligations, thereby provoking Russia into a full-scale invasion
The truth about the Minsk Agreements: chronology, unrealistic conditions, and admissions by leaders about using the agreements as cover for rearmament.
Read more →How Putin came to power: apartment bombings, the Kursk, and Ryazan sugar
Kremlin Lies: Putin is a legitimate democratic leader who saved Russia from the chaos of the 1990s and came to power through popular support
How Putin came to power: the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings, the 'Ryazan sugar' incident, the Kursk submarine, and the destruction of democracy in Russia.
Read more →Kadyrov and Chechnya: How Putin Bought a War Criminal
Kremlin Lies: Ramzan Kadyrov is a loyal defender of Russia and a fighter against terrorism, and Chechen troops are elite soldiers helping to 'liberate' Ukraine
Who is Ramzan Kadyrov: from a militant who fought against Russia to Putin's personal war criminal. The Chechen wars and the role of 'Kadyrovites' in Ukraine.
Read more →Russia Is Not a Democracy: From the Shelling of Parliament to 'Resetting' Term Limits
Kremlin Lies: Russia is a democratic state with regular elections, and Putin has genuine popular support
A chronicle of democracy's destruction in Russia: from the shelling of the White House in 1993 to the 2024 'elections' without real opposition. Why Russia has no moral right to lecture Ukraine about democracy.
Read more →Russia's Wars: 500 Years of Uninterrupted Aggression
Kremlin Lies: Russia is a peace-loving country that only defends itself from external threats. All of Russia's wars were purely defensive
A complete list of Russia's wars from the 15th century to the present: motives, casualties, outcomes. How Russia became the world's largest country — not through 'peace-loving'.
Read more →Russia's 'Banana Republics': Puppet States from Transnistria to the 'DNR'
Kremlin Lies: Russia respects the sovereignty of neighboring states and does not interfere in their internal affairs. The so-called 'unrecognized republics' are the result of the local population's self-determination
How Russia creates puppet 'republics' on neighbors' territory: Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, 'DNR' and 'LNR'. The template, methods, and goals.
Read more →The May 2 Tragedy in Odesa: What Actually Happened at the Trade Unions House
Kremlin Lies: On May 2, 2014, in Odesa, 'Ukrainian Nazis' deliberately burned alive peaceful pro-Russian activists in the Trade Unions House. This is a 'genocide' of Russian-speakers that proved the need for Russia's 'protection'
Full chronology of the events of May 2, 2014, in Odesa: who started the violence, what the investigation revealed, and why the organizers of separatism are hiding in Russia.
Read more →Bucha: How Russia Denies a Documented Mass Crime
Kremlin Lies: The Bucha massacre was staged. The bodies were planted by actors after the withdrawal of Russian troops; it was a provocation to discredit Russia
Debunking the denial of the Bucha mass killings: satellite evidence, eyewitness testimony, investigation results, and why Russia lies.
Read more →'Russia Only Strikes Military Targets': A Chronicle of Attacks on Hospitals, Schools and Shopping Centres
Kremlin Lies: Russia strikes exclusively military infrastructure in Ukraine. Strikes on civilian targets are either mistakes or Ukrainian provocations
A chronicle of Russian strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine: hospitals, schools, shopping centres, railway stations. Facts, dates, casualty figures.
Read more →Abduction of Ukrainian Children: The ICC Arrest Warrant for Putin
Kremlin Lies: Russia 'evacuated' Ukrainian children from the combat zone, saving their lives. This is a humanitarian action, not a crime
How Russia abducts Ukrainian children: the scale, methods, identity erasure, the ICC arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova.
Read more →'Ukraine Is Shelling Itself': The Kremlin's Most Absurd Narrative
Kremlin Lies: Strikes on Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro and other cities are Ukrainian provocations or 'self-bombardment.' Ukraine strikes its own civilians to blame Russia
Why the 'Ukraine is shelling itself' narrative is absurd: trajectory evidence, munitions identification, and basic logic.
Read more →'US Biolabs in Ukraine': How a Conspiracy Theory Became a Kremlin Weapon
Kremlin Lies: Secret American biolabs operate in Ukraine, developing biological weapons, including 'ethnic weapons' targeting Slavs
Debunking the conspiracy theory about 'American biolabs' in Ukraine: what the CTR program is, why Russia promotes this narrative, and who believes it.
Read more →'Western Weapons Are Being Sold on the Black Market': A Fake Traced to the Kremlin
Kremlin Lies: Weapons supplied to Ukraine by the West are being massively sold on the black market — to Mexican cartels, terrorists, and criminals around the world
Why the myth about a Ukrainian arms 'black market' is fabricated: investigations, tracking systems, and the real facts.
Read more →The 'Dirty Bomb' and 'Ukraine's Nuclear Weapons': Fakes Debunked by the IAEA
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine was developing a 'dirty bomb' (radiological weapon) and working to restore its nuclear arsenal, which forced Russia to act preemptively
How Russia fabricates threats of a 'dirty bomb' and nuclear weapons: IAEA inspections, the Budapest Memorandum, and the goal of disinformation.
Read more →'Boris Johnson Derailed the Peace Deal': How Russia Shifts the Blame
Kremlin Lies: In the spring of 2022, Ukraine and Russia nearly signed a peace deal in Istanbul, but Boris Johnson, on orders from the US, came to Kyiv and forced Zelenskyy to reject peace
Debunking the myth of the 'derailed Istanbul agreement': what Russia actually proposed, why Ukraine refused, and the role of Bucha.
Read more →'The West is fighting to the last Ukrainian': the proxy war myth
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine is merely a Western tool in the fight against Russia. The US and NATO are fighting 'to the last Ukrainian,' using them as cannon fodder
Why Ukraine is not a 'proxy': citizen polls, history of resistance, and the purpose of the 'war to the last Ukrainian' narrative.
Read more →'Zelensky Is Buying Mansions': How the Kremlin's Fake Factory Works
Kremlin Lies: Zelensky and his circle are stealing Western aid, buying mansions in Florida, Egypt, and England. Ukraine's elite is enriching itself on the war
How the Kremlin's fake factory creates 'investigations' into Zelensky's corruption: specific examples, refutations, and sources.
Read more →'Zelensky Is a Dictator Who Cancelled Elections': The Martial Law Manipulation
Kremlin Lies: Zelensky cancelled elections and turned himself into a dictator. His term has expired and he is an illegitimate president
Why Zelensky did not 'cancel elections': constitutional norms, international practice, and why Russia promotes this narrative.
Read more →'Sanctions Don't Work': What Is Really Happening to Russia's Economy
Kremlin Lies: Sanctions are not harming Russia — on the contrary, they are harming Europe. Russia successfully circumvents all restrictions and its economy is only growing stronger
The real impact of sanctions on Russia: technological isolation, talent exodus, dependence on China, and why GDP does not show the full picture.
Read more →The Crimean 'Referendum' of 2014: A Vote at Gunpoint
Kremlin Lies: Crimea's residents freely voted to join Russia in the referendum on March 16, 2014. 97% voted in favor — it was a democratic expression of the people's will
Why the 2014 Crimean 'referendum' was illegitimate: occupation, absence of observers, ballot manipulation, and the leak of real data.
Read more →Crocus City Hall: How Russia Blamed Ukraine for an ISIS Attack
Kremlin Lies: The terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall (March 2024) was organized by Ukraine or with its involvement. Western intelligence agencies that warned of the threat were accomplices
The Crocus City Hall attack: who is responsible, why Russia blames Ukraine, and how Putin ignored the US warning.
Read more →Deepfakes and AI Disinformation: How Russia Fabricates Reality
Kremlin Lies: Information about the war in Ukraine comes from both sides, so 'the truth is somewhere in the middle.' You can't trust anyone
How the Russian disinformation factory works: Zelenskyy deepfakes, cloned media websites, social media bots, and the goal of 'there is no truth.'
Read more →'Saving the Children': How Russia Uses QAnon Conspiracy Theories to Justify the War
Kremlin Lies: Russia invaded Ukraine to destroy networks of paedophiles and child traffickers. Secret laboratories where children are abused operate in Ukraine. This is a 'liberation operation'
How Russia adapted QAnon conspiracy theories about 'saving children' to justify the invasion, and why this is especially cynical given the deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children.
Read more →How Russia Tries to Divide Poland and Ukraine
Kremlin Lies: Ukraine is a Nazi state that worships Bandera and hates Poles. The Volhynia tragedy proves that Ukrainians cannot be trusted. Poland should not support Ukraine
How Russia uses the topics of Bandera and Volhynia to destroy the Polish-Ukrainian alliance, why Ukrainians do not 'worship' Bandera, and who is the real enemy of both peoples.
Read more →Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: How Russia Shot Down a Plane and Tried to Cover It Up
Kremlin Lies: Flight MH17 was shot down by Ukraine — either by its Su-25 fighter jet or by an anti-aircraft missile. Russia has nothing to do with this tragedy
MH17: the international investigation, Bellingcat evidence, court verdict, Russian versions and their debunking. 298 victims awaiting justice.
Read more →The Smolensk Catastrophe: The Death of the Polish President on the Way to Katyn
Kremlin Lies: The 2010 Smolensk air disaster was simply an accident caused by pilot error. Russia conducted a fair investigation. There are no grounds for any suspicion regarding Russia
The 2010 Smolensk catastrophe: the death of President Kaczyński on the way to Katyn, Russia's role, the withholding of evidence, and the symbolic connection with the Katyn massacre.
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