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Bloggers refuted statement by the General Staff, providing images from Yandex and Google maps from the city of Torez, which coincide with the area filmed in the video by the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Descriptions of such provocations are published online daily on Ukrainian website StopFake. Yesterday, July 21, its editorial office reported that the owner of the Dozhd TV channel, Alexander Vinokurov came up with the news about the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kyiv. The day before, it was reported fake Time cover with a photograph of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the caption "Danke Frau Ribbentrop" ("Thank you, Mrs. Ribbentrop").



The phrase was popularized by Facebook activists from Ukraine, albania mobile phone numbers database who left numerous comments with the words on Merkel's social media page in protest at the German chancellor's continued relationship with Vladimir Putin.

Last week, StopFake discovered that the site The Freitag, where the material about the involvement of the Ukrainian military in the downing of Boeing 777 appeared, most of the materials are written by users. This did not stop Russia Today refer to it as an authoritative resource.

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Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov with a badge "I am a blogger" // Press Service of RAEC
Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov with a badge "I am a blogger" // Press Service of RAEC
On July 22, a conference was held at the Rambler&Co office"Blogger's Day in Russia". Despite the festive name, it was dedicated to changes that most Internet users assessed negatively. At the conference, bloggers, journalists, representatives of social media and officials from Roskomnadzor were to discuss the specifics of the law equating blogs with mass media.

The organizers promised to tell the guests about the trends of the blogosphere, but they still couldn’t come to a consensus on how to call its participants: “bloggers” or “bloggers.” The website dedicated to the new law is called “I am a blogger.rf,” the conference is called “Blogger Day in Russia,” and the badges of the event participants said “I am a blogger.”

The event website stated that one of the goals of the Blogger's Day was to "Communicate any benefits of registering bloggers (if any)." The conference was also supposed to tell users about "what rights and obligations bloggers have in connection with the new law." Judging by the speeches of the participants, the only advantage of registration is the somewhat dubious "protection from clones." As for rights, according to Maxim Ksenzov, Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor, they are not provided for by the law on bloggers. Therefore, he tried to tell those gathered about the obligations imposed on them.