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EUFactcheck of Lobachevsky University

Students of the Institute of Philology and Journalism of Lobachevsky University are ready to challenge fakes and false information in the media within the framework of the EUFact Check. Here we publish the results of verification of journalistic information.

BLOG: WHAT DOES LOUD NOISE REALLY DO TO OUR BODY AND SOUL?

BLOG: WHAT DOES LOUD NOISE REALLY DO TO OUR BODY AND SOUL?

On 16 March 2021, BBC Online reported on negative health effects linked to noise pollution. During the fact check, we learned that…

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Jul 6, 2021

TRUE: “THE ROAR OF TRAFFIC AND AIRCRAFT ARE LINKED TO NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS”

TRUE: “THE ROAR OF TRAFFIC AND AIRCRAFT ARE LINKED TO NEGATIVE HEAL...

On 16 March 2021, BBC Online reported on negative health effects linked to noise pollution. The article claims that living near an airport…

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Jun 22, 2021

BLOG: IS IT EASY TO BE OLD? WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE PENSIONERS IN RUSSIA AND LATVIA

BLOG: IS IT EASY TO BE OLD? WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE PENSIONERS IN RUS...

In our last FactCheck, we concluded that deputy Yevgeny Stupin was completely wrong in his claim that an average pension size in Latvia is…

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Apr 22, 2021

FALSE: “THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RETIREMENT PENSION IN LATVIA IS 77 THOUSAND RUBLES”

FALSE: “THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RETIREMENT PENSION IN LATVIA IS 77 THOU...

On July 3rd, 2020, the Moscow City Duma held a meeting during which Deputy Yevgeny Stupin presented a draft of federal law on the…

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Mar 30, 2021

UNCHECKABLE: “RUSSIAN WORKERS ARE TWICE LESS PRODUCTIVE THAN ITALIAN ONES”

UNCHECKABLE: “RUSSIAN WORKERS ARE TWICE LESS PRODUCTIVE THAN ITALIA...

On November 10, 2020, at 20:28 the Internet version of the Russian edition of “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” published an article with the headline…

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Mar 17, 2021

UNCHECKABLE: “PANCREATITIS, NOT POISON, CAUSED ALEXEI NAVALNY TO FALL ILL”

UNCHECKABLE: “PANCREATITIS, NOT POISON, CAUSED ALEXEI NAVALNY TO FA...

In the case of the collapse of Alexei Navalny, Russian officials claim that “pancreatitis, not poison, caused Kremlin critic Alexei…

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Feb 27, 2021

BLOG: OUR SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN THE HOGWEED CASE

BLOG: OUR SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN THE HOGWEED CASE

“A toxic alien is taking over Russia”, is the headline of an opinion piece in The New York Times on October 3. According to her, hogweed…

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Feb 25, 2021

MEDIA ANALYSIS: GERMAN AND RUSSIAN MEDIA HAVE CONTRASTING VIEWS OF NAVALNY CASE

MEDIA ANALYSIS: GERMAN AND RUSSIAN MEDIA HAVE CONTRASTING VIEWS OF ...

We decided to turn to the media about the versions of what happened on August 20, 2020 with the Russian politician Alexei Navalny. We…

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Jan 13, 2021

BLOG: HOW WE TRIED TO CHECK YET ANOTHER POMPOUS CLAIM MADE BY DONALD TRUMP

BLOG: HOW WE TRIED TO CHECK YET ANOTHER POMPOUS CLAIM MADE BY DONAL...

On October 14, 2020, Fox News posted an article with the headline: “Trump and public health system have saved 2 million lives in…

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Jan 12, 2021

BLOG: WE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE AND DIVE INTO MURDER STATISTICS

BLOG: WE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE AND DIVE INTO MURDER STATISTICS

On May 22, 2020, the PIQUE Magazine, an English-language publication in Canada, wrote in an opinion piece by journalist Andrew Mitchell…

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Jan 12, 2021

MOSTLY TRUE: “RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES FAIL TO OFFER WORLD CLASS EDUCATION”

MOSTLY TRUE: “RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES FAIL TO OFFER WORLD CLASS EDUCAT...

“Generation 0–100: Russian Universities Fail to Offer World Class Education” — our team found an article with this headline on the website…

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Jan 12, 2021

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