ANNA News controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2017
Unsupported radioactive-iodine claim
ANNA News claimed that Ukraine was responsible for a radioactive iodine-131 leak without providing evidence.
2017
Alleged staging of Turan private-military-company imagery
Photographs made by journalist Oleg Blokhin in Syria were alleged to have been staged to substantiate the existence of a private military company called Turan. ANNA removed the journalist's materials, while Blokhin rejected the allegations.
2014
False report concerning Jen Psaki
ANNA News falsely claimed that U.S. State Department adviser and spokesperson Jen Psaki had been fired.
2014
Disputed photograph concerning deaths in Ukraine
The agency published a photograph presented as showing people killed by Ukrainian authorities; reference material describes the image as fake.