Obozrevatel calls one lab worker's death an outbreak of 'Black Death' in Russia; Ukrainska Pravda calls it one death and reports Rubio asking Moscow for more information
A worker at an anti-plague institute in Siberia has died of plague. We hold two reports on her death, both from Ukrainian outlets. One calls it an outbreak. The other reports one death and a request from the US. We hold nothing from the Russian state.
What we know. A woman who worked in a plague laboratory in Siberia has died. Ukrainska Pravda says she died "from plague". Obozrevatel, relaying The Times, says a quarantine followed. Neither report names her.
Where the two reports split.
| Obozrevatel (citing The Times) | Ukrainska Pravda | |
|---|---|---|
| What it calls the event | "вспышка 'черной смерти' в России" (an outbreak of the 'Black Death' in Russia) | "смерть працівниці лабораторії" (the death of a laboratory worker) |
| How she was infected | "Уронила пробирку с чумой" (she dropped a test tube of plague), credited to The Times | Not given |
| Measures taken | A quarantine in Siberia; neighbouring countries tightened border checks | None reported |
| Who acts | Not named: no authority, no country | US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asking Russia to say more |
| Cases | One death named | One death |
The word that matters. Obozrevatel's headline says "outbreak". Its text describes one death and a quarantine. Neither report gives a second case.
What is not settled. - Whether anyone else is infected. Neither report says. - Who imposed the quarantine, over what area, and which countries tightened their borders. Obozrevatel names none of them. - What Russia says. We hold no report from the Russian state and no reply to Rubio. - We hold only the opening line of the Ukrainska Pravda report, so it may carry more than we can read.
What this is about. A woman who worked at a Russian institute that studies plague has died of the disease in Siberia, and the United States has asked Moscow to explain.
What plague is. Plague is caused by a bacterium carried by rodents and their fleas. In the 14th century it caused the pandemic known as the Black Death. Today it is treatable with antibiotics if caught early. It still lives in wild rodents in parts of Central Asia, Mongolia and southern Siberia. People there catch it now and then, usually a handful of cases at a time.
Why Russia has anti-plague institutes. The Soviet Union built a network of anti-plague institutes and stations to watch those wild sources, test samples and train staff. Russia kept the network. Their laboratories handle live plague bacteria on purpose, which is why a lab accident there is a serious matter.
Why the US is involved. Under the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations of 2005, countries agree to report certain disease events that could spread across borders, and plague is one of the diseases these rules single out. Governments also watch dangerous-pathogen labs in other countries closely. Relations between Washington and Moscow have been poor since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Marco Rubio has been US Secretary of State since January 2025.
Why Ukrainian outlets are carrying it. Russia has been at war with Ukraine since 2014, and Ukraine's press follows events inside Russia closely. Both reports we hold come from Ukrainian outlets.
What is at stake. If this was one infection inside a lab, it is a safety failure with one victim. If the disease got out, it is a public-health event for Russia and its neighbours. The reports we hold do not settle which it is.
Where it stands. One death is reported, along with a quarantine and a US request for information. We hold no Russian account.
What is being argued about
- One death, or an outbreak: what each report calls the event
- A quarantine in Siberia and tighter border checks, with no authority or country named
- Marco Rubio's call for Russia to disclose more
- No account from the Russian state in what we hold
How the death reached the Ukrainian press, 6 OctoberTimeline
- 2026-10-06— no time published Anti-plague institute, Siberia A laboratory worker dies of plague. She is not named. 1 deathDate not given in either report
- 2026-10-0613:15 published time, Ukrainska Pravda Ukrainska Pravda Reports Rubio calling on Russia to disclose more about the deathCalls it the death of a laboratory worker
- 2026-10-0613:35 published time, Obozrevatel Obozrevatel, citing The Times Calls it an outbreak of the 'Black Death'; reports a quarantine and tighter border checksNames no authority and no country
Times are publication times in UTC. Neither report gives a date for the death or for the quarantine.
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Ukrainska Pravda
Рубіо закликав Росію розкрити більше інформації про смерть лаборантки від чуми
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Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Obozrevatel
"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Рубіо закликав Росію розкрити більше інформації про смерть лаборантки від чуми
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Obozrevatel
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"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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The bias in this coverageBias
One death, two framings
One report calls it an outbreak and says there is a quarantine and border checks, without naming who acted. The other reports a US request for information. Neither report names the woman who died.
1 reports calling it an outbreak
0 reports naming the woman who died
0 reports naming who imposed the quarantine
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources
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Obozrevatel
"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda
Рубіо закликав Росію розкрити більше інформації про смерть лаборантки від чуми
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Obozrevatel
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"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda
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Ukrainska Pravda
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Рубіо закликав Росію розкрити більше інформації про смерть лаборантки від чуми
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Claims and verdicts
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There is an outbreak of plague in Russia.
Obozrevatel calls it an 'outbreak', relaying The Times, but its text describes one lab worker's death and a quarantine. Ukrainska Pravda reports one death and no further cases, so no report we hold shows more than one.
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Obozrevatel
"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Obozrevatel
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"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda
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Рубіо закликав Росію розкрити більше інформації про смерть лаборантки від чуми
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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unverified
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Russia to give more information about the lab worker's death.
Only Ukrainska Pravda carries this, and we hold only its lede. No other report confirms or contradicts it.
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Ukrainska Pravda
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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unverified
A quarantine was imposed in Siberia, and countries bordering Russia tightened sanitary controls at their borders.
Only Obozrevatel reports either measure, relaying The Times, and it names neither the area under quarantine nor the countries. Ukrainska Pravda mentions neither.
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Obozrevatel
"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Obozrevatel
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"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Who wrote it
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Катя Помазан
Obozrevatel
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actors left vague
the neighbouring countries are not named×1
Asymmetric hedge
'Allegedly' is attached to the Russian ministry's claim; the headline calls the strikes terror×1
Framing
the bill is framed through Ukraine's experience×1
Framing added
ties the bill to Ukraine's experience×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
7 unverified1 true
From 280 reports we hold under this byline, at
Obozrevatel. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating.
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Вікторія Шабранська
Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Named actor
A named US official is the one acting, and Russia is the one asked to answer.×1
The dead not named
the woman who died is described only by her job×1
Whose voice
only the US Secretary of State is heard; Russia gives no reply×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 162 reports we hold under this byline, at
Ukrainska Pravda. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating.
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Уляна Кричковська-Богданова
Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution inside the sentence
the figure of 21,000 by noon is sourced by name in the only report that sources it×1
Headline word
The headline uses 'provocations' without quotation marks, so the word is not clearly attributed to the speaker.×1
Label in own voice
The headline calls the incidents Russian provocations in its own words, not in quotation marks×1
Named actor
A named US official is the one acting, and Russia is the one asked to answer.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed3 unverified1 true
From 308 reports we hold under this byline, at
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The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.
Coverage, outlet by outlet
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Obozrevatel
"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Obozrevatel
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"Уронила пробирку с чумой": что стоит за вспышкой "черной смерти" в России и есть ли угроза для мира — The Times
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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— Relaying The Times, it calls the death an outbreak of the 'Black Death'. It says the worker dropped a test tube of plague, and that a quarantine followed and neighbouring countries tightened border checks.
В российском Шелехове после смерти 28-летней исследовательницы Дарьи Шипиловой, которая, возможно, контактировала с возбудителем легочной чумы, не менее 60 сотрудников противочумного института отправили на карантин. На фоне противоречивых заявлений российских чиновников Казахстан, Монголия, Кыргызстан и Узбекистан усилили санитарно-карантинные меры. Известно, что Шипилова могла случайно разбить пробирку с возбудителем чумы. Об этом сообщает The Times в материале о ситуации в Иркутской области. Ведь через два дня она заболела, а сначала врачи предположили, что у женщины коронавирус. Она скончал
Outbreak framing: The headline calls a single death an outbreak of the 'Black Death'. — “вспышкой "черной смерти" в России”
No actor named: Does not say who imposed the quarantine. — “ввели карантин”
Unnamed actors: Does not say which neighbouring countries tightened border controls. — “соседние с Россией страны усилили санитарный контроль на границах”
Victim unnamed: The woman who died is identified only by her job. — “после смерти сотрудницы противочумного института”
Framing word: the headline calls one death an 'outbreak' of the 'Black Death' — “вспышкой "черной смерти"”
Quote credited to a newspaper: the dropped-test-tube account comes from a British newspaper — “Уронила пробирку с чумой”
No actor named: does not say who imposed the quarantine — “ввели карантин”
Actors left vague: the neighbouring countries are not named — “соседние с Россией страны усилили санитарный контроль”
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Ukrainska Pravda
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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— independentThe only report we hold with a named actor: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling on Russia to disclose more about the lab worker's death.
Державний секретар США Марко Рубіо заявив, що Росія повинна надати більше інформації про смерть працівниці лабораторії з дослідження чуми в Сибіру. Джерело: "Європейська правда" з посиланням на Reuters Пряма мова Рубіо: "Я вважаю, що Росія, очевидно, зобов'язана поділитися зі світом більшою кількістю інформації". Деталі: Також він зазначив, що США мають у своєму розпорядженні "заходи", щоб допомогти РФ, якщо ситуація виявиться серйознішою, ніж визнано досі. Однак перед тим, як втрутитися, американцям потрібно дізнатися більше. За словами держсекретаря, Вашингтон "дуже пильно" стежить за цим ін
Named actor: A named US official is the one acting, and Russia is the one asked to answer. — “Держсекретар США Марко Рубіо закликав Росію надати додаткову інформацію”
Whose voice: only the US Secretary of State is heard; Russia gives no reply — “Держсекретар США Марко Рубіо закликав Росію”
The dead not named: the woman who died is described only by her job — “смерті працівниці лабораторії з дослідження чуми”
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Meduza
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Meduza
🇱🇻LV ·
digital · exile
What we have measured
Agenda given without a verdict the only report that lists what was discussed and stops there ×1Asserted versus attributed figure attributed to the leaders' own declaration ×1Attribution the release is sourced to the leaders' joint declaration ×1Attribution inside the sentence the whole account marked as one leader's telling ×1
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RIA Novosti
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RIA Novosti
🇷🇺RU ·
state agency · state-controlled
What we have measured
Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1
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The Moscow Times
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The Moscow Times
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newspaper · exile
What we have measured
Asserted vs attributed Repeats a two-sided deal on one side's word; the second party's silence is not mentioned. ×1Asserted vs attributed headline states the nuclear warning flat, with no source ×1Attributed justification Russia's justification is carried in quotation marks and attributed. No Ukrainian response is given. ×1Attribution Attributes the threat to Moscow and repeats the ministry's list of targets unchallenged. ×1
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Suspilne
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Suspilne
🇺🇦UA ·
public broadcaster · public-service
What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'the Russian army' and gives the date ×1Actor label The Russian side is called 'occupiers' in the headline. ×1Actor named The sentence is given by 'occupiers', so the actor is named and labelled. ×1Actor named hurt aged On the other side of the Dnipro, the Russian drone is named as the actor and the wounded man is given an age, not a name. The vote is called 'pseudo-elections' in the report's own voice. ×1
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Interfax
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Interfax
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digital ·
What we have measured
A checkable claim passed on unchecked relays the president's statistic about world cities in quotation marks with no check and no counter-voice ×1A denial carried as characterisation press reports are labelled planted, and the label is passed on in the report's own voice ×1Anonymous source The meetings are sourced to unnamed people familiar with the situation. ×1Anyone hurt named or counted injuries described in clinical detail; the man is never named ×1
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Ukrinform
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Ukrinform
🇺🇦UA ·
digital · state-controlled
What we have measured
Actor named names the occupying force ×1Actor named Names the occupying force but not what residents are fleeing from ×1Actor named No actor is named. The drone is not attributed to anyone. ×1Actor named Names the attacker and what was damaged, and states the halt flat without naming a source. ×1
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Mediazona
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Mediazona
🇷🇺RU ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Actor named the Russian army is named as the actor, in active voice ×1A running total, and a collective actor 'two more' implies earlier removals, and the courts act as a plural with no case or plaintiff named ×1Harm counted The only report that counts people hurt, with a floor rather than a figure ×1Harm counted the only report that counts people hurt ×1
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Novaya Gazeta Europe
Centre
estimate · not a score
Novaya Gazeta Europe
🇱🇻LV ·
newspaper · exile
What we have measured
Actor named Names Russia as the actor in the headline and in the first line. ×1Anonymous source asserts The report's strongest claim, that results were falsified across most regions, comes from a source it does not name ×1Anonymous sourcing Everything rests on a foreign newspaper citing two unnamed diplomats. ×1A party's label carried inside a quote, unmarked the Kremlin spokesman's phrase for the Ukrainian government is reproduced without a note ×1
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TASS
State / loyalist
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TASS
🇷🇺RU ·
state agency · state-controlled
What we have measured
Accusation carried by a verb of fact 'Noted' presents a Russian diplomat's accusation of terror as an observation. Kyiv gives no response anywhere in the text. ×1Accusation carried unhedged a charge of terror against civilians is introduced with 'noted', which treats it as fact, and nobody answers it ×1Actor named Ukrainian forces are named as acting, in the report's own voice ×1Actor named Names 'the Western community' as the actor, in Putin's words ×1
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