civilisation Stéphane Valter writes that the way the news agency diffuse their images "clearly indicates a bias in favour of the Syrian regime." In June 2014, ANNA News falsely claimed that political advisor Jen Psaki had been fired from the US State Department. In the fall of 2014, the agency published a fake photo of several dead people who were allegedly killed by the Ukrainian authorities. In February 2017, ANNA News claimed that Ukraine was the source of a leak of radioactive iodine-131. The news agency did not provide any evidence. On January 5, 2017, ANNA News falsely claimed that the jihadist organisation Al-Nusra Front, which fought against the Syrian authorities, calls the White Helmets volunteer organisation "soldiers of the revolution". In late 2017, ANNA News journalist Oleg Blokhin based in Syria created staged photos to substantiate the existence of a fake private military company Turan. After it was discovered that the photos were fake, ANNA removed all of Blokhin materials from its website. Oleg Blokhin categorically rejected the claims of Russian research group Conflict Intelligence Team that the PMC Turan, fighting in Syria, is a fiction created by him. He also mentioned that neither he nor ANNA News have ever released information about "Turan", since he doesn't comment on information of any Russian units in Syria at all. See also Internet Research Agency Apsnypress References External links 2011 establishments in Abkhazia Organizations established in 2011 News agencies based in Russia War in Donbas State media Russian propaganda organizations Multilingual news services