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Yevhen Fedchenko

Yevhen Fedchenko is the Chief Editor at StopFake and Director of the Mohyla School of Journalism in Kyiv.

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Yevhen Fedchenko: Western sanctions must target Putin’s propagandists

by Yevhen Fedchenko
Editor’s Note: This op-ed was published by Atlantic Council. It is republished here with permission. With Russian troops massed along Ukraine’s borders and Vladimir Putin threatening a potentially devastating new invasion of the country, the drumbeat of Kremlin propaganda is also becoming noticeably louder. This is no surprise. Ever since the onset of Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014, the information arena has been a vital front in the conflict, with the Putin regime earning itself a