UK Sanctions Media Outlets That Posted Pro-Russia, Anti-Ukraine Content from EU

Update, 12/9/25: The United Kingdom on Tuesday sanctioned Golos and Euromore, the two Belgium-based media outlets documented in this piece, for their roles in “destabilising Ukraine” while benefiting from providing support for Russia.

The Brief’s original story, from April 25, 2024, continues below.

Two EU-based media outlets continue to spread anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia content in the wake of recent sanctions against an outlet involved in similar influence operations in Europe, a Kharon review found.

GOLOS.EU and EUROMORE, which are located at the same address in Brussels and share a phone number, publish articles and videos on their websites and social media accounts primarily for a Russian-speaking audience. The outlets both maintain large followings on popular platforms such as Telegram, Facebook and X.

GOLOS.EU’s posts are often aggregated from comments by anti-Ukraine figures. In February, for instance, it published one article headlined, “The Kyiv regime is preparing to take away your automobile: what should you do to defend yourself?”, based on remarks posted on social media by the former Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov. 

• The U.S. sanctioned Azarov in 2015 for misappropriating state assets belonging to Ukraine. His social media posts are often reposted on the GOLOS.EU website and formatted to look like commentary op-eds.

Another GOLOS.EU article in February, headlined “Ukrainians are dying because of Zelensky's corruption schemes,” was based on comments posted on social media by Viktor Medvedchuk — a Ukrainian oligarch and a “close personal friend,” as the U.S. Treasury Department put it, of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The U.S. and Canada each sanctioned Medvedchuk in 2014 for his efforts to undermine Ukrainian sovereignty, and the U.K. followed in 2022.

Notably, Medvedchuk was further sanctioned by the Czech Republic in March, along with his Prague-based news website, Voice of Europe, which recently faced allegations that it paid far-right EU lawmakers to promote the Kremlin’s agenda. The Czech foreign ministry accused Medvedchuk and Voice of Europe of leading a pro-Russian campaign that “serves to influence and actively spread disinformation and propaganda directed against the territorial integrity, independence, sovereignty, stability and security of Ukraine.”

• Connecting the dots: According to corporate records, Medvedchuk controls an additional news organization called Another Ukraine, which often reshares on its Telegram account articles and videos originally posted on the GOLOS.EU website.

EUROMORE likewise publishes articles and videos on its website with pro-Russia content. In February, it published an article about Tatjana Zdanoka, a Latvian politician and a pro-Russia member of the European Parliament. The article downplays Zdanoka’s ties to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and features an image of her with the EUROMORE logo displayed in the background.

Both Brussels-based outlets began their operations before the invasion of Ukraine; GOLOS.EU launched in 2014, the same year Russia invaded Crimea. According to domain records, EUROMORE’s website was registered in 2017.

Ukrainian media has reported that GOLOS.EU was originally known as “Voice of Truth” before adopting its current name. “Golos” is Russian for “voice,” evoking Medvedchuk’s recently sanctioned Voice of Europe. 

Although the two news websites already have wide audiences through their social media platforms, they have partnered up with PolitWera, a Russian-language Telegram channel that has conducted joint broadcasts with GOLOS.EU and EUROMORE.

PolitWera is active across several social media platforms and often features its eponymous host, Vera Bytko, conducting interviews with anti-Ukrainian individuals.