Fabrication of fake news Expulsion of the «Times» own correspondent from Russia in 1903

Aim. Study the activity of the «Times» correspondent in St. Petersburg in 1901–1903. Methodology . Analysis of media and archival sources. Results. Dudley Braham, a young man with little professional experience was sent by the «Times» to Petersburg to wage a media campaign against Russian internal and foreign policy. Braham was using in his publication’s materials from Russian revolutionary papers, and revolutionary papers were using materials from the «Times». That connection was not missed by Russian police and eventually by Russian government. The decision to expel Braham was triggered by his papers about the tsar’s Manifesto of February 26, 1903, and by his contacts with the activists of the «party of passive resistance» in Finland. Research implications . Paper demonstrates the role of fake news and media campaigns in shaping relations between Russia and Britain.