Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term
United Kingdom
olga
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, English to French, French to Russian, and 3 more.
газетная ”утка
Nov 24, 2008 13:40: Vladimir Vaguine changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "Russian to English"
Dec 8, 2008 09:20: Ol_Besh Created KOG entry
Dec 8, 2008 09:21: Ol_Besh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/48012">Ol_Besh's</a> old entry - "газетная ”утка"" to ""canard""
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duck in the newspaper
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newspaper hoax
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hogwash
journalistic fraud
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Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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canard -- utka in French -- and untrue story in English
duck -- utka in English and untrue story in French...
www.thefreedictionary.com
1.
a. a false or unfounded report or story ; especially a fabricated report
b. a groundless rumor or belief
Etymology: French, literally, duck; in sense 1, from Middle French vendre des canards à moitié to cheat, literally, to half-sell ducks.
In Danish a “newspaper-duck” is another word for an untrue story – and the lock ness monster is a newspaper-duck. I knew that all the time. ...