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Disinfo: The Baltic countries are hostages of NATO ambitions

Summary

The exercise “Furious Hawk” turns the Baltic countries into NATO’s hostages. “First category” NATO countries are considering Eastern European and Baltic countries as a bridgehead for building up forces. Although all NATO statements are only about defence, the actions testify more likely to the development of offensive operations.

The Americans establish their strike groups or bases for deployment with the peoples of other countries as human shields according to a murderous algorithm. Primarily relying on the corruption of the political elites of these countries.

Disproof

One of the recurring Pro-Kremlin narratives Elites vs. People, describing particularly Baltic political elites as corrupt, putting their population at risk.

The NATO expansion is also a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative. NATO does not "expand" in the imperialistic sense described by the Kremlin leadership and Russian state media, but instead considers the applications of candidate countries that want to join the defensive alliance of their own national will. NATO enlargement is not directed against Russia.

NATO's presence in the region is at the request of the host nations. NATO has taken defensive and proportionate steps in response to a changed security environment. Following Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine, Allies requested a greater NATO presence in the region. A 2016 Gallup poll found that most people in Allied countries in the Baltic region associate NATO with the protection of their country.

NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect its member states. Allies' (not American) exercises and military deployments are not directed against Russia – or any other country. Information about NATO exercises can be read here. More on the military exercises, mentioned above, here

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Sputnik Armenia - Russian (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 163
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 03/09/2019
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Baltic states
  • Keywords: EU/NATO enlargement, NATO, Baltic states
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There are only two countries at the G7 which are against the return of Russia

If you start to analyse the positions within the Seven itself, then in fact, the position is not so clear. Only two countries are strongly opposed. This is Canada, which set the return of Crimea as a required condition, and Great Britain.

Sep 02, 2019
Disproof

Pro-Kremlin disinformation about the G7 and the return of Russia to this organisation. See a previous case: G7 is only a facade for the Global Rulers and the Western leaders are merely marionettes of the shadow rulers At a news conference before the beginning of the G7 summit in France on 24 August, Donald Tusk said there are more reasons than ever for keeping Moscow out. Russia was expelled from the grouping, previously known as the G8, in 2014 for illegally annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and for supporting separatists in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine – a war that has killed more than 13,000 people since April 2014. Germany, France and Britain have also rejected the idea of inviting Russia back into the G7. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has also stated that "We are in agreement that a return of Russia to the G7 cannot happen unless substantial progress is made in terms of the problems with Ukraine". French President Emmanuel Macron commented that Russia could rejoin the G8, so long as the conflict in Ukraine is resolved.

Cultural genocide and the loss of 1300 primary schools awaits Ukraine

Cultural genocide and the loss of 1300 primary schools awaits Ukraine.

Sep 02, 2019
Disproof

The article doesn’t give any evidence or proof or links to the source(s) about the closure or loss of 1300 primary schools in Ukraine. The author fails to mention that the article refers to art schools in Ukraine. (As there are 1303 art schools in Ukraine in 2019). The “body” of this article has pictures of the peaceful protest near the presidential administration in Kyiv, held by Ukrainian art schools educators, musicians, outstanding artists and students on the 1st of September. One of the organisers of the protest - Ukrainian singer Taras Topolya mentions that the aim of the event was to draw the new Government's attention to a number of unresolved issues around the reforms to Specialised Music Education. The reforms to art education are not supported by teachers of educational institutions and parents. As the protesters say, certain controversial issues were removed by a decree issued on the 29th of August by the ex-Ministerof Culture of Ukraine, but some issues remain unsolved.

German media and NATO portray Russia as an enemy

The German media and NATO portray Russia as an enemy. Only recently the claim: “Russian secret service possibly involved in murder of exiled Georgian” was to be read in Hamburg’s “Spiegel”. The murderer was also called a “suspect”. The article is teeming with “should” and “possible”. As almost always when it comes to the Russians, the subjunctive triumphs over journalism. This latest campaign, one of the many, many in a constant fire of suspicion against “the Russians”, raises the question of who will benefit from it. (…) NATO, Trump (…) need the enemy for the turnover of their friends in the economy and for political power: Nothing makes voters dumber than an evil enemy image.

Sep 02, 2019
Disproof

No evidence given. This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Western Russophobia, while portraying NATO as having a belligerent agenda against Russia. German media, like that in other pluralist democracies, represent a wide range of political opinions and do not have a single editorial policy for any country or topic. The information about the possible involvement of the Russian secret services in the murder of an exiled Georgian in Berlin originates from the research conducted by "Spiegel" with the investigative networks Bellingcat and The Insider. Neither this research, nor its findings could be called 'Russophobic'. Earlier, the spokesman of the Federal Government Steffen Seibert, referring to claims of a state campaign against Russian foreign media in Germany and so called 'Russophobia' in Germany: "anyone who makes such absurd allegations in the world has little knowledge of Germany and little idea of freedom of the press," said Seibert. Also, NATO has reached out to Russia with a series of partnership initiatives, culminating in the foundation of the NATO-Russia Council in 2002. No other country outside the alliance has such a privileged relationship with NATO. For more information see the Warsaw Summit Communique. More cases about alleged Western 'Russophobia' can be seen here, here and here.