DISINFO: Belarusians, Ukrainians, Russians are one nation
SUMMARY
The result of this whole situation is so-called Belarusian separatism. They are Russian people, it is Russian land there, but during the last century the people were “reformatted”, they stopped being Russian people. We need to think, perhaps there is a sense to return the historical memory that we are not simply fraternal nations, we are one nation, together with Belarusians, Ukrainians and Russians. And if we unite, we will prosper, without all of these revolutions of duped kids, who grew up in post-soviet times and were tricked by liberal ideology into thinking that they are not simply not-Russians, but anti-Russians, and to prove that they are anti-Russian they need to fight the Russian brother.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the all-Russian nation and Russian world/civilisation, and Western attempts to disrupt Belarusian-Russian relations. Ukraine and Belarus are sovereign nation states. The disinformation message forwards a false dilemma about the direction of Belarus' and Ukraine's political development (union with Russia vs. unavoidable loss of sovereignty degradation) and promotes the concept of all-Russian civilisation, an imperial Russian and Russian irredentist ideology that is a favoured pro-Kremlin narrative aimed at weakening the national identity of Belarusians and Ukrainians, as well as their sovereignty. Belarus and Ukraine are well-defined nation-states with a long history, which preserved their languages, literature and identity, despite foreign rule for long periods. See earlier disinformation cases alleging that the Union State of Belarus and Russia saves post-Soviet countries from pro-fascist West, that the West destroyed the USSR and is currently targeting the Union State between Belarus and Russia, and that the Union State of Belarus and Russia will prevent Belarus' colonisation by the US or Europe. This disinformation message appeared in the same TV broadcast as the claim that the West wants to prepare Maidan in Belarus.