Disinfo: Crimea Platform is created to nurture ultra-nationalist sentiments in Ukraine

Summary

The Crimea Platform is a clearly anti-Russian initiative and was fabricated to nurture ultra-nationalist sentiments in Ukraine, sentiments encouraged by the authorities in Kyiv and leaders of the Western world alike.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives claiming that a West-supported ultranationalism, and even Nazism, in Ukraine is on the rise. The claim was neither critically challenged nor counterbalanced in the article.

First, the Crimea Platform was aimed at drawing international attention not only to Russia’s illegal annexation of the peninsula but also to human rights abuses, which Crimean residents have been suffering since 2014. The summit was held on 23 August 2021 in Kyiv within the framework of this platform, where world leaders discussed ways to mobilise a more effective international response to Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.

Second, the myth of ultranationalist, Nazi and Russophobic Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian disinformation about the country since the very beginning of the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests, when it was used to discredit the pro-European popular uprising in Kyiv and, subsequently, the broader pro-Western shift in Ukraine's foreign policy. Far-right groups enjoyed a very limited presence during the Euromaidan itself and obtained abysmal results in the 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections. During the 2019 election cycle, the far-right managed to sustain an even more tremendous failure; the highest-rated nationalist candidate, Ruslan Koshulynskyy, won 1.62% of the vote whereas Svoboda, one of the Kremlin's favourite bogeymen, won 2.16% of the national vote, falling far short of the 5% minimum guaranteeing entry into parliament.

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  • Reported in: Issue 258
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 24/08/2021
  • Article language(s) Arabic, English
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine, Russia
  • Keywords: Russophobia, Nazi/Fascist, Crimea, illegal annexation
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Does the KGB kidnap people from Iraq or Afghanistan and bring them to the border by force? Or maybe it pays for their transport and accommodation, and then these people are sent on a “mission” to cross the border with Poland?

The truth is very simple, but it is difficult to accept. After the introduction of the EU sanctions on Belarus, President Lukashenka publicly announced the “désintéressement” in the protection of the EU border by Belarusian border services. During recent years, the Belarusian authorities, in consultation with partners in the West, tried to control this route, preventing the movement of potential migrants to the EU. After the EU did everything possible to support the oppositional plotters, Lukashenka stated that he would not help Europe anymore. Why would he help it at all? Moreover, the May sanctions against Belarusian aviation forced Belavia to look for new markets, so it turned out that the immigrants wanted to use these new routes.

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Recurring disinformation narrative about the ongoing migration crisis on the eastern border of the EU directly inspired by the Belarusian authorities.

There is numerous evidence that the Belarusian authorities have taken a direct part in the organisation of the ongoing “migration crisis” in Lithuania, Poland and Latvia. Lukashenka’s regime is using refugees from Middle Eastern countries as a “political and hybrid” weapon against Lithuania and the whole EU. Read more about the direct participation of the Belarusian security services in the “migration crisis” here.

Disinfo: People of Crimea legally decided their fate in 2014

The people of Crimea, decided their fate clearly and legitimately in 2014, following all legal rules.

Aug 23, 2021
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the illegal annexation of Crimea, claiming that it voted to rejoin Russia through a legal referendum.

Crimea is an internationally recognised part of Ukraine. Іn 1997, by signing the Friendship Agreement with Ukraine, Russia also recognised that Crimea belongs to Ukraine.

Disinfo: Ukraine wants to take away Crimea from Russia with the support of Russophobes

Russophobes support the Ukrainian plan to take away Crimea from Russia. This happens during the Crimea Platform summit, in which a great part of Western leaders refused to participate. Delegations from 44 countries, including Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, participated In the Crimea Platform meeting. Mentioned countries are well-known for their anti-Russian position and Russophobic statements.

Crimea became a part of Russia in 2014 after the referendum. 96.77 per cent of inhabitants of Crimea and 95.6 per cent of inhabitants of Sevastopol supported the decision to join Russia.

Aug 23, 2021
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Recurring narratives about Russophobia in the context of the illegal annexation of Crimea and summit of Crimea Platform.

The so-called incorporation of Crimea into Russia was not recognised. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled “Territorial integrity of Ukraine”, stating that the referendum in Crimea was not valid and could not serve as a basis for any change in the status of the peninsula. On 17 December 2018, the UN General Assembly confirmed its non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea.