Disinfo: Europe's geopolitical game is controlled by the United States

Summary

Europe’s desire to play an independent geopolitical game, which has long been under the control of the United States, is understandable.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative which discredits the EU by alleging that the US has control over its policies.

The claim is not backed by evidence. The United States and European states are independent and sovereign members of the international community. They are members of the United Nations of which Article 2 (4) of the Charter states that all Members must respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of other States.

The US is an important ally to the EU but the later policy is not determined by the US, as explained by the EU High Representative. The US and the EU cooperate in areas ranging from agriculture to security, from foreign policy to the environment. This cooperation proves equality in their relations.

See more similar cases which claim that Europe will reduce sanctions on Russia once it becomes unrestrained, that EU and NATO member states are subordinate to the US, while the US has long regarded the EU as a kind of protectorate, and that the EU never took independent decisions, and that the EU is subordinate to Washington.

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  • Reported in: Issue 232
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 10/02/2021
  • Outlet language(s) Azerbaijani
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: EU, US
  • Keywords: Puppets, US presence in Europe
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Disinfo: Borrell's mission was to publicly flog Russia

Borrell’s mission was to perform a public flogging of Russia. This was very carefully planned: first talk about the meetings, then about journalists and then make Navalny the main topic. All this should be put in a pile, mix up and pour over us and then get out of here with a smug expression on his face. Why the West suffered such a grand failure is a big question, but Russia insisted on addressing Real Issues.

[MFA spokesperson Maria Zakharova] disclosed the secret of Western diplomats: When their flogging fails, they get hysterical.

Feb 09, 2021
Disproof

An unfounded claim on Western aggression against Russia.

The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP), Josep Borrell travelled to Moscow with the intention to open a dialogue on core issues in the relations between the European Union and Russia.

Disinfo: The US is preparing a ram against Russia

The Americans are preparing a “battering ram against Russia” at our borders. Three countries, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldavia will in reality be melded into one. /…/

15 years ago a similar attempt was made, but nothing came out of it. The current step is a logical continuation of the Americans attempt to create a sort of battering ram against Russia. Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova are all totally dependent countries. After all the coups that have taken place there, these puppet countries are, and will continue to comply to all Washington’s orders.

Feb 09, 2021
Disproof

Recurrent pro-Kremlin narrative, challenging Ukraine's and other countries’ statehood and the US presence in Europe. Similar cases can be studied here, here and here.

Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are sovereign states. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by most of the world, but were violated by Russia in 2014. Russia supports separatist entities on all the three countries’ territory.

Disinfo: Ukraine mixed up the MH17 with the Russian president’s plane

There might be a dramatic turning point in the process on the crash of the MH17. The court in the Netherlands has accepted to hear the evidence from the Russian corporation Almaz-Antey.

This information worries those who have defended Kyiv and supported its war against its own people. It discredits the image of democracy and legitimacy, that Kyiv and the West have attempted to create since the coup d’etat in 2014.

The witness say that Ukrainian air-controllers sent the passenger jet into a war zone, where it was shot down, likely by Ukrainian forces, mixing up the liner with the Russian president’s plane.

Feb 09, 2021
Disproof

One of the original lies about the MH17. The claim of the mix-up with the Russian President’s plane was documented in pro-Kremlin TV less than four hours after the disaster, and has been parroted several times afterward.

According to the findings(opens in a new tab) of the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) from 2016, flight MH17 was shot down by a missile from the 9M38 series, which was launched by a BUK TELAR missile system. The system was transported from the Russian Federation to an agricultural field near the town of Pervomaiskiy in Eastern Ukraine, from where the missile was launched. After firing, the system, with one missing missile, went back to the Russian Federation. On the 24 May 2018, the JIT announced its conclusion that the BUK TELAR used to shoot down MH17 came from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, a unit of the Russian armed forces from Kursk in the Russian Federation.