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Disinfo: Finnish and EU citizens are not allowed to purchase property in Åland Islands

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It is necessary to move on and grant vast autonomy to Donbas, similar to that enjoyed Finland’s Åland Islands. Finnish and EU citizens are not allowed to purchase property there.

Disproof

Åland is of specific interest for pro-Kremlin disinformation. euvsdisinfo.eu/report/talks-of-%c3%a5lands-remilitarization-were-met-with-cheers-in-sweden/, In 2014, out of 28 916 inhabitants of Åland, 26 079 were Finnish citizens and 1 257 Swedish citizens. fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahvenanmaan_maakunta#%C3%84idinkieli,_syntym%C3%A4paikka_ja_kansalaisuus, pxweb.asub.ax/PXWeb/pxweb/sv/Statistik/Statistik__BE__Befolkningens%20storlek%20och%20struktur/BE035.px/?rxid=f59f413b-cd1a-4d62-b247-0a42c5f0678c&rxid=f59f413b-cd1a-4d62-b247-0a42c5f0678c, According to its basic law, Ålands inhabitants are entitled to right of domicile (citizenship) either from birth or after they have lived in Åland for five years. A dispensation may be granted as regards the owning of land and carrying on a trade. Ownership of shares in a housing association does not require the right of domicile. www.visitaland.com/en/articles/aland/, Åland has been a member of the EU since 1995 but remains outside the fiscal union, which means it has a customs frontier with other countries, including Finland. The currency is the euro. Åland has been an autonomous island realm within the republic of Finland since 1921.

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  • Reported in: Issue 116
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 03/09/2018
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: Sweden, Finland, Ukraine
  • Keywords: Åland, European Union, Donbas
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Ukraine is planning an offensive in Donbas under the command of NATO military

Ukraine’s army command is preparing an offensive on positions of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) with the use of three army brigades and the Azov paramilitary battalion under control of foreign instructors, Daniil Bezsonov, a spokesman for the DPR operations command, said. “All these operations will be commanded by the military from the United States and Canada, or, in other words, by NATO military,” the Donetsk News Agency quoted him as saying.

Sep 02, 2018
Disproof

There are no credible sources reporting that this would be the case. Pro-Kremlin sources repeatedly accused Ukraine of plans for escalation without providing any evidence, see e.g. euvsdisinfo.eu/report/ukraine-planning-major-hostilities-during-the-world-cup/;, euvsdisinfo.eu/report/ukraine-is-increasing-its-military-presence-in-donbas-and-is-preparing-a-major-provocation/;, or euvsdisinfo.eu/report/possible-that-kiev-plans-provocation-with-chemical-weapons-in-donbas/, Pro-Kremlin sources repeatedly accuse foreign military of taking part in the war in Ukraine without providing any evidence, see dozens of cases in our database: euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77165&date=,

New chemical attack to be staged by the White Helmets in Idlib

In Syria, preparations are under way for a “provocation” in Idlib, which, will be carried out to justify a US cruise missile attack on Assad’s regime. Assad does not have chemical weapons, but now the US is ready to return them to Syria, use them and then . The chemicals have already been delivered to rebel fighters in Idlib in order to stage the chemical attack. White Helmets are planning the provocation. They have already abducted 44 children to use them for realisation of this staged chemical attack.

Sep 02, 2018
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No evidence given. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation on White Helmets and chemical attacks in Syria. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77488&date=, euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=syria&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77353&date=, Earlier, pro-Kremlin disinformation has claimed that both the 2017 attack in Khan Sheikhoun and 2018 in Douma were faked. UN-OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism found Syria’s Government responsible for last year’s attack in Khan Shaykhun. On April 10 2018 Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution that would have created a new inquiry to ascertain responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Read more: www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2018/08/31/attaques-chimiques-en-syrie-les-intox-de-la-russie-pour-brouiller-les-pistes_5348708_4355770.html#xtor=AL-32280270, Background: On 7 April 2018, a high number of civilians were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Douma, with evidence pointing towards another chemical attack by the regime, according to the EU. According to the World Health Organisation, during the shelling of Douma on Saturday, an estimated 500 patients presented to health facilities exhibiting signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2018/chemical-attacks-syria/en/ See also Bellingcat's open source survey on the suspected chemical attack: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/04/11/open-source-survey-alleged-chemical-attacks-douma-7th-april-2018/ In September 2017, the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic summarized 33 separate incidents where it had found use of chemical weapons. Since then there have been several additional suspected chemical attacks. Between March 2013 and March 2017, the Commission documented 25 incidents of chemical weapons use in the Syrian Arab Republic, of which 20 were proven to have been perpetrated by government forces and used primarily against civilians. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/IICISyria/Pages/IndependentInternationalCommission.aspx

Ukraine is not a real state because it has no single territory, single language, single economy and single population

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Sep 02, 2018
Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about Ukraine's statehood and Ukrainian nation. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B0%5D=77158&date=&offset=10 Ukraine is recognised in international law as a sovereign nation state, with its own flag, nationality, language etc.