Disinfo: Finns organised mass shootings of Soviet soldiers in Sandarmokh, Karelia

Summary

Finns organised mass shootings of Soviet soldiers in Sandarmokh, Karelia, during WWII.

Disproof

No evidence given. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation on Sandarmokh and Finland starting from 2016. m.tvzvezda.ru/news/qhistory/content/201608040821-ge82.htm?utm_source=m.tvzvezda&utm_medium=pagelinks&utm_campaign=newslink&utm_term=v1, 7000-9000 victims of Stalin's terror were executed in Sandarmokh in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, 1937-1938. Hundreds of monuments have been erected in Sandarmokh to commemorate the victims. Beginning 2016, a disinformation message started being spread that among the dead were Soviet prisoners of war shot by invading Finns during 1941-44. The mass graves were discovered by historian Yury Dmitriev in 1997, now facing questionable accusations and dubious charges. eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/47471/statement-cases-russian-human-rights-defenders-oyub-titiev-and-yuri-dmitriev_en, www.thetimes.co.uk/article/yury-dmitriev-historian-of-stalin-s-purges-charged-with-sexual-abuse-59jgjdct0, According to Finnish and many Russian historians and Dmitriev himself, the Finns could not know the location of the mass graves during the war. Soviet POWs is a thoroughly studied topic in Finland, the archives are open for the historians and they do not give any evidence for the version stated above, Finnish embassy in Moscow said. www.kommersant.ru/doc/3736739, 1,200 POWs out of all Soviet servicemen who died while imprisoned in Finnish camps were shot. Nothing suggests that the shot POWs would have any connection to Sandarmokh. Read more in journalist Anna Yarovaya's thorough report: therussianreader.com/2017/12/29/anna-yarovaya-rewriting-sandarmokh/,

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  • Reported in: Issue 117
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 07/09/2018
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Finland, Russia
  • Keywords: Historical revisionism, WWII
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Sep 06, 2018
Disproof

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[Three different commentators of a TV show state:] British secret services fabricated the evidence of Salisbury attack to blackmail Russia. — British secret services are among the best in the world. The Skripal case was a political order; which they had to fulfill. — Why do all these horrible events only happen in Britain? The reason is British secret services who mastermind them.

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Disproof

No evidence given. Many competing and contradictory stories promulgated by Russian state-controlled media, the only connecting thread being to confuse their audience and exclude any possibility of Russian involvement. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=sergei+skripal&disinfo_issue=&date= and euvsdisinfo.eu/report/porton-down-might-be-responsible-for-the-chemical-attack-in-the-uk/, On September 5, UK counter-terrorism police released images of two suspects in connection with the Salisbury attack. news.met.police.uk/news/counter-terrorism-police-release-images-of-two-suspects-in-connection-with-salisbury-attack-320534, , www.bbc.com/news/uk-45421445, On September 6, France, Germany, US and Canada stated that they have full confidence in the British assessment that the two suspects were officers from the Russian military intelligence service, also known as the GRU, and that this operation was almost certainly approved at a senior government level. www.gov.uk/government/news/salisbury-attack-joint-statement-by-leaders-of-france-germany-the-united-states-canada-and-the-united-kingdom, Background: The toxin was identified as a nerve agent at Porton Down, which is Britain's military research base. They have not done tests with nerve agents since 1989, but are still able to identify these toxins, in order to protect British civilians and troops from attacks www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-43335148/porton-down-britain-s-secret-research-facility The nerve agent has been identified as Novichok (which means newcomer in Russian). It is known to be more powerful than VX and was developed in Russia in the 1970s and 1980s www.voanews.com/a/british-prime-minister-russia-poisoning-spy/4294683.html. It's so unusual, that very few scientists outside of Russia have any real experience in dealing with it and no country outside of Russia is known to have developed the substance edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/europe/what-is-novichok-nerve-agent-intl/index.html, theconversation.com/what-we-know-about-novichok-the-newby-nerve-agents-linked-to-russia-93264 In its statement, the European Union expressed shock at the offensive use of any military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, for the first time on European soil in over 70 years. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/03/19/statement-by-the-foreign-affairs-council-on-the-salisbury-attack/