DISINFO: Frank Walter Steinmeier promoted the fascist coup in Kyiv
SUMMARY
The German President Frank Walter Steinmeier promoted the fascist coup in Kyiv.
RESPONSE
There was no coup d’état or "fascist overthrow" in Kyiv in 2014. This is a longstanding pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine's Euromaidan protests.
In this renewed and adapted disinformation claim from NewsFront, then German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, currently Germany's president, was a "fascist brother". A claim for which no evidence is provided.
The spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan protests was a reaction from several segments of the Ukrainian population to former President Yanukovych’s sudden departure from the promised Association Agreement with the European Union in November 2013, after pressure from Russia. See the full debunk, The Western-backed coup in Ukraine has torn the country asunder.
Disinformation outlets often portray western politicians who were associated with the Euromaidan protests as "fascists". See a similar case: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier ensured the implementation of the Nazi coup in Ukraine.