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Disinfo: Georgia is a testing ground for the West

Summary

The British Defence Ministry has funded laboratories that are planting insects in Georgia which poses a big threat to the existence of the Georgian state.

Disproof

Recurring disinformation that the US/the West is building biological laboratories in the Caucasus region in order to use it as a test site. No evidence given.

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Asaval-Dasavali, page 4-5
  • Reported in: Issue 86
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28/10/2017
  • Outlet language(s)
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: UK, Georgia
  • Keywords: West, Biological weapons
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Global powers prepare ground for war in Europe

The proclamation of Catalonia independence and the conflict in the east of Ukraine are part of the global powers’ plan to prepare a ground for a war in Europe. These powers are interested in destabilizing the situation in Europe.

Oct 27, 2017
Disproof

Conspiracy theory, no evidence given.

Ukraine asked to keep MH-17 tragedy in secret

The Dutch Council of the State allowed not to make public the details of the MH-17 tragedy for two reasons. 1. The investigators have no hard facts and they are afraid that their conclusions will be disproved. 2. Ukrainian side has asked to keep it in secret because most probably Ukraine is guilty for the tragedy.

Oct 27, 2017
Disproof

Reccuring MH17-related disinformation. According to the Council of State, it is necessary that the information remains confidential, as it is likely that disclosure thereof could jeopardize the proper functioning of the committee. The Council found this more important than the interest of disclosure. "The interest of disclosure does not outweigh the interest protected by the refusal, such as the relations of the Netherlands with other states and international organizations, respect for the privacy of the parties involved and the protection of personal policy views", the Council ruled. Joint Investigative Team (JIT) has concluded that flight MH17 was shot down on 17 July 2014 by a missile of the 9M38 series, launched by a BUK-TELAR, from farmland in the vicinity of Pervomaiskiy (or: Pervomaiskyi). At that time, the area was controlled by pro-Russian fighters. The BUK-TELAR was brought in from the territory of the Russian Federation and subsequently, after having shot down flight MH-17, was taken back to the Russian Federation. More on background of the MH17-related disinformation here.

Mogherini allowed human rights to be violated in Ukraine

In a letter addressed to Konrad Szymański, the Secretary of State on the European affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini urges the Polish authorities to reconsider the position concerning the education reform undertaken by the government of Ukraine.

Oct 27, 2017
Disproof

The letter is faked twitter.com/eu_eeas/status/924256888597962752, . After the European External Action Service published the debunk, the Foreign Ministry of Russia did the same. We have seen the use of faked letters in pro-Kremlin disinformation several times before, for example:on 21 February 2015, a letter signed by Swedish Minister of Defence Peter Hultqvist appeared on social media through a Twitter identity of a well-known Swedish military affairs journalist. The letter, sent to Magnus Ingesson, CEO of BAE Systems Bofors AB, concerned the sale of weapons to Ukraine. On 2 September 2015, a letter signed by Tora Holst, head of the International Public Prosecution Office in Stockholm, was uploaded to CNN’s Istory website and later broadcast on Russian state television and pro-Kremlin media. The letter purported to concern an attempt to quash prosecution of a Swedish citizen for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The third letter, uploaded to Pressbladet, purported to be from Nada al-Qahtani, a female IS leader, to Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, and concerned a conspiracy from Sweden to send weapons to Islamic State via Turkey. www.thelocal.se/20170107/swedish-think-tank-details-russian-disinformation-in-new-study, . See also https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/us-openly-instructs-moldovan-democrats-what-to-do-with-russian-language-media-in-moldova/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/petro-poroshenko-has-requested-a-phone-interview-with-the-new/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/the-ukrainian-finance-minister-has-asked-the-united-states-to/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/nato-expects-russia-to-give-up-its-territories-and-the/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/the-german-ambassador-in-ukraine-ernst-reichel-wrote-a-letter/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/ukrainian-authorities-banned-the-coverage-of-separatist-militant-leader-arsen/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/bulgaria-has-endorsed-the-demand-of-local-ukrainian-bulgarians-and/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/isis-terrorist-ahmed-chataev-is-linked-to-ukrainian-nationalists-which/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/ukraine-aims-to-thwart-the-referendum-in-the-netherlands-hackers/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/confidential-report-in-a-letter-to-vladimir-putin-donald-trump/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/former-minister-of-the-usa-government-criticizes-maidan-and-ukraine/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/this-weeks-trend-reincarnation-of-october-disinformation-about-sending-ukrainian/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/the-americans-are-disappointed-with-the-opposition-and-want-to/