Disinfo: Incest is legal in Norway

Summary

Incest has been legalized in Norway. Hence, it would be better if Norwegians, who pollute the world, would not have been born at all.

Disproof

Incest is illegal in Norway, punishable with prison up to 6 years.

Portraying Nordic countries as especially immoral has been a recurring narrative in pro-Kremlin disinformation in Georgia and other orthodox countries. The story is in line with similar disinformation stories about moral decay in Europe. Thus, a particularly persistent claim is that sexual abuse of children is a norm in Norwegian families, and Russian nationwide TV has spent airtime explaining that embracing LGTBI rights paves the way for accepting paedohilia.

Read more on specific narratives used in pro-Kremlin disinformation in Georgia.

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TV Objektivi
  • Reported in: Issue 106
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 18/04/2018
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Norway, Georgia
  • Keywords: Western values
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Disinfo: The West destabilises Armenia to weaken Russia in Syria

The West began destabilizing the situation in Armenia, the participant of the Eurasian Union, in order to weaken Russia’s positions in Syria. … The protests in Armenia, which the opposition leaders themselves called a “velvet revolution”, should be considered in the context of the aggravation of Russia’s relations with the West and the Syrian crisis.

Apr 17, 2018
Disproof

Recurring disinformation in pro-Kremlin outlets that the West is the organiser behind any civil protests or colour revolutions. No evidence given.

Disinfo: The UN issues an order in Georgia to sexualise five-year-old children

The UNESCO’s revised edition of the International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education abolishes parental rights, demoralizes children and “imposes depraved ideology of homosexuals on them.” In addition “the comprehensive recommendations endorsed by the Americans” oblige kindergarten and school teachers to teach children about “gender ideology of homosexuals widespread in the West and their perverted sexual practice.”

Apr 17, 2018
Disproof

No evidence given. UNESCO does not have authority over UN Member States in matters relating to sexual education. Recurring disinformation about UN organs working in Georgia euvsdisinfo.eu/report/soros-and-unicef-prohibiting-boys-to-be-boys-and-girls-to-be-girls-in-georgia/, euvsdisinfo.eu/report/georgian-kindergartens-receive-directives-from-unicef/, More on specific narratives used in pro-Kremlin disinformation in Georgia can be found here idfi.ge/public/upload/Meri/Giorgi%20Lomtadze/Policy%20Paper.PDF, Further debunking by Myth detector.

Disinfo: Ukraine to become nuclear waste dump

Foreign companies will soon be dumping their nuclear waste in Ukraine, the country will be turned into a nuclear burial ground of Europe and the world – the members of the Ukrainian parliament have put an end to the health of Ukrainians.

Apr 17, 2018
Disproof

Recurring disinformation about Ukraine . On April 17 proposed legislation on improving the management of radioactive waste was given its first reading in the Ukrainian parliament. During parliamentary discussions of the proposed legislation Minister Semerak reported that most of the nuclear waste that needs to be stored in Ukraine was generated after the Chornobyl accident. He also emphasized that there is no nuclear waste from other countries being brought to Ukraine and would not be in the future as it is prohibited by law. The proposed new classification has absolutely no bearing on this. According to Energoatom, the company that operates all four of Ukraine’s nuclear power stations, the disposal of nuclear waste can occur only in the country of origin. Further debunking by Stopfake.org.