Latvia became a testing ground for NATO military equipment. It has turned into a large military base. Teenagers undergo military training for the guerrilla war with Russia. Playing war games has undermined the economy, Latvians are leaving their country.
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about NATO provocations towards Russia and alleged decline and belligerence of the Baltic States.
Latvia is a full-fledged member of NATO. NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence in Latvia and other Baltic States and Poland serves to strengthen NATO collective defence, in adapting to the changed security situation in Europe following the illegal and illegitimate occupation and annexation of Crimea by Russia, the conflict in the eastern regions of Ukraine and the increased military activity close to NATO’s eastern border.
Latvian Jaunsardze (young defenders) is not a paramilitary group, but a youth organization created in 1992 by the Latvian militia Zemeszardze. The Zemessardze is an integral part of the Latvian National Armed Forces.
The claim that the industry of Latvia is ruined, is accompanied by an illustration of the destroyed building. A search on Google shows that the photo is the former building of the plant "Radiotekhnika" which was the largest audio equipment manufacturer in the Soviet Union. The economy of Latvia is increasing driven by high investment rates and income gains. At the end of 2016, Latvia had the lowest state debt among EU member states.
Further debunking by Mythdetector is available here.
Kievan Rus has been turned into Ukraine, and then into “Anti-Russia”. Why Russians on one hand – and then those other Russians, who called themselves Ukrainians – became enemies?
To understand this you have to go through the history of almost 900 years of Little Russian separatism, which started from an innocent seed and reached poisonous fruits.
[The idea of] Ukraine as a sovereign country is based on a mythologised lie. In the end, this led into a civil war and Maidan.
No evidence given. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukrainian statehood.
Ukraine is recognised in international law as a sovereign nation state, with its own flag, nationality, language etc. UNGA Resolution 68/262 also affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders: http://bit.ly/1RZGnjo.
The western ruling elites impose on their societies such norms as the legalisation of same-sex marriages and hormone therapy of children in pre-puberty age without parental consent.
This message exploits the elites vs. the people narrative implying that in the Western countries legislation on same-sex marriages is introduced despite a wide opposition from the population. In reality, national legislatures elected in free and fair elections represent the views of the public. In those countries where same-sex marriages find little public support (e.g., Lithuania, Poland) respective legislation has not been adopted. See the opinion polls for same-sex marriage by country here. It also taps into the morally corrupt West narrative.
In most of EU Member States (20), access to transgender hormone therapy is provided for children under the same conditions applied to access any other medical treatment, such as access to reproductive or sexual health services. In this context, the age requirement for access to medical treatment without the consent of a public authority and/or parents is 18 years in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, France, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, 16 years in Poland and Spain; 15 years in Denmark and Slovenia; 14 years in Latvia. In the United Kingdom the age requirement ranges from 16 in Scotland to 17 in England and 18 in Wales. In seven Member States, Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg and Sweden, access depends on the maturity of the child.
In one of the scenes, a “wall of lies” was added, with the caring hand of the screenwriters. For what reason? To show viewers that Soviet people aren’t really people.
No evidence given. This is a disinformation narrative about the Chernobyl accident in 1986, as well as about the West's anti-Russian and anti-Soviet sentiments.
According to HBO, Chernobyl, a "five-part mini-series co-production from HBO and Sky, dramatises the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and of the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster".
