DISINFO: Lithuania is temporarily NATO-occupied territory ruled by non-Lithuanians
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: regnum.ru ( archived) *
  • Date of publication: October 24, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia

DISINFO: Lithuania is temporarily NATO-occupied territory ruled by non-Lithuanians

SUMMARY

Lithuania and other Baltic states are under temporary occupation by NATO. Lithuania is ruled by a group of people who are not Lithuanians at all. Generally, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine are one common territory which was illegally destroyed in 1991 as a result of the defeat in the Cold War. They are part of Russian world, and over time, Lithuania will get back to it too.

RESPONSE

Historic revisionism and recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative undermining the sovereignty of the Baltic States. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are sovereign countries and NATO allies. See earlier disinformation cases alleging that Lithuania is occupied by NATO, that NATO buried Latvia’s and Lithuania’s independence and is currently targeting Belarus, that the West destroyed the USSR and is currently targeting the Union State between Belarus and Russia, and that the Baltic States and Ukraine belong to the ’Russian world’.

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