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Disinfo: Massive rally against NATO membership took place in Bratislava, Czech…

Summary

Massive rally against NATO membership took place in Bratislava, Czech Republic (sic!). Protesters set the city on fire, demanding that their country gets closer to Vladimir Putin.

Disproof

The image Slobodni Mediji uses to illustrate this fake is a March 2015 photo of the anti-government protests in Frankfurt. (bit.ly/1TYvSCZ), . No riots took place in Bratislava, Slovakia.

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  • Reported in: Issue20
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11/03/2015
  • Language/target audience: Serbian
  • Country: Czech Republic, Russia
  • Keywords: NATO, Vladimir Putin

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Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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DISCLAIMER

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.