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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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slobodnimediji.com
  • Reported in: Issue 20
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11/03/2015
  • Language/target audience: Bosnian
  • Country: Czech Republic, Russia
  • Keywords: NATO, Vladimir Putin

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