Disinfo: NATO absorbed Eastern European states orphaned by Soviet collapse

Summary

NATO has become a purely geopolitical project aimed at taking over territories orphaned by the collapse of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation and the Soviet Union.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative, claiming that NATO is a hostile military bloc.

The claim alleging that NATO "absorbed" certain states misrepresents the nature of the alliance. NATO, as a defensive alliance, is not “absorbing countries” in the imperialistic sense. Countries wanting to join can apply and decisions regarding NATO membership are up to each individual applicant and the current 30 NATO allies. Every sovereign state can choose its path and bordering states – in this case Russia – have no right to intervene or veto.

NATO is a defensive alliance, whose primary aims are to maintain peace and safeguard the independence, security and territorial integrity of its members. Moreover, NATO poses no threat to Russia. During the Warsaw summit in July 2016, NATO made it clear that "The Alliance does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia". This was also reaffirmed in the Brussels Summit Communiqué of 14 June 2021.

See here for more debunks of pro-Kremlin disinformation related to escallation at Ukraine's borders.

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  • Reported in: Issue 270
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11/01/2022
  • Article language(s) English
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Poland, Russia, Europe
  • Keywords: EU/NATO enlargement, NATO, Sergei Lavrov, US presence in Europe
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Disinfo: NATO lies blatantly and expands to the East

The West, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, gave guarantees that NATO would not expand to the east. It was blatantly lying, and today we see it clearly.

Jan 10, 2022
Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about NATO enlargement.

This claim has been debunked numerous times. NATO did not promise not to expand into eastern and central Europe back in 1990, which was confirmed by the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Back in 2014, Gorbachev said “The topic of ‘NATO expansion was not discussed at all, and it wasn’t brought up in those years. I say this with full responsibility. Not a single eastern European country raised the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact ceased to exist in 1991.”

Disinfo: UK-led Deep State failed in Kazakhstan due to Russian ultimatum

Back in 1891, a secret “Round Table” community came into existence aiming to create the worldwide British empire. They started WWI, brought Hitler to power, and created the financial apparatus of the the London-led Deep State and its security services.

Over time, the Deep State broke up the USSR by helping Khrushchev and Gorbachev to come to power. Following the USSR collapse, their main goal became to disintegrate Russia. MI6 head Powell, de facto the head of Deep State’s intelligence service, planned a Libyan scenario in Kazakhstan for spring 2022. However, Ryabkov’s ultimatum made the Brits hurry up and start special operations in early January instead of March. In the end, the Deep State failed.

Jan 10, 2022
Disproof

This case frames events in Kazakhstan into a big conspiracy about a secret, UK-led Deep State that dominates the world. It also rewrites the course of historical events such as the provocation of two world wars and the USSR break up. Read our past analysis: "Why authoritarians love the concept of the big conspiracy."

The case also seeks to lay the responsibility on the UK-led Deep State for the unrest in Kazakhstan which is fueled by high gas prices and social discontent in Kazakh society. There is no factual evidence neither about the existence of such a UK-led Deep State and its overwhelming influence on world politics nor about its vicious plans concerning Kazakhstan. There is also no evidence whatsoever that the timing of unrest in Kazakhstan is related to Russia's ultimatum of late December 2021 concerning a new security deal with NATO.

Disinfo: Lithuania and Latvia refuse to help Belarus in investigation of genocide of Belarusians during WWII

Belarus sent a request to several countries for legal assistance investigating the genocide of Belarusians during World War II. Lithuania and Latvia refused to help Minsk find fascists still hiding abroad guilty of genocide in Belarus

Jan 10, 2022
Disproof

A recurring accusation from pro-Kremlin media accusing the Baltic states of sympathies to Nazi/Fascists.

Lithuania and Latvia declined the invitation from the Belarus regime because the case in question lacks evidence and is based on doubtful legal and historical grounds (see public broadcaster LRT's publication “Minsk seeks to extradite members of ‘Lithuanian SS battalion’ that never existed”).