Disinfo: NATO and Germany are planning to annex Kaliningrad region

Summary

Both NATO and Germany are supporting separatist groups wishing to unite the Kaliningrad region with Germany.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about aggressive plans of the West regarding the Kaliningrad region and its attempts to “encircle Russia”.

Germany does not have any ideas to annex Kaliningrad and stated that it lays no claims to the region. Moreover, by signing the Two Plus Four Treaty in 1990, Germany acknowledged the inviolability of its existing borders at the date on which the treaty came into force.

The claim that Germany or NATO supports separatist groups questioning the status of the Kaliningrad region is not supported by any evidence. The purported strength of these groups is also unsupported by reliable facts with all claims alleging their importance based on anecdotal evidence.

See previous examples of disinformation messages alleging that Kaliningrad exclave is threatened by NATO; The US plans to take over the Kaliningrad region and Aim of NATO’s exercise: prepare for the annexation of Russia’s Kaliningrad region.

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  • Reported in: Issue 258
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 01/09/2021
  • Article language(s) Czech
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Russia, Germany
  • Keywords: Kaliningrad, illegal annexation, NATO
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Disproof

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