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DISINFO: NATO troops’ participation in Georgian military trainings compelled Putin to...
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: geworld.ge (archived)*
  • Date of publication: May 08, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Georgian
  • Reported in: Issue 69
  • Countries / regions discussed: Georgia
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Russo-Georgian War Referendum Vladimir Putin NATO

DISINFO: NATO troops’ participation in Georgian military trainings compelled Putin to...

SUMMARY

NATO troops’ participation in Georgian military trainings compelled Putin to open new military bases on Georgia’s occupied territories, to hold referendum in South Ossetia to change the name of this region.

RESPONSE

No evidence given. It is a common trait of pro-Kremlin disinformation to claim that hostile actions taken by the Kremlin are due to a provocation from NATO/ the West/ the EU. NATO supports the wide-ranging democratic and institutional reform process underway in Georgia, who aspires to be a member of the organisation bit.ly/2pKw00E, .

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