DISINFO: Navalny is a NATO agent, provoking a colour revolution in Russia
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: oneworld.press (archived)*
  • Date of publication: February 16, 2021
  • Outlet language(s): English
  • Reported in: Issue 231
  • Countries / regions discussed: Russia
Tags:
Alexei Navalny Protest Colour revolutions Conspiracy theory NATO

DISINFO: Navalny is a NATO agent, provoking a colour revolution in Russia

SUMMARY

What makes Navalny so dangerous isn’t that he’s a “pro-Western liberal, anti-migrant nationalist, or political opportunist” like RT described him, but that he’s attempting to mislead dissatisfied people — and increasingly even children — into breaking the law by exploiting their frustrations with the state of affairs. The content of his political platform isn’t as bad as the means through which he’s seeking to implement it. This NATO agent is manipulating people for the purpose of provoking a Colour Revolution, hoping that the authorities’ legally justified but sometimes forceful response to his illegal protests can be decontextualized, misreported, and then weaponized to incite a self-sustaining cycle of unrest.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Alexei Navalny and popular protests as staged operations by foreign powers. Similar claims can be found here on Venezuela, Ukraine, Belarus, Hong Kong and, now, Russia.

Pro-Kremlin disinformation often targets Russian opposition figures accusing them of being agents of Western intelligence services. There is no basis to claims that Navalny has connections with foreign intelligence. He has been charged with mock accusations on embezzlement in trials. The European Court of Human Rights have concluded that the trial were politically motivated. The European Union has condemned the detention of Alexei Navalny and called for his immediate release.

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