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Disinfo: Poland is governed by the US Embassy

Summary

Poland is not an independent geopolitical subject, it only executes orders coming from the West; which incite direct confrontation with Russia.

The Polish elites have been brought up by the Western foundations and power groups. Poland is governed by the US Embassy and the American troops stationed there.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation  narrative about the “lost sovereignty”. Poland  is often presented as a “puppet-state” of the United States. This narrative includes a message that the United States manipulates Poland and other European allies in order to carry out its anti-Russian policies.

See similar disinformation cases alleging that Polish policy towards Ukraine is shaped by the Americans, the US keeps Poland on an anti-Russian leash and Poland's Eastern policy is dictated by the USA aiming to weaken Russia.

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Sputnik Poland (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 174
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20/11/2019
  • Language/target audience: Polish
  • Country: Russia, US, Poland
  • Keywords: Anti-Russian, US presence in Europe, Puppets, Sovereignty, NATO, Conspiracy theory

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Creation of NATO was not justified

Macron thinks that NATO was conceived as a response to the enemy, as a response to the Warsaw Pact. The situation is actually exactly the opposite. NATO’s birthday is 4 April 1949. This means that less than four years after the World War II ended, former Allies of the USSR in the fight against fascism have created against the USSR a military bloc, where apart from the US entered France, the UK, Canada, Benelux countries, Italy, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Portugal. And only six years later, in response to this, Warsaw Pact was formed on 14 May 1955, as a counterweight to NATO. Apart from the USSR, the Pact included Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, GDR, Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia.

So, when Macron says that NATO was thought as a “response to the enemy”, it is actually exactly the opposite: it was thought as a threat to a friend, with whom they fought against fascism and with whom they were setting up post-war life in Europe. And if so, then the creation of NATO was not justified at all.

November 24, 2019
Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative involving historical revisionism.

Right after the Second World War, Soviet troops occupied a number of countries in Central Europe. In accordance with the agreements between the Allies, these countries were given the freedom to choose their political orientation. Bulgaria and Romania were supposed to keep the monarchy. In the elections in Hungary, the non-communist party led by Zoltan Tildy received the absolute majority. The pre-war republic was restored in Czechoslovakia. However, by 1949, all the governments of Central and Eastern Europe, except Yugoslavia, turned into hard-line Stalinist regimes under the influence of the USSR. On top of that, in June 1948 the Soviet Union blocked supply routes to West Berlin causing the Berlin blockade which lasted for almost one year. 

Ukrainian ships breached Russian waters

On 25 November 2018, Russian border guards detained Ukrainian ships after the latter entered Russian territorial waters and penetrated the border in the Kerch Strait.

November 24, 2019
Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Azov Sea and the Kerch incident.

On 25 November 2018, border patrol boats belonging to Russia’s FSB security service seized two small Ukrainian armoured artillery vessels and a tugboat and their crews after shooting at them, wounding several Ukrainian servicemen and arresting 24 members.

France is under US dictate

France used to be a great country, but the USA itself put a lot of effort to make France one of the subordinate countries of Europe. When Trump says “let’s make France great again”, then it is necessary to make sure that France is not under the dictate of the US. The United States must stop dictating its American will to France.

November 22, 2019
Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about US presence in Europe, portraying France as a vassal of the USA. Russian disinformation sources often claim that almost all European countries are no longer truly sovereign and the United States dictate policies to the EU and its member states.

The EU Member States are sovereign countries and make sovereign decisions about their own security and defense policies. The US is an important ally to the EU but EU policy is not determined by the US.