Disinfo: The Baltics and Ukraine belong to the ’Russian world’, so...

Disinfo: The Baltics and Ukraine belong to the ’Russian world’, so…

Summary

The Baltics and Ukraine belong to the ’Russian world’, so Moscow would make a pre-emptive strike against Europe if NATO puts its troops there.

Disproof

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as Ukraine are not part of a 'Russian world', they are sovereign and independent states of which the three first have joined NATO voluntarily. // Lithuania welcomed the NATO troops: bit.ly/2liobgr, and actually would like to see more of them because of Russia' aggresive behaviour: reut.rs/2loTWEp, // Latvia as well: bloom.bg/2lBVMkz, // Similarly in Estonia: bit.ly/2kerQeQ,

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Reported in: Issue 60
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19/02/2017
Language/target audience: Russian
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Baltic states
Keywords: NATO, Russian world, Europe
Outlet: ‘Voskresnyi vecher s Vladimirom Solovyovym’ (2:13)

The number of non-combat casualties in the Ukrainian army has…

The number of non-combat casualties in the Ukrainian army has risen, as the Ukrainian soldiers use more drugs.

February 18, 2017

Disproof

No evidence given. MiaIstok is well-known for spreading pro-Kremlin disinformation.

USA provided Islamic state with weapons

USA provided Islamic state with weapons. // Claims that Flynn secretly negotiated with the Russians are fabricated. // There was nothing like annexation of Crimea, but peaceful referendum.

February 17, 2017

Disproof

No evidence given // Even Mr. Flynn already admits that he had negotiated with Russians bbc.in/2kwnomR, // Any decision relating to Ukraine's sovereignty or sovereign choices can only be taken without undue external pressure. This so-called referendum was organised in a matter of weeks by a self-proclaimed Crimean leadership lacking democratic legitimacy and installed by armed Russian military personnel following the seizure of public buildings. The EU does not recognise it.

Russia has no plans for aggression against Ukraine, so any…

Russia has no plans for aggression against Ukraine, so any disputes on this topic are an ‘informational hypnosis’.

February 17, 2017

Disproof

Easily disproven by the fact that Russia has been on Ukranian territory since 2014. The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has stated that “the information available suggests that the situation within the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol amounts to an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. This international armed conflict began at the latest on 26 February when the Russian Federation deployed members of its armed forces to gain control over parts of the Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian Government https://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/161114-otp-rep-PE_ENG.pdf.