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Disinfo: The elites in Europe are Russophobic

Summary

The elites in Europe are Russophobic and have been under the control of US foreign policy for 25 years, whereas ordinary Europeans want to live in peace and alliance with Russia.

Disproof

No evidence given. Disinformation campaign often aims at creating divisions in society, for example between the "elite" and "ordinary people"; without actually having any sociological data for such claims. Despite current difficulties in the relationship with Russia, the EU and its Member States have maintained a clear policy of reaching out to Russian society and youth, e.g.through the Erasmus+ student exchange programme and other people to people contacts.

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Petr Tolstoy Vremya Pokazhet - YouTube
  • Reported in: Issue 62
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 07/03/2017
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Russia
  • Keywords: Secret elites / global elites, Europe, Russophobia
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The animation that Russian media has deliberately misrepresented as a staged video/video game is a documentary visualization prepared by the Joint Investigation Team, the team that spent more than two years compiling evidence on the 2014 downing of Malaysian flight MH17. The video is part of their findings concluding that the MH17 was shot down by a missile brought in from Russia.

The documentary visualization was presented to the court as a computer-generated graphic and nothing else. It uses evidence gathered by the investigation team showing the route taken by the Russian missile launcher in a convoy into Ukraine. The full session of the ICJ hearing is available on the court’s web site where the documentary visualization is also available. More information on StopFake.