Disinfo: The West punishes Russia for having chosen Putin as a president again

Summary

Russia has been for Putin. Russians have chosen Putin and now are being punished for this. The date [for expulsion of Russian diplomats after Salisbury attack] was chosen in purpose: March 26th This is the anniversary of the first victory of Putin. This is a special diplomatic action.

Disproof

The expulsion has nothing to do with the Russian election.

On Sunday 4 March Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned in Salisbury with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia.

143 Russian intelligence officers based in 26 countries were expelled as a reaction to the attack. www.gov.uk/government/news/novichok-nerve-agent-use-in-salisbury-uk-government-response,

Many competing and contradictory stories promulgated by Russian state-controlled media, the only connecting thread being to confuse their audience and exclude any possibility of Russian involvement https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=sergei+skripal&disinfo_issue=&date=

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  • Reported in: Issue 105
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27/03/2018
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Russia
  • Keywords: Sergei Skripal, Elections, Vladimir Putin
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Disinfo: The US and the UK are using Skripal case to start a Crusade against Russia

It doesn’t feel like a war, it feels like a crusade against Russia. The United States, together with Great Britain, is trying to consolidate the West as a coalition of states – it is understandable, based on that Russophobia, on the basis of an alleged “Russian threat” – and to control at least partly the West, that Anglo-Saxon core of it.

Disproof

Conspiracy theory, no evidence given. Repeating recurring disinformation about West's "Russophobia". euvsdisinfo.eu/the-russophobia-myth-appealing-to-the-lowest-feelings/, Many competing and contradictory stories promulgated by Russian state-controlled media, the only connecting thread being to confuse their audience and exclude any possibility of Russian involvement. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=sergei+skripal&disinfo_issue=&date= The nerve agent has been identified as Novichok (which means newcomer in Russian). It is known to be more powerful than VX and was developed in Russia in the 1970s and 1980s. https://www.voanews.com/a/british-prime-minister-russia-poisoning-spy/4294683.html It's so unusual, that very few scientists outside of Russia have any real experience in dealing with it and no country outside of Russia is known to have developed the substance. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/europe/what-is-novichok-nerve-agent-intl/index.html, https://theconversation.com/what-we-know-about-novichok-the-newby-nerve-agents-linked-to-russia-93264 In its statement, the European Union expressed shock at the offensive use of any military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, for the first time on European soil in over 70 years. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/03/19/statement-by-the-foreign-affairs-council-on-the-salisbury-attack/

Disinfo: Accepting Syrian refugees is the price for visa liberalisation

Visa liberalization comes with a commitment to accept Syrian refugees, it is the price that Georgia has to pay for the visa-free travel.

Disproof

No evidence given, recurring disinformation. Visa liberalization does not encompass the commitment to receive Syrian refugees. Such a requirement is not included in the Association Agreement signed with the EU. eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/23634/eu-georgia-relations-factsheet_en,

Disinfo: There has never been such a "Novichok" poisonous substance in the world

Prime Minister Theresa May was directly deceiving the deputies, while talking about the Russian poisonous substance “Novichok”. Deceiving, because there has never been such a poisonous substance in the world and never was: there has never been a project to develop this substance neither in the USSR nor in Russia. […] It turns out that May invented herself such a substance – ‘Novichok’.

Disproof

Many competing and contradictory stories promulgated by Russian state-controlled media, the only connecting thread being to confuse their audience and exclude any possibility of Russian involvement. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=sergei+skripal&disinfo_issue=&date= The nerve agent has been identified as Novichok (which means newcomer in Russian). It is series of nerve agents and is known to be more powerful than VX and was developed in Russia in the 1970s and 1980s. https://www.voanews.com/a/british-prime-minister-russia-poisoning-spy/4294683.html It's so unusual, that very few scientists outside of Russia have any real experience in dealing with it and no country outside of Russia is known to have developed the substance. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/europe/what-is-novichok-nerve-agent-intl/index.html, https://theconversation.com/what-we-know-about-novichok-the-newby-nerve-agents-linked-to-russia-93264 In its statement, the European Union expressed shock at the offensive use of any military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, for the first time on European soil in over 70 years. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/03/19/statement-by-the-foreign-affairs-council-on-the-salisbury-attack/