DISINFO: The protests in the US are a dress rehearsal of the Orange Revolution
SUMMARY
What we are looking at [in the US] is the dress rehearsal for the Orange Revolution. Since there is no US embassy in the US, the dress rehearsal is not well organised. We have seen the technology that was copy-pasted across all the post-Soviet space and was recently used in Ukraine. It is when someone comes, puts people on their knees and forces them to apologize.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about colour revolutions. The widespread protests against racial injustice and police brutality broke out in the US after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on the 25th of May, 2020. The protests followed several high-profile incidents involving African Americans and the police, invoking debates about racism in the US. There is no evidence to suggest that the latest wave of protests is pre-arranged. Pro-Kremlin disinformation has consistently portrayed popular protests around the world - in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, Hong Kong and elsewhere as organised by external actors, especially by the US. The disinformation message appeared in the same TV broadcast as the claims that symbols used during the protests in the US prove they are directed by Soros and the Democratic party.