Disinfo: The US is threatening the security of Russia

Summary

The West does not understand that Russia is ready to ensure the security of its citizens. To acheive this, there can be no American military and weapons, nor American military exercises in Eastern Europe. It is Moscow's main requirement in the military and political dialogue with the US and its hybrid “tools”, meaning NATO and OSCE.

Disproof

This is a recurring narrative about the hostility of the US against Russia, grounded in a disinformation claim that NATO is encircling Russia and presenting NATO and OSCE as puppets of Washington.

The US or NATO do not threaten the security of Russia or its citizens. NATO is a defence alliance. The primary aim of the Alliance is to maintain peace and safeguard the independence, security and territorial integrity of the Allies.

The primary threat to the security in the region is Russia's military actions. NATO has taken defensive and proportionate steps in response to a changed security environment. Following Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine, Allies requested a greater NATO presence in the region. Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity continue to be violated by acts of aggression by Russian armed forces since 2014.

During a security talk between Russia and NATO on 12 January 2022, the alliance did not agree with Moscow’s demands for new security treaties or architecture in Europe but wanted to continue diplomacy.

NATO is not a "tool" of the US. NATO is making decisions by consensus of all 30 Allies.

OSCE also is not a “puppet” of the US. There are 57 participating states from Europe, Central Asia and North America in OSCE, including Russian Federation. It is stated, that “all 57 participating States enjoy equal status, and decisions are taken by consensus on a politically, but not legally binding basis.”

See related cases: NATO’s Eastern expansion is a threat to Russia; US and NATO want to inflame an endless military conflict near Russian borders; US is testing if it can launch a nuclear strike against Russia.

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  • Reported in: Issue 275
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14/01/2022
  • Article language(s) Russian, Lithuanian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Russia, US
  • Keywords: security threat, Encircling Russia, NATO, OSCE, EU/NATO enlargement
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Disinfo: Kazakhstan protests necessary for the US and allies to pressure Russia ahead of Geneva talks

The protesters in Kazakhstan were very well prepared and organised, assuming a large amount of money from abroad was invested into the protest. Also, it could be assumed, that the US or their allies are behind the protests and “second Maidan” near the border of Russia. This was done to exert more pressure on Russia before the security talk in Geneva.

Jan 13, 2022
Disproof

This claim advances an emerging pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative alleging that the January 2022 anti-government protests in Kazakhstan are part of a foreign inspired and directed plot. The message includes the conspiracy theory that the US and their allies needed these events as a tool to make pressure on Russia before the security talk in Geneva.

The pro-Kremlin media frequently falsely portray popular protests around the world as instigated from abroad, often by the US and the West. The disinformation narrative has been applied, among others, to reports about protests in Georgia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belarus, Venezuela, Slovakia, Hong Kong, with the aim of portraying protest movements as aggressive actors supported by foreign powers who constantly prepare new coups.

Disinfo: Protests in Kazakhstan were funded from abroad; the US might be behind this

The radicals were accused of being funded and trained from abroad. The suspicion that the US may have played a role in Kazakhstan clearly stems from the fact that its proven instruments for regime change, such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), are active in Kazakhstan and typically fund anti-government movements.

Jan 13, 2022
Disproof

This claim advances a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative alleging that the January 2022 anti-government protests in Kazakhstan are orchestrated from abroad and are part of a US policy of staging “colour revolutions”.

The pro-Kremlin media frequently falsely portray popular protests around the world as instigated from abroad, often by the US and the West with the aim of portraying protest movements as aggressive actors supported by foreign powers who constantly prepare new coups.

Disinfo: After 2014 pro-American coup in Kyiv, NATO tripled Rapid Reaction Force on "eastern flank"

Washington has been recklessly pushing the North Atlantic Alliance for 30 years to expand to the east and to develop militarily the post-Soviet space, including Ukraine. After the pro-American coup d'état in Kyiv in 2014, NATO tripled the size of the Rapid Reaction Force on the "eastern flank".

Jan 12, 2022
Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives painting the 2013-14 protests in Kyiv as a coup d'état, as well as presenting NATO as an aggressive alliance.

There was no 'pro-American' coup d’état in Kyiv in 2014; this is a longstanding pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine's Euromaidan. The spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan protests was a reaction by numerous segments of the Ukrainian population to former president Viktor Yanukovych’s sudden departure from the promised (and negotiated for years) Association Agreement with the European Union in November 2013.