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Disinfo: The West forces Ukraine to take more debts

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The policy of the western partners is to ensure that Ukraine takes as many debts as possible and becomes financially and politically dependent on them.

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No evidence given. Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about Ukraine's relations with its western partners.

The European Union supports Ukraine in ensuring a stable, prosperous and democratic future for all its citizens. The EU is unwavering in its support for the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty and sees the full implementation of the Minsk agreements as the basis for a sustainable, political solution to the conflict in the east of the country.

Ukraine's economy has continued the recovery started in 2016, following the recession of 2014-2015. GDP grew by 2.5% in 2017 and is projected to grow by 3.5% in 2018. Ukraine has made significant progress in consolidating public finances, notably by reducing the fiscal deficit from 4.5% GDP in 2014 to 1.4% in 2017. Inflation has decreased substantially since 2015, down to 13.7% in 2017 and 8.9% by July 2018.  According to the World Bank's Doing Business survey, Ukraine ranks 76th in 2018, which is an improvement from 80th in 2017, and 142nd in 2010, the EU’s Association Implementation Report says. https://cdn3-eeas.fpfis.tech.ec.europa.eu/cdn/farfuture/aZnrbQ70ZJtiXaRXV69qTtPI-d-gbCzZxpirQUpU6EY/mtime:1541749617/sites/eeas/files/2018_association_implementation_report_on_ukraine.pdf The report notes the slower pace of reforms in the areas of the judiciary and anti-corruption measures.

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  • Reported in: Issue 127
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23/11/2018
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Keywords: economy, European Union, Economic difficulties, War in Ukraine, The West
  • Outlet: News agency Regnum
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Finland demands Russia to return Karelia

Finland asked Russia to return Karelia.

November 27, 2018
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Misleading headline. In fact, it was Henri Hautamäki, from the youth wing of the Finns Party, who posted a tweet in which he asked Finland to "officially demand the return of territories (including Karelia) ceded to Russia at the end of WWII!". His statement does not represent the official position of Finland.

This is a recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about territorial claims of the EU countries.

Cynical technology of the 2014 coup in Ukraine has been revealed; now Ukraine risks losing its statehood

The “cynical technology” of the “2014 coup” in Ukraine has been revealed. The Americans were sending “cubic meters of dollars to Kyiv through diplomatic post channels. // Now the financial system has been destroyed and the industry ruined. // There’s an “ever bigger risk” of a further catastrophe and “even loss of statehood”.

November 27, 2018
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation undermining Ukraine's statehood. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B0%5D=77158&date=&offset=10

There was no coup in Ukraine in 2014. The demonstrations which began in Kyiv in November 2013 – called "Maidan", or "Euromaidan" – were not provoked from outside but were a result of the Ukrainian people's frustration with former President Yanukovych's last minute U-turn when, after seven years of negotiation, he refused to sign the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement and halted progress towards Ukraine's closer relationship with the EU as a result of Russian pressure. The protesters' demands included constitutional reform, a stronger role for parliament, formation of a government of national unity, an end to corruption, early presidential elections and an end to violence http://bit.ly/2ftv6iT. The European Union does not recognise the illegal annexation of Crimea and continues to condemn this violation of international law, and that Russia’s illegal actions remain a direct challenge to international security, with grave implications for the international legal order that protects the unity and sovereignty of all States.

The Crimean question is “completely closed”

The inhabitants of Crimea voted for reunification with Russia in a democratic way, in full compliance with international law. The Crimean question is “completely closed”.

November 27, 2018
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Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative on referendum in Crimea.

Crimea is part of Ukraine. Russia violated international law as well as key principles of the European security framework in illegally annexing the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol. The European Union does not recognise and continues to strongly condemn this violation of international law, which remains a challenge to the international security order. This position is based on the UN Charter, which clearly states that the territory of a State cannot be acquired by another State resulting from the threat or use of force, as well as on the Helsinki Final Act in which the signatories declared their intention to respect the inviolability of frontiers and territorial integrity.

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Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.