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Disinfo: The West, including the US, has created Islamism: both its ideology and global networks

Summary

The West and in particular the United States, while creating an Islamist ideology and Islamist networks all over the world, is using them for their own interests.

Disproof

Conspiracy theory, no evidence given.

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Petr Tolstoy Vremya Pokazhet - YouTube
  • Reported in: Issue 83
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 02/10/2017
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US
  • Keywords: West, Islamic extremism, Daesh

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RT forced Washington to break the First amendment to the American Constitution

We [Russia] have to congratulate Russia Today and Sputnik that have managed to force and are forcing the government of the United States of America to violate directly the articles, the First Amendment to the American Constitution on freedom of speech and freedom of press.

Oct 01, 2017
Disproof

The US just requires RT to: submit periodic disclosures outlining its agreements with the foreign principal, disclose income from and expenditures on behalf the principal, and have business records of its activities available for inspection by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). In addition, a foreign agent must ensure that all informational materials it distributes are conspicuously labelled and filed with the DOJ. www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/agent-of-influence-should-russia-s-rt-register-as-a-foreign-agent, During the Cold War, representatives of Soviet news outlets (TASS, ‘Pravda’, ‘Izvestia’ and others) were also registered agents www.newsweek.com/time-shine-light-putins-american-propaganda-arm-542642, Thus, there is no violation of the Amendment I. www.congress.gov/content/conan/pdf/GPO-CONAN-2017-10-2.pdf,

The UN Security Council has stated that Russia hasn’t waged any aggression against Ukraine

The UN Security Council has adopted the Minsk Agreements. In the Minsk Agreements, Russia does not appear as a party of the conflict. And the Minsk Agreements do not say that Russia is an aggressor. […]When the UN Security Council adopts some document, every word is verified and meaningful. And if nothing has been written there that Russia is an aggressor, then all the conclusions for the legal documents are meaningless.

Oct 01, 2017
Disproof

The UN Security Council had no task of pointing to the aggressor in Donbas, so the resolution 2202 (2015) on Peaceful Settlement in Eastern Ukraine just called on all parties to fully implement the “Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements”. It does not exclude the fact that Russia is an aggressor there. Most of the measures depend heavliy on Russia and its proxies, including the need for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of all heavy weaponry, full monitoring access for the OSCE, and the full restoration of control of the state border to the Ukrainian government. Russia's actions in Ukraine are a clear violation of international law. Article 2, paragraph 4 of the UN Charter declares without ambiguity that "all Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations" bit.ly/1rbGaE3, . UNGA Resolution 68/262 also affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and underscored the invalidity of the 2014 Crimean referendum bit.ly/1RZGnjo, .

Washington required RT to register as a foreign agent to revenge the losses suffered by America during the information war that it had waged against Russia

America does not protect freedom of speech. It has declared an information war on Russia, but already is feeling that it is losing it. It is so surprising for America itself that the authorities of it are going to ‘fights without rules’ against Russian media on their territory and are demanding strict legal restrictions for the work of our journalists in the United States.

Oct 01, 2017
Disproof

No evidence given. The US just requires RT to: submit periodic disclosures outlining its agreements with the foreign principal, disclose income from and expenditures on behalf the principal, and have business records of its activities available for inspection by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). In addition, a foreign agent must ensure that all informational materials it distributes are conspicuously labelled and filed with the DOJ. www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/agent-of-influence-should-russia-srt-register-as-a-foreign-agent, During the Cold War, representatives of Soviet news outlets (TASS, ‘Pravda’, ‘Izvestia’ and others) were also registered agents www.newsweek.com/time-shine-lightputins-american-propaganda-arm-542642,

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