Disinfo: Ukraine has to return to the historical lands of the Ukrainian People's Republic

Summary

Ukraine was among the founding countries of the Soviet Union. Today’s Ukraine is the successor of whom, the Soviet Union or the Ukrainian People’s Republic? If it’s the UPR, then it should return to its borders. The first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk was the assignee of the UPR.

Disproof

Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative designed to denigrate the history of Ukraine, Ukrainian statehood and its independence. According to the article 5 of the law of Ukraine "On the succession of Ukraine", “the state border of the USSR, which delimits the territory of Ukraine from other states, and the border between the Ukrainian SSR and the Belarusian SSR, the RSFSR, and the Republic of Moldova as of 16 July 1990 is the state border of Ukraine.” According to article 7, “Ukraine is the assignee of rights and obligations under international treaties of the USSR, which do not contradict the Constitution of Ukraine and the interests of the Republic.” Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected globally, but were violated by Russia in 2014.

publication/media

  • Reported in: Issue 184
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 30/01/2020
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine
  • Keywords: USSR
see more

Disinfo: The White Helmets are preparing a false flag chemical attack in Syria

The Western-sponsored so called “White Helmets” are preparing together with their collaborators among terrorists a new false flag operation, using chemical weapons in Syria, hoping to accuse Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad for the attack and have him ousted. But the modus operandi of the provocateurs are already known by everyone and their plans will fail.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative, portraying the White Helmets as a Western-backed terrorist proxy and, implicitly, denying the responsibility of the Assad regime for chemical attacks perpetrated during the Syrian civil war.

Read similar cases claiming that the White Helmets were involved in the production of videos of staged “chemical attacks” and that the White Helmets have close links to Al-Qaeda and falsify chemical attacks evidence.

Disinfo: Big Pharma spread false rumours about the coronavirus to forward their business interests

The coronavirus is heading the news these days, and of course – all fakes around it. The primary object is to cause panic. One can hear “exclusive stories”, such as: “according to the Ministry of Health, more than 112 persons have died in Siberia and the Far East“. More than 200 similar reports have been detected by the Fund for Defending National Values. One can hear such delusional stories as “FBI reports that more than 100.000 persons have died in China and almost 3 millions are infected.” Why would the FBI care? This organisation deals only with internal issues of the USA. Why not the NSA or CIA? And those US specialists from “China” do not act delicately: “Tens of thousands are dead and thousands corps are burned at waste stations“.

Behind this stand the giant pharmaceutical companies, attempting to forward their business interests.

Disproof

An unfounded conspiracy theory. Pro-Kremlin media recurrently attempt to feed into narratives on the pharmaceutical industry, suggesting evil play behind vaccines, pharmaceutical research facilities etc.

Disinfo: UK and US only saw Hitler as the enemy of the USSR

England, the United States of America, and other imperial powers saw Hitler as the main adversary against the Soviet Union.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative distorting the events of the Second World War.

The UK and the United States were also against Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and chose to retaliate against the Third Reich. The UK declared war on the Nazi regime as a result of German refusal to remove troops from neutral Belgium. Prior to the German invasion, the United Kingdom had signed the Treaty of London (1839) which guaranteed British and French defence of Belgium sovereignty.