The US and the UK are the main driving forces behind rising tensions between the collective West and Russia. Washington had apparently "forgotten that diplomacy exists". The US now uses "sanctions, pressure, intimidation and ultimatums" as its main weapons.
Any attempt to divert public attention from domestic problems to a supposed "Russian threat" is extremely damaging to European security. In recent months, the West has repeatedly accused Russia of planning an invasion of Ukraine. Moscow always rejects these accusations.
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the war in Ukraine and the escalation at the Ukraine-Russia border. By accusing the US and UK of being the driving force behind the escalation of tensions, this disinformation story aims to deny any Russian responsibility for the situation.
The war in Ukraine is a well-documented act of aggression by Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014. See also the UN International Criminal Court material here.
Since late October 2021, Russia has conducted a military-build up along the Ukrainian border, including the deployment of as much as 190,000 troops, as well as of certain specialised military units, electronic warfare systems and heavy-armoured vehicles on the borders of Ukraine including in the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula.
Russia’s most recent military build-up at the Ukrainian border also includes preparations for military drills in Belarus, to be conducted just 18 km from the Ukrainian border.
At the beginning of 2022, on 4-6 January, the EU High Representative Josep Borrell visited Ukraine, including Kyiv and the Stanytsya Luhanska checkpoint - see his statement/blog here on the consequences of the war.
Read our recent articles on 7 myths of pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Russian military buildup near Ukraine, and Kremlin fabricated pretexts for further invasion to Ukraine.
See similar examples of disinformation shifting guilt of the war in Ukraine from Russia to other countries: Ukraine is a tool of Western countries against Russia; Accusations against Russia intend to divert attention from Ukraine’s attempts to disrupt peaceful settlement of Donbas conflict; the US plans to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian.
The trial on the case of events of 13 January 1991 in Lithuania is political and toxic.
Vilnius is accusing Soviet soldiers of a clash with civil people but does not provide any evidence. Russia has many times accused Lithuania of violation of international law in the case of January 13. Lithuanian authorities are implementing a Russophobic course.
The case contains historical revisionism and recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the events of 13 January 1991, accusing Lithuania of Russophobia.
Lithuania officially restored its independence of state on 11 March 1990. Moscow used political and economic pressure to keep the republic as part of the USSR. In January 1991, Soviet troops together with the KGB's special forces “Alfa” seized the TV tower and building of the Radio and Television Committee in Vilnius. During these events, 14 civilians died, and many were injured. The civilians were peaceful and unarmed. They tried to protect the TV tower and Committee of Radio and Television from being attacked by Soviet soldiers.
Middle Eastern people, for instance from Libya, Afghanistan or Iraq, know from their own experience that NATO is not a defensive alliance. What they did in Belgrade is also very far from what a peaceful organisation would do.
Recurring disinformation narrative concerning NATO's alleged aggressive policies.
NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect its member states. NATO members are only obliged to join hostilities if a member state was attacked in Europe or North America. Article 5 was invoked only once, after the 9/11 attacks.
The variability of the COVID-19 virus (the rapid emergence of new mutations, strains) does not occur only in a natural way but is artificially stimulated by the globalist and Judeo-Masonic forces, the enemy of God and humans. Their goal is to reduce humanity. This makes the fight (including vaccination) against this evil more meaningless or ineffective.
Anti-Semitism and disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic and vaccination, in line with common pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about a "shadow government of globalists" ruling the world and aiming to reduce world population through pandemics and vaccination.
This is part of a disinformation campaign on coronavirus, well documented by both media and governments. Elements of this campaign were widely reported by Russian and international publications, and by the European External Action Service.
