Disinfo: US army preparing for war against Russia

Summary

US army preparing for war against Russia: First troops emerge [in the Baltic states], followed by US soldiers learning Russian close to our borders.And Lithuania is harboring plans for the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about Western aggression. No evidence given. For background on NATO-Russia relations see here. In 2016, NATO deployed four multinational battlegroups ─ or “enhanced forward presence” ─ to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. In 2017, the battlegroups became fully operational. More than 4,500 troops from Europe and North America work closely together with home defence forces. As part of NATO Allies’ commitment to transparency, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania hosted Russian arms control inspectors in November 2017 and in March 2018. They toured a number of military sites, including some used by the multinational NATO battlegroups. // One of the commentators at the studio also notes that he studied military translation and interpreting in German at university, which does not imply that the country was then preparing to wage war against Germany.

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Rossia 24 (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 125
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 08/11/2018
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Lithuania, Estonia, Baltic states, Russia, Latvia
  • Keywords: Kaliningrad, War preparation, Destabilising Russia
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No evidence given. In fact, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius clearly stated that the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus is a "serious threat for the whole region". More information regarding the position of Lithuanian MFA concerning this issue to be found here and here.

Disinfo: The head of EU diplomacy does not care about Ukraine

The head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini does not care about Ukraine.

Nov 07, 2018
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No evidence given. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about the EU abandoning Ukraine. The EU does not recognise and continues to condemn the violation of international law by Russia. Earlier this year, at the joint press point with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman, the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini reiterated the continued support from the European Union side, "both on the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of the country and on the reform process that the Ukrainian citizens want to see and expect from the government, and on which you have personally done so much and continue to do so much". Read more about EU's position regarding Ukraine here.

Disinfo: It was revealed how the migrants got UN debit cards, Soros also spent USD 500 million on them

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According to Snopes, the websides conflated an existing UNHCR programme with a separate humanitarian program involving Soros and Mastercard. The UNHCR programme was launched in Moldova in 2011 and expanded in 2016, and the beneficiaries receive 30-36 Euros a month. Most beneficiaries only receive money for six months, until their asylum applications are evaluated - althogh the period can be extended for refugees and those under humanitarian protection if they are sick or unemployed. The Mastercard programme was established with the involvement of Mastercard, the Serbian Ministry of Labour and Mercy Corps to provide debit cards to refugees to meet basic needs. Families received cards with EUR 210 and individuals got EUR 70. The money could be used to help meet basic needs. Later, in January 2017 Soros and Mastercard launched a new programme providing private sector solutions to social issues. The UNCHR has been involved with a program to provide cash to refugees via debit cards to help meet immediate needs, and George Soros has been involved with a program to assist migrants in partnership with MasterCard, but Soros is not funding the distribution of MasterCard debit cards to refugees via the United Nations. bit.ly/2Oy3KpJ,