Disinfo: Unlike the USSR, the US yet has to reach the moon

Summary

Many reports indicate and confirm that the United States did not reach the moon … the former Soviet Union was the first to reach it.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative based on one of the most common conspiracy theories in the world. There is a substantial amount of evidence that on July 20, 1969, astronauts landed on Earth's satellite for the first time in the history of mankind. Since then, a total of 12 American astronauts have visited the Moon. On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, experts from NASA posted a three-hour recording of the landing of the ship on the surface of Earth's satellite. While the American' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969, the first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, on 13 September 1959. For similar cases, see here.

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  • Reported in: Issue 194
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 08/04/2020
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: USSR, US
  • Keywords: Moon landing, USSR, Conspiracy theory
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Apr 07, 2020
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Russophobia in Lithuania and the Baltic States. The disinformation message appeared after a statement (see in also in Russian) made by the head of Lithuania's State Security department Darius Jauniskis: "What we are observing is the activity of the Russian special services. These are attempts to disinform society and spread panic, distrust to the Euro-Atlantic space and governments." See similar pro-Kremlin disinformation cases: "Russophobia is the main export of Lithuania", "Free Russia Forum in Vilnius is an anti-Russian gathering", "Lithuania is afflicted by total Russophobia", The only idea that strongly unites Lithuanian society is Russophobia.

Disinfo: Coronavirus gave the Baltic States a new excuse for Russophobia

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Apr 07, 2020
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Recurring pro-Kremlin propaganda narrative about ubiquitous Russophobia in the EU and beyond, mixed in with coronavirus-related events. Read more about EU countries' response to the coronavirus here. For background, read our analysis: The “Russophobia” Myth: Appealing to the Lowest Feelingsand see earlier disinformation cases alleging that Brussels uses Russophobia as a uniting idea to prevent the EU’s collapse, that Russophobia is the main activity of the Latvian state and that the Baltic states’ policies are equal to the Third Reich whereas Russophobia has become a Western value.

Disinfo: The New World Order is Kissinger’s solution to defeat Covid-19

Henry Kissinger, the Zionist pioneer of US imperial foreign policy, warned in an op-ed that no government alone, not even the United States, can defeat the Covid-19 alone, which implies that the New World Order that he always preached must continue.

Apr 07, 2020
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Conspiracy theory with an anti-Semitic element, supported by no evidence and based on a false claim. In the mentioned op-ed [published in the Wall Street Journal on April 3, 2020], former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger didn’t mention any ‘New World Order’ at all, and the article is rather a call to “safeguard the principles of the liberal world order” from the risks posed by the Covid-19 crisis. This is part of Russia’s disinformation campaign on coronavirus, mixed with a recurrent false narrative about a Shadow Government ruling the world and promoting its own agenda, this time called the New World Order. This narrative aims to question the legitimacy of democracy and Western institutions. The Kremlin-led disinformation campaign on coronavirus has been well documented by both media and governments, and some of its elements were widely reported by Russian and international publications and by the European External Action Service. EUvsDisinfo database has a long set of Kremlin-linked disinformation cases on this subject, such as claims that Bill Gates and George Soros are sponsoring the Wuhan coronavirus, that it is a UK, US or NATO creation and Americans have its cure, that it is an artificial disease which specifically targets Chinese DNA, that it is a pretext to gain control of the world’s population, that it was created with economic goals while big pharma companies are spreading panic for their own profits, that it is a biological weapon against Russia and China, that it will wipe out Ukraine’s population in a few days or that it was predicted by Nostradamus and others.