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Disinfo: Zelenskyy denies Ukraine the only protection against COVID-19

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Woe to the President [Volodymyr Zelenskyy] who, out of his own stupidity and weakness, refused to accept the lifeline proposed by Moscow. And this given the catastrophic situation that is now emerging in “Nezalezhnaya” [pejorative Russian slang for Ukraine] due to COVID-19. […] in general, [“Sputnik-V”] is “the most effective remedy to date in the fight against coronavirus.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine and the coronavirus. On Aug 11, 2020, Russia declared that it was the first country in the world to approve a vaccine against the coronavirus. Nonetheless, there are widespread concerns that the approval is premature. At the time of approval, the vaccine had not even started phase 3 trials, nor had any results on the earlier stage trials been published, worlds scientists said in the Lancet. WHO expressed concerns about the preternatural registration of the vaccine. See similar disinformation cases alleging that ugly commercial interests are behind the criticism of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine or that WHO confirms the Russian "Sputnik-V" vaccine is safe and effective.

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  • Reported in: Issue 215
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 08/10/2020
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine, Russia
  • Keywords: coronavirus, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine, vaccination
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Ukrainians will lose land due to the land privatisation law

In general, everything points to the fact that Ukrainians will say goodbye to their land soon. They have not been landowners in their own country until now, and, as a result of a land scam, many of them will soon become cheap labour force working for the agricultural sector. By and large, it doesn’t matter where you work – for a Polish overlord or for the owner in Ukraine.

Oct 07, 2020
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This is a recurrent narrative aimed to discredit Ukraine and Ukrainian statehood. The claim that the adoption of the law on the land market is an illustration of foreign control and Ukrainians will lose land is false. The law states that only Ukrainian citizens and companies registered in Ukraine and under Ukrainian law will be eligible to buy agricultural land in Ukraine. Other restrictions are prescribed by the law. Also, the EU - Ukraine Association Council welcomed Kyiv's steps to open the land market, which "should be based on the rule of law and the principles of sustainability, transparency, fairness and inclusiveness."

The "poisoning of Navalny" is likely a project for self-promoting

Most likely, the “poisoning of Navalny” is one of [Navalny’s] projects aimed at both self-promotion and gaining support from the West, which has now received a new argument for imposing further sanctions against Moscow.

Oct 07, 2020
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This message is a conspiracy theory advancing recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the poisoning of Alexey Navalny. A prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny fell ill during a flight and the plane had to make an emergency landing in Omsk, where doctors said he was in a coma and they were trying to save his life. Since then he has been transferred to Berlin and is receiving treatment at Berlin’s Charite Hospital. The German federal government said that toxicological tests provided “unequivocal evidence of a chemical nerve agent of the Novichok group” in the blood samples of Alexei Navalny. The European Union condemned the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in the strongest possible terms. See related disinformation cases alleging that the West will falsely accuse Russia of poisoning Navalny as with Skripal and Litvinenko; the West has an interest in the death of Navalny to launch a new wave of sanctions against Russia; political scandal in Austria was a CIA operation to stop the construction of Nord Stream 2.

US is creating a destabilising belt around Russia

The United States is systematically forming a destabilising belt around Russia in order to ultimately force Moscow to capitulate to the West. […] a proxy war, or information-hybrid war, of the West against Russia is already underway. Its goal is to dismantle the Russian state and turn it into a failed state.

Oct 07, 2020
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Conspiracy theory, recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative alleging the US has an anti-Russian policy and attempts to orchestrate "colour revolutions" in and around Russia, in an attempt to encircle it. There is no evidence that the US is trying to destabilise Russia. The US State Department informs that "the United States would like to move beyond the current low level of trust with Russia, stabilise our relationship, and cooperate where possible and when it is in the core U.S. national security interest to do so. [...] The long-term goal of the United States is to see Russia become a constructive stakeholder in the global community." Pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives frequently claim that popular protests around the world are allegedly incited, and funded, by the US and other Western states, including colour revolutions in post-Soviet states, the “Arab Spring” revolts, Euromaidan in Ukraine, protests in Catalonia and others. This narrative claims that protests, disorders, and civil uprisings are never manifestations of popular discontent but are “colour revolutions” directed and funded by the West. See similar cases claiming that Ukraine is stirring up revolutions in Belarus and Russia under the control of RAND corporation, that Belarus is under attack by the unilateral globalist world to indirectly destabilise Vladimir Putin, or that the West's attack against Belarus is also an attack against Russia.