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WAR PROPAGANDA: Poland wants to attack Russia and occupy western Ukraine

WAR PROPAGANDA: Poland wants to attack Russia and occupy western Ukraine

Poland's military strengthening is a threat to Russia and the goal is to annex western Ukraine, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
10 Aug 2023
Latvia is mobilizing: national defense service will be mandatory

Latvia is mobilizing: national defense service will be mandatory

Latvia is making participation in the state defense service (SDS) mandatory, as part of a larger drive to strenghten its security.

Kaspars Germanis
Kaspars Germanis
07 Aug 2023
Anxiety in the Baltic states about Wagner’s next move

Anxiety in the Baltic states about Wagner’s next move

Latvia’s unfinished border fence came into focus following Wagner’s rebellion in Russia and its alleged move to Belarus. Experts warn that security requires more than a fence.

Kaspars Germanis
Kaspars Germanis
12 Jul 2023
What will happen in Belarus when Lukashenko dies? A look at several possible scenarios

What will happen in Belarus when Lukashenko dies? A look at several possible scenarios

Alexander Lukashenko’s health problems have reminded Belarussians that the dictator is a human being after all. Who will succeed him – will it be a member of the current administration, a representative of the opposition or someone appointed by Moscow?

Tatsiana Ashurkevich
Tatsiana Ashurkevich
13 Jun 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West will order Poland to attack Belarus and occupy Lviv

WAR PROPAGANDA: The West will order Poland to attack Belarus and occupy Lviv

Poland will attack Belarus and annex the Ukrainian region of Lviv when the order comes from the US and Britain, which caused the war in Ukraine, according to a false narrative by Russian state media. In reality, Warsaw is supporting Ukraine's defense efforts against Russia's full-scale invasion, carried out with the direct support of Minsk.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
28 Apr 2023
Partner of necessity or loyal ally? Belarus’s part in Putin’s war against Ukraine

Partner of necessity or loyal ally? Belarus’s part in Putin’s war against Ukraine

Alexander Lukashenko’s close ties to the Kremlin have made Belarus a co-aggressor in Russia’s war against Ukraine, which in the future might turn this country into a target of a possible nuclear retaliation. All that was made possible due to the barter Belarussian authorities consented to by allowing Putin to use a strategically important territory in exchange for keeping Lukashenko in office. Yet just how important a part does Belarus play in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and what does that entail for the future of the region?

Tatsiana Ashurkevich
Tatsiana Ashurkevich
20 Apr 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: Belarus and Russia form joint military group to defend against Ukrainian terror attacks and potential NATO aggression

WAR PROPAGANDA: Belarus and Russia form joint military group to defend against Ukrainian terror attacks and potential NATO aggression

Belarus and Russia are forced to create a joint military group to defend themselves against a potential NATO aggression, fascist provocations by Poland and terrorist actions by Ukraine, according to propaganda narratives carried by the two countries’ media. In reality, Belarus is not targeted by any foreign power, but it has allowed Russia to use its territory for the aggression against Ukraine.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
07 Nov 2022
Yuri Felshtinsky: Putin wanted a Russian-Ukrainian-Belarusian army that he could use to conquer Baltic States and the Republic of Moldova

Yuri Felshtinsky: Putin wanted a Russian-Ukrainian-Belarusian army that he could use to conquer Baltic States and the Republic of Moldova

Vladimir Putin’s original plan was to subdue Ukraine without bloodshed and create a joint Russian-Ukrainian-Belarusian army that he could use to conquer Baltic States and the Republic of Moldova, the Russian-American expert Yuri Felshtinsky argues, adding that Moscow’s recent actions suggest, despite all the threats, that no nuclear weapons will be used against Ukraine.

Mădălin Necșuțu
Mădălin Necșuțu
06 Oct 2022
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine was about to attack Belarus, and Russia foiled its plans

WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine was about to attack Belarus, and Russia foiled its plans

Ukraine was preparing to attack Russian and Belarussian troops on the day Russia launched the “special military operation” in Ukraine, Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko says. This false narrative was also picked up by the media in Russia and Belarus.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
15 Mar 2022
Garry Kasparov: I am fighting a Russian dictator

Garry Kasparov: I am fighting a Russian dictator

The chess great spoke with Veridica about his fight for democracy and human rights, the new type of totalitarianism in Russia and what the West should do to stop Putin. Garry Kasparov told us that he is not worried that the regime is trying to eliminate him from textbooks because, in the long run, it is not the dictators who write history. He also said that there is no point in fearing that he will be assassinated because “If someone like Putin decides that you are next on the list, it doesn’t matter if you have protection or not. You go.”

Marian Voicu
Marian Voicu
13 Jun 2021