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WAR PROPAGANDA: The “special military operation” saved Russia from NATO and Nazism
WAR PROPAGANDA: The “special military operation” saved Russia from NATO and Nazism

Russia was forced to attack Ukraine in order to stop the spread of Nazism and prevent a war with NATO, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes three years after the invasion of the neighboring country.

Marin Gherman
25 Feb 2025
FAKE NEWS: The EU caused theThe EU's Russophobia led to the interruption of gas deliveries to Transnistria and the increase in energy prices on the right bank of the Dniester, Russian propaganda claims, ignoring the fact that Gazprom chose to stop supplying gas. energy crisis in Moldova
FAKE NEWS: The EU caused theThe EU's Russophobia led to the interruption of gas deliveries to Transnistria and the increase in energy prices on the right bank of the Dniester, Russian propaganda claims, ignoring the fact that Gazprom chose to stop supplying gas. energy crisis in Moldova

Rusofobia UE a dus la oprirea livrărilor de gaze spre Transnitria și creșterea prețurilor la energie în dreapta Nistrului, afirmă propaganda rusă, care ignoră faptul că Gazpromul a ales să nu mai dea gaze.

Veridica
30 Jan 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky risks suspension for mental health issues
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky risks suspension for mental health issues

Ukraine's parliament could suspend Volodymyr Zelensky as president due to mental health issues, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
29 Jan 2025
NATO’s enlargement increased security in the Baltic region, but more needs to be done
NATO’s enlargement increased security in the Baltic region, but more needs to be done

New NATO members Finland and Sweden are increasingly involved in the security of the Baltic region, which has seen a number of aggressive Russian moves including sabotages of undersea infrastructure. However, the potential for cooperation with the Baltic countries has merely been tapped.

FAKE NEWS: NATO wants Romania and Moldova to provide cannon fodder for a possible war with Russia
FAKE NEWS: NATO wants Romania and Moldova to provide cannon fodder for a possible war with Russia

The USA and NATO will use Romania and Moldova as anti-Russian outposts and suppliers of cannon fodder in the war against Russia, Russian propaganda writes, referring to a routine military exercise.

Veridica
23 Jan 2025
Russia is using its “shadow fleet” to fight a hybrid war in the Baltic Sea
Russia is using its “shadow fleet” to fight a hybrid war in the Baltic Sea

A wave of "accidents"/sabotages in the Baltic Sea suggests that the tanker fleet used by Russia to evade Western sanctions is also being deployed in the hybrid warfare that Moscow is waging against the West.

How the EU and Russia's neighbors see Trump's return to the White House
How the EU and Russia's neighbors see Trump's return to the White House

Donald Trump's return to the White House has generated fears about his approach to Russia and the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the economic relationship with the European Union. Veridica’s team of contributors has analyzed how Trump’s return to power is seen in Brussels and in Russia's neighboring countries - some of them ex-Soviet or ex-communist states, most of them members of the EU or NATO or with Euro-Atlantic aspirations.

Veridica
20 Jan 2025
FAKE NEWS: The head of NATO agrees to hand over Greenland to the USA
FAKE NEWS: The head of NATO agrees to hand over Greenland to the USA

Mark Rutte believes that, because the EU needs US protection, it must renounce Greenland, the Russian media writes, citing statements that the NATO Secretary General never made. Another fabricated claim is that Rutte allegedly said that NATO is much weaker economically and militarily than Russia and is not concerned about the fate of Ukraine.

Marin Gherman
20 Jan 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West forced Russia to invade Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West forced Russia to invade Ukraine

According to the pro-Kremlin media, which quotes Maria Zakharova, Russia had no choice but invade Ukraine, given that the West had been unjustifiably arming Kyiv

Marin Gherman
09 Jan 2025
FAKE NEWS: NATO, at the request of Chisinau, is preparing an attack on Transnistria
FAKE NEWS: NATO, at the request of Chisinau, is preparing an attack on Transnistria

NATO would thus try to distract Russian troops involved in the war in Ukraine, pro-Kremlin media writes, expressing concern for the inhabitants of the separatist region, while Moscow has left them in the cold and dark.

Veridica
08 Jan 2025
MOLDOVA  2024: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION NARRATIVES debunked by Veridica
MOLDOVA 2024: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION NARRATIVES debunked by Veridica

In 2024, the Republic of Moldova was the focus of Russian propaganda, especially in the context of the referendum on the European integration of the country and the presidential elections. Russia promoted narratives designed to further divide society and, just like in 2023, themes relating to the country's involvement in the war in Ukraine, alleged attacks on Transnistria and NATO membership, as well as LGBT "propaganda."

Veridica
06 Jan 2025
Ukraine in 2024: Top PROPAGANDA, FAKE NEWS and DISINFORMATION NARRATIVES debunked by Veridica
Ukraine in 2024: Top PROPAGANDA, FAKE NEWS and DISINFORMATION NARRATIVES debunked by Veridica

Russian propaganda has intertwined anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western narratives with a view to weakening Ukrainian society from the inside and cutting off external aid to Kyiv.

Marin Gherman
04 Jan 2025
FAKE NEWS: The USA refuses to normalize relations with Russia
FAKE NEWS: The USA refuses to normalize relations with Russia

According to a Russian propaganda site in Romania, the US and the Western states do not want to normalize their relations with Russia, although Moscow insists on it.  

Cezar Manu
27 Dec 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine must pay in blood for joining NATO
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine must pay in blood for joining NATO

In order to be accepted into NATO, Ukraine must send more young men to the front and continue the war for two more years, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
16 Dec 2024
Russian propaganda narratives targeting the election campaign in Romania
Russian propaganda narratives targeting the election campaign in Romania

Narratives identical or similar to those fostered by Russian propaganda have also been circulated in the current election campaign in Romania. They transpired not only in the rhetoric of far-right parties, which for years have internalized such theses, but also in the statements of certain politicians aligned to Romania's pro-Western course.

Cezar Manu
06 Dec 2024
FAKE NEWS: There are no extremist anti-Western parties in Romania
FAKE NEWS: There are no extremist anti-Western parties in Romania

There are no anti-EU, anti-NATO or far-right parties in Romania, claims Ion Cristoiu, a well-known promoter of narratives of Russian origin.

Cezar Manu
04 Dec 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky, an MI6 agent seeking to destroy the EU
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky, an MI6 agent seeking to destroy the EU

Zelenskyy is a foreign agent who wants to prevent Western leaders from talking to Putin, so that peace in Ukraine is not achieved, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
26 Nov 2024
Călin Georgescu: A
Călin Georgescu: A "back-up" prime minister, an admirer of the legionnaires, hostile to NATO and the EU

Georgescu was once considered a technocrat with a solid international career. When that career ended, he adopted a pro-Russian and anti-Western discourse and expressed his admiration for Ion Antonescu and Corneliu Zelea Codreanu.

Cezar Manu
25 Nov 2024
Poland as a Frontline Target in Russia’s Growing Sabotage Campaign
Poland as a Frontline Target in Russia’s Growing Sabotage Campaign

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, Russia is stepping up hybrid attacks against NATO countries. Being at the forefront of Russia’s campaign, Poland has been facing an increasing number of sabotages.

Can Ukraine get the nuclear bomb?
Can Ukraine get the nuclear bomb?

Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees that Russia violated with its 2014 invasion. President Zelensky has recently said his country could rebuild its nuclear arsenal.

FAKE NEWS: Ukraine is preparing to attack Transnistria, with the tacit support of the West
FAKE NEWS: Ukraine is preparing to attack Transnistria, with the tacit support of the West

According to a false narrative carried by pro-Kremlin media, Ukraine is preparing an attack on Transnistria and has the agreement of the West and of Bucharest as protector of the Republic of Moldova.

Veridica
17 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Stoltenberg will be held criminally liable for the war in Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: Stoltenberg will be held criminally liable for the war in Ukraine

The former NATO Secretary General is responsible for starting the war in Ukraine and will be sentenced to life imprisonment, according to a Belgian lawyer quoted by Russian propaganda.

Marin Gherman
07 Oct 2024
Moscow's “red lines”: Putin's imagination vs. the hard reality of war
Moscow's “red lines”: Putin's imagination vs. the hard reality of war

Russia is threatening to unleash a nuclear Armageddon if certain “red lines” are crossed to prevent the delivery of weapons to Ukraine. However, the threats do not seem as serious as Putin wants everyone to believe.

An ongoing challenge: connecting the Baltic countries to the EU
An ongoing challenge: connecting the Baltic countries to the EU

After two decades in the EU and NATO, the Baltic States din not yet fully connect their infrastructure with that of their partners. The railway infrastructure is particularly problematic.

WAR PROPAGANDA: The West finances the Ukrainian Army to attack Belarus and Transnistria
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West finances the Ukrainian Army to attack Belarus and Transnistria

The West is putting pressure on Ukraine to mount another counteroffensive, so the Ukrainian army might attack Belarus and Transnistria, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
29 Jul 2024
FAKE NEWS: NATO wants to build a military logistics terminal in the Republic of Moldova and use it to deliver weapons to Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: NATO wants to build a military logistics terminal in the Republic of Moldova and use it to deliver weapons to Ukraine

NATO intends to build a military hub in the Republic of Moldova, according to the fugitive pro-Russian politician Ilan Shor.

Veridica
26 Jul 2024
Polish internet is full of Pro-Russian propaganda and Poland seems helpless
Polish internet is full of Pro-Russian propaganda and Poland seems helpless

Pro-Russian communication channels have significantly infiltrated the Internet and social media platforms in Poland and Eastern European countries.

FAKE NEWS: Romania is preparing a war in Transnistria
FAKE NEWS: Romania is preparing a war in Transnistria

Romania is preparing military actions on the left side of the Dniester, where Romanian mercenaries fought in the 1992 war, and has amended its legislation to that end, the Smuglyanka Telegram channel writes.

Veridica
11 Jul 2024
FAKE NEWS: The Americans have installed the HAARP system in Romania as well
FAKE NEWS: The Americans have installed the HAARP system in Romania as well

The HAARP system, with which the US can control the weather and cause earthquakes, has been installed in Romania, according to the pro-Russian politician Diana Şoşoacă.

Cezar Manu
08 Jul 2024
DISINFORMATION: The Army of the Republic of Moldova will become part of the Romanian Army
DISINFORMATION: The Army of the Republic of Moldova will become part of the Romanian Army

The army of the Republic of Moldova will be subordinated to the Romanian Army, claim pro-Russian politicians who erroneously present a document regarding operations under the auspices of international organizations.

Veridica
26 Jun 2024
DISINFORMATION: The West rejects Moscow's peace plan, seeking to destroy Russia
DISINFORMATION: The West rejects Moscow's peace plan, seeking to destroy Russia

The West rejects the peace plan proposed by Moscow because it hopes for a “strategic defeat” sustained by Russia, supporting Ukraine's aggression against Russian-speakers in Donbas.

Marin Gherman
24 Jun 2024
DISINFORMATION: NATO was created by German Nazi officers and America is a criminal
DISINFORMATION: NATO was created by German Nazi officers and America is a criminal

German Nazi officers were among the founders of NATO, Moldovan pro-Russian Telegram channels write. They also reiterate the thesis according to which the Alliance and the United States are criminal and aggressive.

Veridica
14 Jun 2024