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FAKE NEWS: Macron wants a war with Russia, but the army opposes it
FAKE NEWS: Macron wants a war with Russia, but the army opposes it

The Chief of Staff of the French army has resigned, protesting Macron’s decision to start a war against Russia, sovereigntist propaganda claims.

Cezar Manu
29 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: The EU and NATO want to occupy Moldova with the help of Maia Sandu
FAKE NEWS: The EU and NATO want to occupy Moldova with the help of Maia Sandu

The EU wants to occupy Moldova with the help of NATO troops after the parliamentary election, and Maia Sandu is involved in this plan and will request the sending of foreign troops, according to a disinformation narrative promoted by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

Veridica
24 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: France and the UK want Transnistria in order to get to the Black Sea
FAKE NEWS: France and the UK want Transnistria in order to get to the Black Sea

France and Great Britain want to control Transnistria in order to attack and conquer Ukraine's Black Sea coast, according to a 19th-century plan, claims a political scientist from Tiraspol quoted by Russian propaganda.

Veridica
18 Sep 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The
WAR PROPAGANDA: The "Coalition of the Willing" wants Ukraine's resources

The "Coalition of the Willing" aims to occupy Ukraine – Romania and Poland will receive territories, while France and Great Britain will receive resources and ports, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
16 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldovans pay less for electricity produced in Romania than Romanians themselves
FAKE NEWS: Moldovans pay less for electricity produced in Romania than Romanians themselves

The Romanian Government prefers to export cheap electricity to the Republic of Moldova, imposing inflated prices on the Romanian population, AUR deputy Călin Matieș claims.

Cezar Manu
15 Sep 2025
Thirty Years After Communism: Eastern Europe’s EU Integration vs. the Alternative
Thirty Years After Communism: Eastern Europe’s EU Integration vs. the Alternative

After the collapse of communist regimes in the early 1990s, the nations of Central and Eastern Europe faced a pivotal choice: embrace Western-style democracy and market economics, or remain in the post-Soviet sphere. Today, more than three decades on, the results of that choice are stark.

FAKE NEWS: Chișinău seeks to annex Transnistria and integrate it into Romania
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău seeks to annex Transnistria and integrate it into Romania

The Transnistrian secessionist conflict was caused by the Romanianization promoted by Chișinău, and Romanian volunteers participated in the 1992 war, according to an alleged analysis published in the Russian press, which also claims that the Moldovan authorities want to annex Transnistria to Romania.

Veridica
04 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: Bucharest calls on Chișinău to suppress the pro-Russian opposition
FAKE NEWS: Bucharest calls on Chișinău to suppress the pro-Russian opposition

Jointly with Chișinău authorities, Bucharest is reportedly preparing actions aimed at suppressing the opposition, but also to directly get involved in the election in the Republic of Moldova, according to a new narrative promoted by Kremlin-linked propaganda.

Veridica
29 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania can become Europe's main water supplier
FAKE NEWS: Romania can become Europe's main water supplier

Călin Georgescu was unfairly mocked when he said that Romania could become a major “player” on the international water market, sovereignist media claims.

Cezar Manu
25 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: JD Vance has stated that Romania is a French colony.
FAKE NEWS: JD Vance has stated that Romania is a French colony.

US Vice President JD Vance urged Romanians to revolt in order to free themselves from the French colonial rule, claims MEP Diana Șoșoacă.

Cezar Manu
18 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania does not receive compensations for its assistance granted to Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: Romania does not receive compensations for its assistance granted to Ukraine

Romania offers support to Ukraine without asking for anything in return and without publicly defending its own priorities, sovereignist media writes.

Cezar Manu
12 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: The only reason Romania has not attacked Transnistria is because it is too weak
FAKE NEWS: The only reason Romania has not attacked Transnistria is because it is too weak

Romania and Moldova would like to attack Transnistria, but have not done so because Romania’s army is weaker than the forces across the Dniester, according to a false narrative promoted by Russian propaganda.

Veridica
07 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldovan textbooks, rewritten to justify a confrontation with Russia
FAKE NEWS: Moldovan textbooks, rewritten to justify a confrontation with Russia

The history and textbooks in the Republic of Moldova are rewritten at the behest of globalist forces to justify a confrontation with Russia, says the Russian ambassador to Chișinău.

Veridica
24 Jul 2025
Why Romania is (so far) losing the hybrid war
Why Romania is (so far) losing the hybrid war

There are at least two types of causes. The first is related to Romania's structural deficiencies, making institutions act more or less the same, regardless of the source of the danger, be it internal or external. The second, the easiest to deal with, stems from the specific nature of the relationship with Russia, the country from which the greatest threat to Romanian democracy comes today.

Cosmin Popa
23 Jul 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania has declared martial law
FAKE NEWS: Romania has declared martial law

Martial law has been secretly declared in Romania, and the country is being ruled by a foreign military authority, according to Romanian conspiracy theorists.

Cezar Manu
16 Jul 2025
FAKE NEWS: The Romanian Orthodox Church and the West promote LGBT agenda in Moldova
FAKE NEWS: The Romanian Orthodox Church and the West promote LGBT agenda in Moldova

The Metropolitanate of Bessarabia (part of the Romanian Orthodox Church) was created by Romania and the West to destroy Orthodoxy and promote LGBT agenda, pro-Russian Bishop Marchel claims.

Veridica
11 Jul 2025
Chisinau Mayor Ion Ceban: pro-European leftist or Russian Trojan horse?
Chisinau Mayor Ion Ceban: pro-European leftist or Russian Trojan horse?

Ceban, banned in Romania, has made anti-EU statements and worked with the pro-Russian leaders Vladimir Voronin and Igor Dodon. He now wants to be the leader of the pro-European opposition, but there are suspicions that he prefers Moscow.

Veridica
10 Jul 2025
FAKE NEWS: The Bolojan government has doubled the price of energy
FAKE NEWS: The Bolojan government has doubled the price of energy

The population's energy costs will double due to the economic policies adopted by the new government and President Dan, claims the sovereignist opposition.

Cezar Manu
30 Jun 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania will cover the costs of gas deliveries to Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: Romania will cover the costs of gas deliveries to Ukraine

Romania will lose money by agreeing to reduce prices for the transit of natural gas to Ukraine, according to a website associated with the propaganda network of AUR.

Cezar Manu
24 Jun 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania will become a transit hub for weapons destined for Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: Romania will become a transit hub for weapons destined for Ukraine

Romania will become a logistics hub for the transit of weapons destined for Ukraine, replacing Poland, which has elected a patriotic president, conspiracy theorists claim.

Cezar Manu
17 Jun 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania's political leaders do not represent the will of the people
FAKE NEWS: Romania's political leaders do not represent the will of the people

The AUR party should be in power because it ranks first in the polls, sovereignist propaganda writes.

Cezar Manu
10 Jun 2025
Russia aims to
Russia aims to "reprogram" Romanians through hybrid warfare and disinformation

Russia's attempt to install a president in Bucharest is a small part of the scenario prepared for Romania. In the long term, Moscow aims to culturally "reprogram" Romanians - through disinformation - so that they abandon the West and choose the "Russian world".

Cosmin Popa
10 Jun 2025
Sovereignists' invention and representation of the enemy. Case study: electoral campaign
Sovereignists' invention and representation of the enemy. Case study: electoral campaign

Just like the Legionnaires and the Communists did before them, the Sovereignists have invented their own "enemies of the people and of the country", whom they demonize through visual propaganda. The targets include the EU, Ukraine, Soros, CCR, LGBTQ+, Nicușor Dan and Mugur Isărescu.

FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova wants territories of Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova wants territories of Ukraine

Республика Молдова, как и другие западные соседи Украины, претендует на ряд территорий Украины, согласно ложному нарративу, распространяемому российскими СМИ.

Veridica
23 May 2025
Moldova voted for Nicușor Dan out of a desire for security and European integration
Moldova voted for Nicușor Dan out of a desire for security and European integration

While politicians in Chisinau have noted the deep ties between the two Romanian states, experts also see the vote as a sign of Moldovans' concern for their own security and interest in maintaining their country's European path.

FAKE NEWS: France has adopted the assisted suicide law
FAKE NEWS: France has adopted the assisted suicide law

The French parliament has passed the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia, forcing the country's population to die, according to an AUR MEP.

Cezar Manu
19 May 2025
For Brussels, Romania has become a pro-European oasis in a sea of geopolitical uncertainty
For Brussels, Romania has become a pro-European oasis in a sea of geopolitical uncertainty

By electing Nicușor Dan, Romania has scored an image-boost coup in Brussels and, at the same time, created expectations that are very difficult to satisfy. The potential benefits, but also the responsibility that befalls our country, are great.

From Horia Sima to the 2025 sovereignists: the legionnaires and post-communist Romania (II)
From Horia Sima to the 2025 sovereignists: the legionnaires and post-communist Romania (II)

The political evolution of (Neo)Legionarism, from pocket political parties, such as those created by Marian Munteanu, to organizations like The New Right (Noua Dreaptă) – the connecting link between (Neo)Legionarism and sovereigntism – and politicians who frequently make the front page, such as George Simion, Călin Georgescu and Diana Șoșoacă.

Veridica
15 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania to annul the presidential election again
FAKE NEWS: Romania to annul the presidential election again

Romanian authorities want to annul the presidential election again, a Russian propaganda publication claims.

Cezar Manu
12 May 2025
Voting split abroad: a pro-EU Moldova, a pro-Sovereignist West
Voting split abroad: a pro-EU Moldova, a pro-Sovereignist West

Romanians in the Republic of Moldova overwhelmingly voted for Nicușor Dan, even though the ruling party, PAS, supported Crin Antonescu. Directly threatened by Moscow, the Moldovans rejected George Simion who, although he declared himself a unionist, is perceived as pro-Russian across the Prut. On the other hand, George Simion got most of the votes of the Romanian diaspora in Europe, which until recently preferred candidates and parties defined as pro-European and reformist.

Veridica
06 May 2025
Why Romania’s presidential elections matter in neighboring Moldova
Why Romania’s presidential elections matter in neighboring Moldova

Fighting off Russia’ hybrid attacks, Moldova needs a good relationship with Romania. However, several presidential candidates have promoted a sovereignist, even pro-Russian discourse, and one of them was declared persona non grata in the Republic of Moldova.

FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu banned the celebration of “Victory Day” in the Republic of Moldova
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu banned the celebration of “Victory Day” in the Republic of Moldova

Maia Sandu banned the celebration of the so-called “Victory Day” in the Republic of Moldova, and the EU imposed a ban on the “Moldovan language”, according to false narratives disseminated by Russian propaganda.

Veridica
01 May 2025