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WAR PROPAGANDA: The West wants Ukraine to mobilize women and elderly

WAR PROPAGANDA: The West wants Ukraine to mobilize women and elderly

Ukraine will send women and old men to the front at the insistence of the West, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda citing the head of Russia's foreign intelligence services.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
24 Nov 2023
In the White House race, the Baltics are rooting for Joe Biden

In the White House race, the Baltics are rooting for Joe Biden

There are worries in the Baltic States that a new Donald Trump may mean chaotic US policies. If Joe Biden stays, it would be “business as usual”.

Kaspars Germanis
Kaspars Germanis
24 Nov 2023
Bin Laden would probably have those sharing his letter killed

Bin Laden would probably have those sharing his letter killed

Bin Laden’s “Letter to America” is an ultimatum and a death threat to the collective West. Many of those hailing and sharing it are the very people al-Qaeda would hunt.

Cătălin Gomboș
Cătălin Gomboș
21 Nov 2023
The Biden – Xi did meeting did not settle the bilateral issues, but reduced tension

The Biden – Xi did meeting did not settle the bilateral issues, but reduced tension

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed, among other things, to establish a direct line of contact. It is a step forward in the bilateral relationship, after years of tensions.

Ioana Dumitrescu
Ioana Dumitrescu
17 Nov 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West needs the war in Ukraine

WAR PROPAGANDA: The West needs the war in Ukraine

Russian propaganda fosters a new version of the war propaganda narrative stating that the war in Ukraine was triggered by the USA in order to preserve its position as a global leader, and Moscow is forced to defend itself against the murderous regime in Kyiv.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
08 Nov 2023
Georgia: a “coup plot”, the president’s impeachment and a looming rejection by the EU

Georgia: a “coup plot”, the president’s impeachment and a looming rejection by the EU

As experts warn that Georgia will not be granted EU candidate status this year, authorities allege there was a coup plot and the parliament impeaches the president.

Diana Shanava
Diana Shanava
02 Oct 2023
The coup in Niger and Russia’s anti-Western campaign in Africa

The coup in Niger and Russia’s anti-Western campaign in Africa

Russia uses Wagner mercenaries to undermine the influence of the West in Africa. The latest country that appears to be leaning towards Moscow is the US's main regional partner, Niger.

Ioana Dumitrescu
Ioana Dumitrescu
31 Aug 2023
Georgia is increasingly dependent on Russia despite its European aspirations

Georgia is increasingly dependent on Russia despite its European aspirations

Georgia is increasingly economically dependent on Russia, which generates security risks for Tbilisi. There are also concerns that Moscow is circumventing Western sanctions through Georgia.

Diana Shanava
Diana Shanava
25 Aug 2023
Georgia’s EU integration, threatened by the unwillingness to reform the judiciary

Georgia’s EU integration, threatened by the unwillingness to reform the judiciary

While Georgia hopes to be granted EU-candidate status, its government seems unwilling to reform the judiciary, as demanded by both Brussels and the US.

Diana Shanava
Diana Shanava
31 May 2023
Pentagon leaks: what we know so far and the questions that need answers

Pentagon leaks: what we know so far and the questions that need answers

US authorities have arrested and indicted a suspect in the leaked Pentagon documents investigation. There are however questions the public expect to be answered, from how a 21-year-old was allowed to upload top-secret documents online, to the nature of the data itself – are we truly looking at classified information, or is this an elaborate form of disinformation?

Ionuț Iamandi
Ionuț Iamandi
18 Apr 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: The war forced the USA to relocate its bioweapons from Ukraine

WAR PROPAGANDA: The war forced the USA to relocate its bioweapons from Ukraine

According to the Russian Parliament, by means of the “special military operation” Russia managed to stop the US production of biological weapons in Ukraine, a threat to its national security. In fact, Ukraine never hosted laboratories manufacturing biological weapons.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
17 Apr 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: The US has allowed Ukraine to bomb Russia

WAR PROPAGANDA: The US has allowed Ukraine to bomb Russia

The Ukrainian army has publicly got the US’s approval to bomb towns on the territory of the Russian Federation, according to a false narrative disseminated by the Russian state media. In reality, the US has clearly discouraged potential operations on Russian territory, but has recognized Ukraine's right to operate on its own territory, including the one illegally annexed by Moscow.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
12 Apr 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: The USA will dispatch 200 thousand Ukrainian suicide bombers who will take their orders from the Pentagon

WAR PROPAGANDA: The USA will dispatch 200 thousand Ukrainian suicide bombers who will take their orders from the Pentagon

A number of Ukrainian brigades report directly to the Pentagon and will be sent to certain death as part of an offensive in southern and southeastern Ukraine, according to a false narrative disseminated by the Russian media. In fact, Ukrainian combat units are subordinated to the Ukrainian Defense Staff, and the newly created brigades are made up particularly of seasoned servicemen.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
10 Apr 2023
Donald Trump indicted. The significance of an unprecedented case

Donald Trump indicted. The significance of an unprecedented case

Donald Trump is the first former US president to be brought to court in a criminal investigation. How will the trial (and others that might follow) affect Trump’s political standing, given the ex-president has already announced his White House bid in 2024?

Ionuț Iamandi
Ionuț Iamandi
05 Apr 2023
FAKE NEWS: The USA is dictating Romania’s policy-making and waging a war against Russia

FAKE NEWS: The USA is dictating Romania’s policy-making and waging a war against Russia

The USA is dictating Romanian policy, it seeks to destroy the EU and is waging a war against Russia, according to a number of false narratives promoted by the former Foreign Minister of Romania, Adrian Severin, a former convicted criminal. The narratives have emerged from an open letter the politician turned criminal has conveyed to the new Ambassador of the USA in Romania, Kathleen Kavalec.

Cezar Manu
Cezar Manu
23 Mar 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: The USA has declared war on Russia, allowing the Ukrainian army to bomb Crimea

WAR PROPAGANDA: The USA has declared war on Russia, allowing the Ukrainian army to bomb Crimea

Ukraine’s military campaign on the territory of Crimea is tantamount to the USA declaring war on Russia, and Moscow may answer by bombing Washington, the Russian government media writes, quoting a Moscow official. In fact, Ukraine is entitled to recapture this territory, and the international community has never recognized the illegal annexation of Crimea or it being part of the Russian Federation.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
23 Dec 2022
Drone wars: from Afghanistan to Ukraine

Drone wars: from Afghanistan to Ukraine

Originally developed as surveillance aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – commonly known as drones – underwent a number of transformations, from aircraft used to carry out tactical airstrikes to weapons included in the arsenal of modern warfare, the same as artillery and aviation. Drones play a key role in the war in Ukraine as well, where in recent weeks they have been primarily used as instruments of terror.

Ionuț Iamandi
Ionuț Iamandi
24 Nov 2022
FAKE NEWS: The US is preparing to attack Transnistria

FAKE NEWS: The US is preparing to attack Transnistria

American soldiers from the well-known 101st Airborne Division have been deployed in Romania also with the aim of attacking the separatist Transnistrian region, in particular the power plant in this region, a controversial Russian political scientist claims. The false narrative was taken over by Politnavigator, a Kremlin-affiliated website.

Veridica
Veridica
14 Nov 2022
Verdict in the Sandy Hook defamation trial – It’s not about the money, it’s about telling the truth

Verdict in the Sandy Hook defamation trial – It’s not about the money, it’s about telling the truth

Alex Jones, one of the best known American conspiracy theorists, was sentenced to pay nearly 1 billion USD after claiming for years the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting never actually took place and was actually staged. The sentence represents a landmark for combating the increasingly toxic phenomenon of fake news. The battle might have been won, but the war wages on.

Ionuț Iamandi
Ionuț Iamandi
28 Oct 2022
WAR PROPAGANDA: The referendums of the annexation of Russian-held territories in eastern and southern Ukraine observe the UN Charter

WAR PROPAGANDA: The referendums of the annexation of Russian-held territories in eastern and southern Ukraine observe the UN Charter

The population of Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson have a right to self-determination under the UN Charter, which makes the referendums in southern and eastern Ukraine legitimate, says Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. In fact, Russia violated the UN Declaration on the Principles of International Law by invading Ukraine, and the international community will not recognize the referendums.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
24 Sep 2022
WAR PROPAGANDA: Anthony Fauci has confirmed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was produced in Ukrainian labs

WAR PROPAGANDA: Anthony Fauci has confirmed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was produced in Ukrainian labs

The former US chief epidemiologist has publicly admitted that US laboratories in Ukraine were involved in the production of the coronavirus, according to media in Russia and in the self-proclaimed Luhansk republic. The so-called news is a fabrication: there is no statement by Anthony Fauci regarding the production of viruses or other biological weapons in Ukraine.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
05 Sep 2022
WAR PROPAGANDA: The USA will cause a nuclear disaster in Ukraine to conceal evidence of their biological weapons laboratories

WAR PROPAGANDA: The USA will cause a nuclear disaster in Ukraine to conceal evidence of their biological weapons laboratories

The United States wants a nuclear disaster to happen at the Zaporizhzhia NPP in order to wipe out any evidence of their biological weapons labs, reads a false narrative disseminated by the Russian government media. In fact, no Western state wants to see a nuclear incident, all the more so as it might have a powerful global impact, whereas the laboratories manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine are a fabrication of Russian propaganda.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
25 Aug 2022
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, killed by the Americans in Kabul. The significance of taking down the world’s most wanted terrorist

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, killed by the Americans in Kabul. The significance of taking down the world’s most wanted terrorist

Ayman al-Zawahiri was the ideologue of the Al-Qaida network, whose leadership he took over after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Al-Zawahiri was one of the most prominent terrorist leaders killed in the past two decades, but his death is unlikely to have a significant impact the jihadist movement.

Cătălin Gomboș
Cătălin Gomboș
02 Aug 2022
DISINFORMATION: The Romania – US strategic partnership brings no advantages

DISINFORMATION: The Romania – US strategic partnership brings no advantages

Romania's strategic partnership with the US has not produced any tangible results or advantages for Romania, it has only turned the country into an importer of American weapons.

Mădălin Necșuțu
Mădălin Necșuțu
22 Jul 2022
DISINFORMATION: The West is fighting Russia using Ukraine as proxy

DISINFORMATION: The West is fighting Russia using Ukraine as proxy

Western countries are waging a war by proxy in Ukraine against Russia, and seek to destroy this country, although the armed conflict is affecting the West more than it does Russia.

Mădălin Necșuțu
Mădălin Necșuțu
21 May 2022
FAKE NEWS: Romania is amassing its military forces on the borders with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine

FAKE NEWS: Romania is amassing its military forces on the borders with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine

A convoy of Romanian military technology was caught on camera while moving towards with borders with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, the Russian media writes, referring to a video captured by an amateur with his mobile phone. The footage, used as part of other disinformation narratives as well, serves as an excuse to reiterate the fake news about Romania’s plans to occupy the Republic of Moldova and to attack the Transnistrian separatist region.

Veridica
Veridica
02 May 2022
In search of alternatives to Russian petrol, the West might resort to “smaller Russias”

In search of alternatives to Russian petrol, the West might resort to “smaller Russias”

Europe’s reliance on large energy imports from Russia prevents the adoption of sanctions meant to deprive Moscow of sizable revenues, which it can use to feed its war machine. The West is looking for replacements, but unfortunately these are more often than not “smaller Russias” – authoritarian regimes that also stand accused of violating human rights.

Ionuț Iamandi
Ionuț Iamandi
30 Apr 2022
FAKE NEWS: The USA is sending to Ukraine Afghan military who fled their Taliban-occupied country

FAKE NEWS: The USA is sending to Ukraine Afghan military who fled their Taliban-occupied country

The Russian media is distributing propaganda narratives, according to which the USA will deploy former military of the Afghan armed forces to Ukraine. In fact, the USA has not and will not deploy troops to the territory of Ukraine in the context of the war with Russia.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
06 Apr 2022
WAR PROPAGANDA: The Americans’ secret laboratories in Ukraine were synthetizing coronavirus

WAR PROPAGANDA: The Americans’ secret laboratories in Ukraine were synthetizing coronavirus

Ukraine’s biological laboratories were conducting experiments on bats to produce coronavirus, the Russian media writes. This is part of the metanarrative about biological laboratories, where Ukraine was producing weapons of mass destruction, with support from the United States.

Marin Gherman
Marin Gherman
13 Mar 2022
DISINFORMATION: The USA doesn’t consider the deployment of Russian troops to the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in Donbas an invasion of Ukraine

DISINFORMATION: The USA doesn’t consider the deployment of Russian troops to the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in Donbas an invasion of Ukraine

The United States does not consider Russia is invading Ukraine by sending troops to the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, since it didn’t adopt harsher sanctions. This false narrative is promoted by Sorin Roșca Stănescu, a journalist known for being involved in criminal investigations, and whose articles regularly reference narratives similar to those publicized by Russian propaganda.

Mădălin Necșuțu
Mădălin Necșuțu
23 Feb 2022
FAKE NEWS: The West is escalating the situation in Ukraine

FAKE NEWS: The West is escalating the situation in Ukraine

The West is escalating the situation in Ukraine, the main Kremlin propagandists keep on claiming, while Russia has amassed troops and equipment near its border with that country. The narratives are aimed at making the West responsible for the situation in Ukraine and justifying the Russian aggression.

Mariana Vasilache
Mariana Vasilache
18 Feb 2022
DISINFORMATION: The US is pushing Ukraine towards war with Russia, and Kiev's fate will be decided by negotiations between major powers

DISINFORMATION: The US is pushing Ukraine towards war with Russia, and Kiev's fate will be decided by negotiations between major powers

Ukraine is being pushed by the US towards war, and the Americans want to deploy in that country missiles targeting Russia, according to narratives promoted by the main Russian TV channel. It also claims that the fate of Ukraine will be decided by negotiations between the great powers.

Mariana Vasilache
Mariana Vasilache
11 Feb 2022