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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 government in Chișinău wants a civil war so it can bring in Romanian troops
FAKE NEWS: The government in Chișinău wants a civil war so it can bring in Romanian troops

By arresting the governor of Găgăuzia, the government in Chișinău wants to provoke social unrest in order to justify a military intervention by Romania, according to a false narrative launched in the region.

Veridica
09 Apr 2025
Back to counting tanks: Europe’s new economic priorities
Back to counting tanks: Europe’s new economic priorities

The share of military expenditures in the GDP of European Union countries is set to rise, bringing Europe back to an era where security was defined not by investments in education or the green economy but by the number of tanks, aircraft, and soldiers.

Turkey’s war with PKK and corruption, a pretext for anti-democratic blunders
Turkey’s war with PKK and corruption, a pretext for anti-democratic blunders

The arrest of the Turkish opposition leader and a series of attacks against Kurdish militants suggest that, for the Erdoğan regime, maintaining power overrides external credibility.

FAKE NEWS: The EU is turning into a military bloc
FAKE NEWS: The EU is turning into a military bloc

The EU is turning into a military bloc, and Moldovan soldiers will be used as cannon fodder in the war in Ukraine, reads a false narrative carried by the Russian media

Veridica
19 Mar 2025
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
The Russian Way: From Old Imperial Dreams to a New Social Crisis
The Russian Way: From Old Imperial Dreams to a New Social Crisis

For the gerontocratic Russia’s leadership, the vision of the future is derived from a mythical “golden past”, but manifesting as escalating corruption, growth in alcohol consumption, resource scarcity, and rising crime.

FAKE NEWS: Iohannis has established a dictatorship in Romania
FAKE NEWS: Iohannis has established a dictatorship in Romania

With NATO's complicity, Klaus Iohannis has established a dictatorship and will start a war on Romanian territory, according to sovereigntist MP Daniel Ghiţă.

Cezar Manu
17 Dec 2024
FAKE NEWS: The EU is preparing Romania and the Republic of Moldova for war
FAKE NEWS: The EU is preparing Romania and the Republic of Moldova for war

The Russian foreign intelligence service (SVR) says that the EU is preparing the infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova and Romania for war, and that Brussels is interfering with Moldova’s internal affairs, with devastating consequences.

Veridica
05 Dec 2024
The South Caucasus, a strategic region destabilized by Russia, Turkey and Iran
The South Caucasus, a strategic region destabilized by Russia, Turkey and Iran

The South Caucasus has a strategic position between Asia and the Black Sea, but its stability – and prosperity – are blocked by the three powers vying for influence there: Russia, Turkey and Iran.

The Hezbollah-Israel conflict: what is the arsenal of the “Party of God”?
The Hezbollah-Israel conflict: what is the arsenal of the “Party of God”?

Hezbollah fighters can be a dangerous foe, even for one of the world’s best equipped and most prepared armies, the Israel Defense Forces.

FAKE NEWS: Chișinău’s security partnership with the EU leads to Moldova joining NATO
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău’s security partnership with the EU leads to Moldova joining NATO

The security partnership between the EU and the Republic of Moldova aims to militarize the country and push it closer to NATO, the spokeswoman of the Russian MFA, Maria Zakharova claims.

Veridica
29 May 2024
Putin re-elected: consolidating the dictatorship and Russia’s “break” with Europe
Putin re-elected: consolidating the dictatorship and Russia’s “break” with Europe

The presidential “election” in Russia is the pinnacle of a long series of crimes, abuses and diversions designed to turn Putin's dictatorship into a totalitarian system in the truest sense of the word. Launched as an iron-fisted regime meant to speed up the country's structural modernization, Putin's dictatorship ultimately led to Russia's complete break with Europe and its firm anchoring in the Asian political model.

Cosmin Popa
21 Mar 2024
Is Russia really going to attack NATO?
Is Russia really going to attack NATO?

Warnings about a possible Russian attack against NATO have increased lately. Is the threat imminent, or is it just being used to increase readiness?

“There is no point in importing someone else’s conflict to us”
“There is no point in importing someone else’s conflict to us”

In Estonia, Hamas’ attack on Israel and the subsequent military operation in Gaza were perceived as a threat to the country’s own security.

FAKE NEWS: Parliament will secretly renounce the country’s neutrality
FAKE NEWS: Parliament will secretly renounce the country’s neutrality

The Romanian Parliament will vote in favor of abandoning the country’s neutrality in a secret sitting, the pro-Russian Romanian Senator Diana Șoșoacă says.

Cezar Manu
21 Nov 2023
In the war between Israel and Hamas, Turkey picked the losing card.
In the war between Israel and Hamas, Turkey picked the losing card.

Turkey refused to condemn Hamas’ attack and criticized Israel in hopes of electoral gains for Erdoğan's Islamists. However, Turkey's regional interests will suffer.

DISINFORMATION: Romania pledged to receive 3 million refugees from Israel
DISINFORMATION: Romania pledged to receive 3 million refugees from Israel

Under a 1999 secret treaty, Romania is bound to receive 3 million Jews in case Israel disappears as a state, a known anti-Semite publication writes.

Cezar Manu
24 Oct 2023
Will the Israel-Hamas war have the same effect as Yom Kippur?
Will the Israel-Hamas war have the same effect as Yom Kippur?

The war pitting Israel against Hamas could produce long-lasting effects, from a resurge of Islamist terrorism and compromising any hope of reconciliation between Israel and Arab countries, to the destabilization of the entire Middle East.

Will Israel's wartime government save Netanyahu's political future?
Will Israel's wartime government save Netanyahu's political future?

Israelis were shocked that Hamas had organized such a large-scale attack without the security services finding out. Will Netanyahu pay the political price for this failure, or will the formation of an emergency government save him?

WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian refugees in Germany will be accommodated in a former Nazi concentration camp
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian refugees in Germany will be accommodated in a former Nazi concentration camp

The Russian state media claims, part of a propaganda narrative, that the Ukrainian refugees in Germany will be accommodated in the former Nazi concentration camp of Sachsenhausen. In reality, the former camp is now home to a memorial museum, and the images used to show the accommodation invitations for the Ukrainian refuges are fake.

Marin Gherman
20 Jul 2022
The “new normal”: the pandemic and the war
The “new normal”: the pandemic and the war

The war in Ukraine is but the latest conflict at the start of a century that turned out to be rather impetuous, from the Middle East and Africa to the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Far East. It broke out just as mankind breathed a sigh of relief, acting as if the (coronavirus) pandemic was over, while others fear the new pandemic is already here. Will wars and pandemics become the “new normal” for the human race?

Kyiv expert: “The Russian forces couldn’t deal with the Ukrainian army, so they started taking revenge on civilians”
Kyiv expert: “The Russian forces couldn’t deal with the Ukrainian army, so they started taking revenge on civilians”

There is now a great deal of coagulation in Ukraine over the national idea, and Ukrainians quickly understood, from the earliest days of the Russian invasion, that they have to either fight or be killed, says Nadija Afanasieva, director of the Ukrainian Institute for International Politics in Kyiv. In an interview with Veridica, the international relations expert explained what Vladimir Putin actually meant when he said that Russia had “noble intentions”, but also what the role of the Transnistrian region in the economy of this war is.

“The People’s Republic of Kherson” – another failure disowned by the Russians. Moscow’s attempt to create new separatist entities and Ukraine’s resistance
“The People’s Republic of Kherson” – another failure disowned by the Russians. Moscow’s attempt to create new separatist entities and Ukraine’s resistance

Despite its overwhelming superiority in terms of military strength, Russia did not attain any notable objective in Ukraine, primarily due to the Ukrainians’ staunch resistance. Evidence of that can be found in the territories occupied by the Russian army, where the population refuses to accept occupation forces and the few local collaborators the Kremlin is trying to impose in key leadership positions.

The Republic of Moldova – between Ukraine’s pressure and the dependency on Russian gas
The Republic of Moldova – between Ukraine’s pressure and the dependency on Russian gas

In recent weeks, the Republic of Moldova has seen increasing pressure from Ukraine. Kyiv is persistently calling on Chișinău to take measures in order to rally itself to the international sanctions imposed on Russia. Such a move would be however irrelevant in economic terms, and wouldn’t represent such a strong signal not even at political level. Instead, it could cause bigger troubles for the pro-European government,

The war in Ukraine might make Russia lose its foothold in the Western Balkans and push the region firmly in the Western camp
The war in Ukraine might make Russia lose its foothold in the Western Balkans and push the region firmly in the Western camp

Russia has been trying for years to keep a foothold in the Western Balkans, especially through its connections with Serbia and Serb groups in the region. The war in Ukraine may now push Moscow’s allies closely in the Western camp.

Vuk Velebit
19 Mar 2022
FAKE NEWS: Kiev has staged, for the media, attacks by Donbass separatists on civilian infrastructure
FAKE NEWS: Kiev has staged, for the media, attacks by Donbass separatists on civilian infrastructure

The Pro-Kremlin media in Russia and in the self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine have launched a series of false narratives about the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Donbass, which was allegedly staged by Kiev to “justify” its attacks on Russian-speakers.

Marin Gherman
22 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.

FAKE NEWS: Upsizing the NATO forces in Romania doesn’t make any sense, as Russia isn’t threatening anyone
FAKE NEWS: Upsizing the NATO forces in Romania doesn’t make any sense, as Russia isn’t threatening anyone

Upsizing the NATO forces in Romania doesn’t makes any sense, as Russia does not intend to attack other states and promotes peace, according to the Russian MFA spokesperson. She ignored, however, the very reason for strengthening NATO's presence in the East: Moscow's aggressive policy.