Marianna Prysiazhniuk

Marianna Prysiazhniuk/Kyiv, Ukraine

She first worked for several years in Kyiv, for several agencies’ online production studios. In 2017 she moved to Romania, where she studied and also worked for Radio Romania International. After that she moved to Germany for an internship at Deutsche Welle. Then she came back to Kyiv and by that time the Coronavirus crisis started. Right now, she work at RBC-Ukraine, one of the biggest news agencies in Ukraine, covering  international relations, politics and domestic policy.

16 articles of type "Fake News, Disinformation & Propaganda" - Marianna Prysiazhniuk:
FAKE NEWS: Western interference and undermining the Belarusians’ Russian identity create problems in Minsk
FAKE NEWS: Western interference and undermining the Belarusians’ Russian identity create problems in Minsk

The West used journalist Roman Protasevich to organize the protests in Belarus, following the model of the “color revolutions”, and these could take place because Lukashenko undermined the Russian identity of the Belarusian people. Such false narratives are promoted by a former Ukrainian officer who fled to Russia, and are part of a discourse designed to maintain Moscow's sphere of influence.

FAKE NEWS: The Protasevich incident was planned by the West
FAKE NEWS: The Protasevich incident was planned by the West

The case of the Ryanair plane forced to land in Minsk, where a journalist on board was arrested, gave rise to a wave of false narratives in Belarus and Russia. Some are bordering on the absurd - the West has been accused of organizing the incident as a provocation - while others are just aimed at slightly changing the context in order to clear Minsk, which says, for example, that it did not force the crew to land.

FAKE NEWS: Ukraine is ruled by fascists who staged a coup d’état in 2014
FAKE NEWS: Ukraine is ruled by fascists who staged a coup d’état in 2014

Ukraine is ruled by fascist elements, who came to power in 2014. The narrative, already used for 7 years, was reactivated around May 9, when the "Russian world" marks the victory against Nazism. At the same time, there is an association with clashes that took place on May 9 between separatists and pro-government forces in Mariupol, a city that eventually remained under Kiev's control.

FAKE NEWS: The US is ready to fight in Donbass to the last Ukrainian
FAKE NEWS: The US is ready to fight in Donbass to the last Ukrainian

The US is pushing Ukraine towards an escalation of the conflict in Donbass, the leader of one of the self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine says. The statement is part of the narrative that seeks to undermine the partnership between Kiev and the West. The West is being portrayed as responsible for the war, despite the fact that Russia is the one that launched aggressions in the region.

FAKE NEWS: The West wants to stir a global panic regarding Russia’s acts of aggression in Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: The West wants to stir a global panic regarding Russia’s acts of aggression in Ukraine

The West is looking for new ways to conceal its own problems by generating a wave of anxiety over the Russian threat. This false narrative has been promoted by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which ignores the fact that Russia has mobilized over 100 thousand military on the Ukrainian border.

FAKE NEWS: “Ukraine is officially withdrawing from the Minsk Protocol”
FAKE NEWS: “Ukraine is officially withdrawing from the Minsk Protocol”

Ukraine has reportedly decided to abandon negotiations aimed at solving the conflict in Donbass, according to a number of articles published in the Russian or pro-Russian media.

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