Fake News, Disinformation & Propaganda

WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia kills people because of Ukraine and the West
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia kills people because of Ukraine and the West

Russia is a peaceful country, and people are being killed in Ukraine because of Kyiv and the West, which started the war, Vladimir Putin cynically stated, widely quoted by propaganda media.

Marin Gherman
23 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romanian MEPs voted for arming and war
FAKE NEWS: Romanian MEPs voted for arming and war

All Romanian representatives in the European Parliament voted to divert funds for education and health to arming and war, according to sovereignist propaganda.

Cezar Manu
22 Dec 2025
Republic of Moldova 2025: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION debunked by Veridica
Republic of Moldova 2025: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION debunked by Veridica

False narratives targeted the EU's role in the energy and economic crisis, the alleged militarization of the community bloc, NATO's involvement in the region, as well as allegations of “dictatorship”, “Russophobia” and political persecution, all aimed at influencing voter choices, undermining support for European integration and maintaining informational control over vulnerable regions, especially Transnistria and Găgăuzia.

Veridica
22 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine is a dictatorship and cannot hold free elections
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine is a dictatorship and cannot hold free elections

Zelensky lies when he talks about democratic elections, leading an illegal regime that has suspended human rights and the will of the people, the pro-Kremlin media claim.

Marin Gherman
21 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova is putting its economy on a war footing
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova is putting its economy on a war footing

The Republic of Moldova is preparing a militarized budget with a huge increase in defense spending, with the aim of attacking Transnistria, claims a false narrative launched by a Moscow deputy.

Veridica
19 Dec 2025
DISINFORMATION: Femicide is a product of capitalism
DISINFORMATION: Femicide is a product of capitalism

The capitalist system causes high rates of femicide, according to a false narrative promoted also in Romania. This narrative ignores statistical data in the field and historical realities.

Andreea Pavel
18 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU prepares new
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU prepares new "Pearl Harbor" to drag US into war with Russia

The EU will orchestrate an attack on the scale of Pearl Harbor to force the United States into direct war with Russia, according to a narrative promoted by the pro-Kremlin press. The idea seems to have been stolen from a well-known Tom Clancy book, which was also made into a Hollywood movie .

Marin Gherman
17 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: The Legionary Movement was not a fascist organization
FAKE NEWS: The Legionary Movement was not a fascist organization

The Legionary Movement was not a fascist organization and did not commit mass crimes, a fact allegedly acknowledged by the Nuremberg Tribunal, Diana Șoșoacă absurdly claims.

Cezar Manu
15 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the removal of the Zelensky regime
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the removal of the Zelensky regime

The war continues only because of the illegitimate regime installed in Kyiv and controlled from abroad, and peace cannot be achieved without replacing it, claims pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
12 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău wants trade Transnistria in exchange for European integration
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău wants trade Transnistria in exchange for European integration

The closure of the Russian cultural center is evidence of the Russophobia of the Chișinău government, which wants to eliminate the autonomous unit of Găgăuzia and trade Transnistria in exchange for European integration, according to a false narrative picked up by pro-Russian media.

Veridica
11 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

The West has abandoned the idea of a tribunal against victorious Russia, while Moscow is preparing to try Ukrainian nationalists, according to pro-Kremlin media.

Marin Gherman
10 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: An expert has proven the existence of chemtrails
FAKE NEWS: An expert has proven the existence of chemtrails

Airplanes are spraying toxic substances into the atmosphere as part of a plan devised by the US authorities, Romanian conspiracy theorists (once again) announce.

Cezar Manu
09 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania reduces support for Ukraine due to corruption in Kyiv
FAKE NEWS: Romania reduces support for Ukraine due to corruption in Kyiv

Ukraine is said to be losing European support, including that of Romania, due to corruption, according to a false narrative launched by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and picked up by media outlets in in Romania.

Andreea Pavel
08 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian leaders will be tried by an international tribunal
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian leaders will be tried by an international tribunal

The entire political elite of Ukraine must be tried at international level for particularly serious crimes, according to pro-Kremlin media, which cites a statement by Maria Zakharova.

Marin Gherman
04 Dec 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's defeat benefits the EU
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's defeat benefits the EU

Continuing the war in Ukraine until Kyiv's defeat is convenient for the EU because it would solve its financial and political problems, according to the pro-Kremlin media.

Marin Gherman
03 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Denouncing certain CIS agreements will plunge Moldova into international isolation
FAKE NEWS: Denouncing certain CIS agreements will plunge Moldova into international isolation

The withdrawal of Moldova from several CIS agreements will lead to international isolation and deprive it of economic opportunities, according to former Prime Minister Vlad Filat – once a staunch pro-European, now quoted by pro-Kremlin media.

Veridica
02 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania forced to send troops to fight in Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: Romania forced to send troops to fight in Ukraine

Former and current Romanian leaders have signed documents committing to send Romanian soldiers to fight in Ukraine, according to MEP Diana Șoșoacă.

Cezar Manu
01 Dec 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldova’s EU accession would Destroy the EU economy
FAKE NEWS: Moldova’s EU accession would Destroy the EU economy

Pro-Kremlin propaganda claims that Moldova’s EU accession would collapse the EU economy, conveniently ignoring the fact that Moldova’s economy amounts to just 0.1% of the EU’s.

Veridica
29 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: The drone that crashed in Vaslui County is Ukrainian, not Russian
FAKE NEWS: The drone that crashed in Vaslui County is Ukrainian, not Russian

The drone that crashed on June 25 in Puiești, Vaslui County, is not a Russian aircraft, but one inscribed with a message in Ukrainian, according to online posts citing a fake photo wrongly posted by the publication Vremea Veche. In the fake photo, the Ukrainian slogan "Peremoha Bude” can be read, which means "There will be victory," written in the Cyrillic alphabet. The same phrase in Russian is "Pobeda Budet."

Alex Craiu
28 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romanians who express their patriotism get arrested
FAKE NEWS: Romanians who express their patriotism get arrested

Romanians who express their patriotism risk being arrested, according to a series of videos which, in addition to this false narrative, also contain xenophobic, racist, and anti-European messages. The videos, created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), were posted on a Facebook account set up in December 2022 and received millions of views, but were deleted as soon as they were reported in the media.

Andreea Pavel
27 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: EU sabotages US peace plan to prolong war
FAKE NEWS: EU sabotages US peace plan to prolong war

Europeans will block any US peace plan because they want the war in Ukraine to last as long as possible, according to a narrative promoted by the pro-Kremlin press, which considers that "peace" means unconditional surrender to Russia's imperial aggression.

Marin Gherman
25 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: The first “evidence” that mRNA vaccines alter human DNA
FAKE NEWS: The first “evidence” that mRNA vaccines alter human DNA

A study conducted on a single patient supposedly proves, beyond any shadow of doubt, that mRNA vaccines modify human DNA, conspiracy theorists claim.

Cezar Manu
24 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: EU and Moldova say Russia is a threat to mask their failures
FAKE NEWS: EU and Moldova say Russia is a threat to mask their failures

The EU and Chișinău are inventing external enemies (Russia) to shift responsibility for the internal problems they face, the former pro-Moscow president of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon, says, cited by affiliated media.

Veridica
22 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians will only have a future as part of Russia
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians will only have a future as part of Russia

Ukraine is a state with no future, and the only solution for peace is to accept the country's annexation by the Russian Federation, according to a fugitive Ukrainian politician quoted by the pro-Kremlin press.

Marin Gherman
21 Nov 2025
DISINFORMATION: Radu Gyr was sentenced to death only for a poem
DISINFORMATION: Radu Gyr was sentenced to death only for a poem

According to a false narrative that ignores Gyr’s involvement in legionary crimes, Radu Gyr, an anti‑communist and devout Christian, is portrayed as the only person ever sentenced to death for writing a poem. This narrative follows a decades‑long pattern of attempts to rehabilitate legionary figures or even the Legionary Movement as a whole.

Andreea Pavel
20 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: A senior Ukrainian official has
FAKE NEWS: A senior Ukrainian official has "deserted"

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has left Ukraine and plans to hide in the US, according to the pro-Russian blogger Dan Diaconu.

Cezar Manu
19 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: Europe is arming itself to attack Russia
FAKE NEWS: Europe is arming itself to attack Russia

European states are arming themselves and preparing for a war against Russia, while Moscow is forced to defend itself, pro-Kremlin media writes.

Marin Gherman
18 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania's leadership is driving away foreign investors
FAKE NEWS: Romania's leadership is driving away foreign investors

Foreign investors are pulling out of Romania because of the failures of the Bolojan government and President Nicușor Dan, according to sovereignist propaganda.

Cezar Manu
17 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: Romania will go to war
FAKE NEWS: Romania will go to war

A news agency and websites that have previously published fake news reported that the Romanian Minister of Defense had warned that Romania would go to war. The "statement" was fabricated; in reality, the minister said that there would be peace.

Andreea Pavel
14 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: Nazi monuments are being built in Moldova
FAKE NEWS: Nazi monuments are being built in Moldova

According to Russian propaganda, a Nazi monument has been built in the Republic of Moldova. In fact, this is a monument dedicated to Romanian soldiers who fell during World War II.

Veridica
13 Nov 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals
WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

WAR PROPAGANDA: Moscow will try Ukrainian war criminals

Marin Gherman
12 Nov 2025
FAKE NEWS: The EU encourages China to fuel the war in Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: The EU encourages China to fuel the war in Ukraine

The head of European diplomacy has allegedly suggested to Beijing that peace in Ukraine is dangerous for China, according to MEP Gheorghe Piperea.

Cezar Manu
10 Nov 2025
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