Fake News, Disinformation & Propaganda

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
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky will start World War III
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky will start World War III

Ukraine and the West are hindering the peace talks by attacking Russian military targets and damaging bridges, pro-Kremlin media claim.

Marin Gherman
09 Jun 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldova is using EU funds to pay off its debts
FAKE NEWS: Moldova is using EU funds to pay off its debts

The EU is helping the Republic of Moldova pay off its external debts, instead of developing its economy, actually undermining it by blocking its products, according to narratives promoted by Kremlin-linked media.

Veridica
05 Jun 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The Russian peace proposal – Ukraine's only chance of salvation
WAR PROPAGANDA: The Russian peace proposal – Ukraine's only chance of salvation

The memorandum presented by Russia at the peace talks in Istanbul is an attempt to save Ukraine, but Kyiv and the West want the war to continue, pro-Kremlin propaganda says.

Marin Gherman
04 Jun 2025
FAKE NEWS: The number of fatalities caused by anti-covid vaccines was kept secret
FAKE NEWS: The number of fatalities caused by anti-covid vaccines was kept secret

Data linking the global increase in excess deaths to anti-Covid vaccines has been kep secret, conspiracy theorists say.

Cezar Manu
02 Jun 2025
DISINFORMATION: Crimea belongs to Russia, and Ukraine has admitted it
DISINFORMATION: Crimea belongs to Russia, and Ukraine has admitted it

Ukraine has no historical rights over Crimea and was willing to cede it to Moscow in 1991, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda, which cites a former Ukrainian prime minister who is a fugitive in Russia.

Marin Gherman
30 May 2025
ФЕЙК: В Республике Молдова нет российской пропаганды
ФЕЙК: В Республике Молдова нет российской пропаганды

В Республике Молдова не существует российской пропаганды, а в ЕС введена цензура, согласно лживому, граничащему с нелепостью нарративу, который продвигает посол России в Кишиневе Олег Озеров.

Veridica
29 May 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia wants peace, but the West is forcing Kyiv to continue the war
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia wants peace, but the West is forcing Kyiv to continue the war

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, quoted by pro-Kremlin media, the West is inciting Ukraine to keep the war going, sabotaging any diplomatic effort by Russia.

Marin Gherman
28 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: Vaccination is a dangerous policy
FAKE NEWS: Vaccination is a dangerous policy

The MMR and HPV vaccines are hazardous to the health of Romania’s children, according to a vote of no-confidence filed against the Health by sovereignist parties.

Cezar Manu
27 May 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia refuses a truce because the West has deceived it in the past
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia refuses a truce because the West has deceived it in the past

Disappointed by the West's false promises, Russia rejects the idea of a truce and will continue the fight for peace, says the Russian Foreign Minister, quoted by pro-Kremlin media

Marin Gherman
26 May 2025
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
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky has betrayed his people and is intentionally prolonging the war
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky has betrayed his people and is intentionally prolonging the war

Pro-Kremlin propaganda claims that Volodymyr Zelensky is an illegitimate leader who betrayed his people, continuing the war with Russia, and that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties

Marin Gherman
21 May 2025
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
WAR PROPAGANDA: Saving the Russian language and culture requires the denazification of Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: Saving the Russian language and culture requires the denazification of Ukraine

Saving the Russian language in Ukraine requires denazification of a country where Russian speakers have been persecuted by Nazis after the 2014 coup, pro-Kremlin media writes.

Marin Gherman
16 May 2025
DISINFORMATION: The Transnistrian conflict, caused by Russophobia and Romanianism
DISINFORMATION: The Transnistrian conflict, caused by Russophobia and Romanianism

The war in Transnistria broke out because of Russophobia, the Russian Foreign Ministry writes, falsely claiming that Moscow tried to regulate the conflict, although in fact it fueled it.

Veridica
15 May 2025
DISINFORMATION: France supports Ukraine to start World War III
DISINFORMATION: France supports Ukraine to start World War III

France wants to send troops to Ukraine and supports Kyiv in order to trigger World War III, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
13 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
WAR PROPAGANDA: Europe and Ukraine want to hijack Victory Day
WAR PROPAGANDA: Europe and Ukraine want to hijack Victory Day

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, the European states that are supporting Ukraine are forming a neo-Hitlerite coalition meant to overshadow the Soviet victory in World War II.

Marin Gherman
09 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: Europe destroyed Moldovan agriculture
FAKE NEWS: Europe destroyed Moldovan agriculture

The EU destroyed Moldovan agriculture, and the integration process deepens the crisis, a Russian website writes. In fact, Moscow imposed embargoes on Moldovan agricultural products, and the EU helped the Republic of Moldova.

Veridica
08 May 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The war in Ukraine was planned by NATO
WAR PROPAGANDA: The war in Ukraine was planned by NATO

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, the NATO states forced Ukraine to go to war against Russia, though Moscow repeatedly tried to resolve the conflict peacefully.

Marin Gherman
07 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: Ilie Bolojan will cut the number of public holidays
FAKE NEWS: Ilie Bolojan will cut the number of public holidays

Interim president Ilie Bolojan wants to reduce the number of days off granted to public sector employees in Romania, according to a well-known Romanian conspiracy theorist.

Cezar Manu
05 May 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Militaristic Ukraine risks a nuclear attack, like Japan in 1945
WAR PROPAGANDA: Militaristic Ukraine risks a nuclear attack, like Japan in 1945

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, if it refuses to negotiate with Russia, Ukraine could repeat the fate of Japan, which was attacked with atomic bombs in 1945.

Marin Gherman
02 May 2025
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
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia has a historical right to occupy Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia has a historical right to occupy Ukraine

Ukraine is inhabited by Russian speakers living on historically Russian lands, which gives Moscow the right to fight Kyiv, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
30 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: 75% of the world's population will get cancer
FAKE NEWS: 75% of the world's population will get cancer

Three quarters of the world's population will get cancer due to deliberate air poisoning, says conspiratorial MEP Diana Şoşoacă.

Cezar Manu
28 Apr 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine refuses peace and risks being left without allies
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine refuses peace and risks being left without allies

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, Ukraine is guilty of continuing the war because it does not accept any peace plan, and therefore risks being "torn apart" by the European states.

Marin Gherman
26 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău is persecuting the Russian-affiliate Moldovan Metropolitanate
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău is persecuting the Russian-affiliate Moldovan Metropolitanate

The government in Chișinău launched an attack on the Metropolitanate of Moldova, the first target being the pro-Russian bishop Marchel, politnavigator writes, referring to the fact Marchel was not allowed to fly to Tel Aviv.

Veridica
24 Apr 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: If Ukrainians want peace, Ukraine must disappear
WAR PROPAGANDA: If Ukrainians want peace, Ukraine must disappear

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, Russia is being forced to denazify Ukraine, and Ukrainians can only avoid civil war and achieve lasting peace if their country capitulates and disappears. This is effectively a call for genocide.

Marin Gherman
23 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: Hitler did not kill himself in 1945
FAKE NEWS: Hitler did not kill himself in 1945

Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in 1945, but hid in South America, according to CIA documents recently declassified by Trump, conspiracy media claim.

Cezar Manu
22 Apr 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU will join Ukraine to avenge the defeat of 1945
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU will join Ukraine to avenge the defeat of 1945

The EU and Germany are preparing to go to war alongside Ukraine to avenge their defeat in World War II, claims a false narrative carried by the pro-Kremlin media.

Marin Gherman
19 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău has revoked Găgăuzia’s autonomy
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău has revoked Găgăuzia’s autonomy

Găgăuzia has been robbed of its autonomy, according to a false narrative based on a ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova by means which the Găgăuz Parliament can no longer appoint the prosecutor of the region.

Veridica
17 Apr 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU and the UK are funding Ukrainian terrorism
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU and the UK are funding Ukrainian terrorism

Western governments are financing terrorist actions coordinated by Ukrainian secret services, Russian government media writes, citing pro-Kremlin journalists from the West.

Marin Gherman
15 Apr 2025
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