Rusland bør ikke blive overrasket over i stigende grad at blive betragtet som et problem for stabiliteten i Europa – Leder – Debat

Mange håbede på et fredeligt og demokratisk Rusland efter Sovjetunionens sammenbrud for 25 år siden, vel ikke mindst russerne selv.

Kilde: Rusland bør ikke blive overrasket over i stigende grad at blive betragtet som et problem for stabiliteten i Europa – Leder – Debat

Fake: There Is No Ukrainian Independence, No Achievements in 26 Years

Russian pro-Kremlin media generally roll out a larger than normal amount of fakes to mark Ukraine’s August 24 Independence Day holiday. This time Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti decided to question the very essence of Ukrainian independence, in an “analytical” article filled with manipulation, innuendo and hostility. RIA regular Nyura N. Berg claims that Ukraine’s independence is an empty shell and the country has shot itself in the foot by choosing a pro-Western path. Website screenshot ria.ru Ukraine’s economy without Russia is nothing, Berg writes, resorting to the well-worn Russian propagandist trope about what happens to countries that decide to leave the bosom of Mother Russia. Berg uses traditional Russian propagandist arguments in her article, claiming that Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union will cost the country its fertile black soil, forests and agriculture. Once an industrial giant, Ukraine is fast becoming a village, Berg writes, the country is

Kilde: Fake: There Is No Ukrainian Independence, No Achievements in 26 Years

Fake: Ukrainian Veterans Not Allowed In Poland

Two months ago StopFake debunked a fake claim that Poland would not allow entry to Ukrainian veterans who fought against Russian forces in the Donbas. Using a forged tweet attributed to Polish Undersecretary of State Renata Szczęch, Korrespondent.net claimed that as of June 11, Ukrainian veterans would not be allowed to enter Poland. A Polish Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told StopFake that the tweet was a fake and Poland was not introducing any such restrictions on Ukrainian veterans. She also pointed out that the fake was published around the time when the EU visa free regime for Ukrainians was going into effect and was most likely meant to sow uncertainly and confusion about the new EU rules. Two months later the fake has returned from the dead. The source of this fake’s resurrection is notorious Ukraine loathing MP Vadim Rabinovich, who repeated this untruth during an interview with the pro-Russian channel 24/365 and somehow managed to connect it to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Kilde: Fake: Ukrainian Veterans Not Allowed In Poland