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It’s Time to Treat Hammer and Sickle Like Swastika
18.12.2019
If someone were to ask you to think of either extreme of the political spectrum, odds are you would immediately picture a swastika at one end, and a hammer and sickle at the other. Regardless of your views of the left-right paradigm, or whether you subscribe to horseshoe theory or not, we tend to perceive fascism and communism as the standard ideologies of the extreme, writes Richard Mason for intellectualtakeout.org.As such, many of us would also feel rather uneasy ...Budapest Memorandum: truth behind myths
09.12.2019
There is hardly a document in independent Ukraine’s foreign policy that is more well-known than the Memorandum on Security Assurances relating to the accession of the country to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)— the legendary 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Shrouded in myths, it is often seen and referred to as the proverbial magic crystal capable of solving all Ukraine’s national security problems, writes Oleh Belokolos for mfaua.org.In truth, few people know what it is really about and even ...Apple agreed with the kremlin’s leitmotiv: There are no objective facts
08.12.2019
“Objectivity is a myth which is proposed and imposed on us,” said Dmitry Kiselyov, the kremlin’s lead propagandist—and as we can see day after day, his subordinates and other pro-kremlin journalists all over the world dutifully follow this ideology, writes Jakub Kalenský for disinfoportal.org.There are no objective facts in the world of pro-kremlin disinformation machinery, and reality can simply be invented in defiance of any inconvenient reality. Despite all the well-documented violations of international law, kremlin propaganda will keep repeating that russia ...Who is in bed with whom that IISS is disseminating kremlin lies?
03.12.2019
The British think tank, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has gone full kremlin propaganda mode and marked Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine as part of russia in its journal, “Survival: Global Politics and Strategy” December 2019–January 2020 ed., writes Ariana Gic, Canadian independent political and legal analyst.On the IISS “About” page, they state that the “IISS generates facts, produces analysis and exerts influence”. They most certainly do “generate facts” – i.e. LIE, because the truth and reality are that Crimea is Ukraine. ...No peace without truth: An honest response to russian aggression in Ukraine
03.12.2019
In his statement at President Trump’s impeachment investigation, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor said: “If Ukraine succeeds in breaking free of russian influence, it is possible for Europe to be whole, free, democratic, and at peace. In contrast, if russia dominates Ukraine, russia will again become an empire, oppressing its people, and threatening its neighbours and the rest of the world,” write Ariana Gic, Hanna Hopko, and Roman Sohn for The University of Turku.Despite recognition of Ukraine’s geopolitical importance, ...At this point, only russia can be a global threat to peace
02.12.2019
Macron said that the main opponent of NATO is not russia or China, but international terrorism. Here in Germany, I often hear that the main threat to democracy is not the kremlin, but the authoritarian regime in China, writes Igor Eidman, russian sociologist who lives in Berlin.Of course, the Chinese partocratic regime is disgusting. And what he does to the Uighurs is a crime against humanity. But China is a historically self-sufficient, non-expansionist country. For centuries, it was subjected to ...Supporting Ukraine is cheapest strategy to stymie accelerating russian aggression
27.11.2019
As one of America’s most reliable allies in our war on terror and in our peacekeeping missions for the last 27 years, Ukraine is far more than 45,000 pairs of boots, writes Victor Rud for defencereport.comUkraine’s independence is a sine qua non for not just American, but global, security and stability. Supporting Ukraine is the safest, most effective and cheapest strategy to stymie accelerating russian aggression, including its contemptuous subversion of America. Ukraine is the largest country in Europe, larger than England, ...russia’s Black Sea Dominance Strategy
23.11.2019
On November 14, during the Third International Conference for Maritime Security, in Odesa, Ukrainian Navy commander Admiral Ihor Voronchenko said that a russian Tu-22M3 (Backfire) had been observed simulating the launch of a missile strike on this coastal city (Dumskaya, November 14), writes Yuri Lapaiev for jamestown.org.Voronchenko added that russian bombers had made several similar attempts during exercises on July 10, conducting a virtual airstrike 60 kilometers from Odesa. The Ukrainian naval chief also stressed that the russian Federation has ...kremlin Turns the Orthodox World into a Battlefield
29.10.2019
Religion is a major topic for the pro-kremlin disinformation outlets. Europe has lost its Christian roots. Jews aim at exterminating all non-Jews. NATO is destroying the Orthodox Church. The West is accused of employing religion as a weapon, writes euvsdisinfo.eu.moscow-based South Front is generally publishing content on military issues, but among maps of Syria and praises of russian air-defence system, one finds numerous articles, fiercely attacking the the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, Ukraine has had three different orthodox congregations. One of ...russia is desperately seeking recognition for its Crimea annexation
29.10.2019
Crimea is Ukraine. However, the kremlin and its propaganda machinery will go many extra miles to seek out support of the inaccurate claim that Crimea’s status changed as a result of russia’s invasion and illegal annexation in 2014, writes euvsdisinfo.eu.This craving for recognition forces pro-kremlin media to produce a monotonous and ritualised flow of variations over a well-known theme: someone somewhere said something that confirms russia’s official slogan, “Crimea is ours” .Macron is “aware”Earlier this month, a number pro-kremlin media ...
