#DebunkingFakes

Dissecting Western and Ukrainian #FakeNews on the situation in Ukraine.

Part 1. The simple ones

These low-grade efforts to imprint a line of thought on mass audiences is designed to trigger emotions, hoping one would not pose any questions.

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#DebunkingFakes

Dissecting Western and Ukrainian #FakeNews on the situation in Ukraine.

Part 2. The elaborate ones

Side by side with easily spottable low-grade misinformation efforts go the more complex schemes on creating an alternative reality. They are presented as hard facts and used by the MSM as a self-referential points to build an anti-Russian narrative.

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#DebunkingFakes

As confirmed, based on facts and evidence, by Russia's Ministry of Defence and FM Sergey Lavrov as well as independent investigative outlets, the maternity hospital "incident" in Mariupol was indeed a hoax, completely staged by the Neo-Nazi "Azov" battalion. The #fakenews regarding "Russian attack" were actively disseminated by the Western politicians, digital platforms and mainstream media, while voices debunking the fakes were suppressed and eradicate (including Russian Embassies' tweets being blocked and deleted).

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The Neo-Nazis holed up in Mariupol, infamous Azov battalion included, continue to use thousands civilians as human shields. The Drama Theatre provocation is unveiled for what it is by the many residents that escaped their clutches in Mariupol.

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The anti-Russian #fakenews factory is not slowing down. No matter how ridiculous or unfounded, all fakes are picked up & legitimized by the MSM. The newest low is passing off harmless military flares as phosphorus bombs 🤦‍♂️

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📽 Watch (with ENG subs) the documentary by Russian journalist Andrei Medvedev #Donbass to learn more about the tragedy of the region, the horrors of the past 8 years under constant attacks by the Kiev regime, killings of civilians, murder of children. All the things the Western mainstream media has so resolutely turned a blind eye to, ignoring or even laughing at the human suffering.

Learn the story of Donbass and its people.

❗️ Testimonies of the civilians from Mariupol will hardly ever be published in Western mainstream media, or shown on Western TV.

Yet, the world must know the truth.

👉 Residents of Mariupol speak up - tell about the inhumane tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the atrocities of the #Azov neo-Nazis & their attitude towards the civilian population.

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Witnesses interviewed by Maxim Grigoriev.

#DebunkingMyths

❌ Myth: Russia is using energy supplies for political purposes.

✅ Faсts: It is the EU which, by imposing or planning to impose further unilateral sanctions against Russian energy supplies, is politicizing the energy sphere, attempting to use interdependences between energy consumers and suppliers as an instrument of political pressure, while damaging its own economy and the well-being of its citizens and aggravating what is already a precarious situation in the global energy markets.

Unfounded allegations that Moscow is using energy supplies for political aims are part and parcel of the fact-twisting information warfare unleashed by the EU and the US, the latter seeking to increase its LNG exports to the EU.

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The on-going attempts to blame Russia for "weaponising" grain and food supplies are completely without merit.

❗️ Faсts: Russia is a responsible member of the global food market. It is the Western illegitimate sanctions that are in fact damaging global food security.

We are deeply concerned about a possible food crisis and are well aware of the importance of supplies of socially important commodities, including food, to the socio-economic development of countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East and the achievement of SDGs.

The illegitimate unilateral restrictions imposed by the EU, the US and their satellites remain the main obstacle to normal export relations between Russia (and Belarus) and buyers of grain and fertilizers.

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#DebunkingMyths

❌ Myth: Russia is using energy supplies for political purposes.

✅ Faсts: It is the EU which, by imposing or planning to impose further unilateral sanctions against Russian energy supplies, is politicizing the energy sphere, attempting to use interdependences between energy consumers and suppliers as an instrument of political pressure, while damaging its own economy and the well-being of its citizens and aggravating what is already a precarious situation in the global energy markets.

Unfounded allegations that Moscow is using energy supplies for political aims are part and parcel of the fact-twisting information warfare unleashed by the EU and the US, the latter seeking to increase its LNG exports to the EU.

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❌ Myth: The dire economic situation was caused by the pandemic and Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine and Donbas.

✅ Fact: The EU avoids any mention of the need to ensure an uninterrupted supply of Russian agricultural products to international markets (which is being obstructed by the West’s sanctions).

Brussels continues to differentiate between “good” and “bad” food based on whether its origin is “democratic” or not. The EU stubbornly opposes agricultural exports from Crimea.

Besides that, they are deliberately undermining the preparations for the next sowing campaign both in the republics and the liberated areas of Ukraine.

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❌ Myth: President Putin is deliberately blocking the wheat supply of the world.

✅ Fact: According to UN statistics, 800 million tonnes of grain is produced annually around the world. Thus, the estimated 20 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain cannot radically resolve the problem by definition.

Also the EU is still dependent on forage crop imports, mostly corn, that is why while shouting from the rooftops about the urgent need to save Ukrainian cereals, the EU is primarily concerned with its own food security.

Russia has never blocked grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. On the contrary, we are doing our best to provide two humanitarian maritime corridors in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The problem is the high mine hazard and Kiev’s threats to fire at ships. This makes safe navigation in its territorial waters impossible.

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❌ Myth: Russia has put a tax on exports making the prices go up.

✅ Fact: Introducing export duties or export quotas on some commodities is a forced measure designed to protect the domestic market from price fluctuations and to stabilise prices. The food and energy crisis caused by the West’s selfish policies has forced many countries to take this path.

The Russian Government introduced export duties on cereals in early 2021 and allocated quotas for grain exports as early as 2020. This has nothing to do with the Ukrainian crisis.

The Russian Government uses the revenues yielded by export duties to expand production infrastructure. This helps boost agricultural exports and stabilise the international food market, which has been shattered by the West’s policies.

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