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🇬🇧The UK Ministry of Defense has asked YouTube to remove footage of UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace talking to Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus, claiming the "Russian disinformation" in the video "creates a substantial risk of UK national security and our defense commitments to NATO and our international partners," as well as "to international unity working to support Ukraine against Russia's illegal invasion."
The prankers said they held a video call with Wallace on March 17. Before raising the minister's suspicion, they managed to discuss the status of Ukraine in NATO, arms supplies, involvement of foreign mercenaries in the conflict, and Kiev acquiring nuclear weapons.
The prankers said they held a video call with Wallace on March 17. Before raising the minister's suspicion, they managed to discuss the status of Ukraine in NATO, arms supplies, involvement of foreign mercenaries in the conflict, and Kiev acquiring nuclear weapons.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦☣️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
▫️The Russian Ministry of Defence continues to analyze documents revealing the military-biological activities of the Pentagon in Ukraine.
▫️The incoming materials allow us to trace the pattern of interaction between US government agencies and Ukrainian bio-objects. The involvement of entities close to the current US leadership, notably the Rosemont Seneca investment fund run by Hunter Biden, is noticeable in the funding of these activities. The Fund has significant financial resources of at least $2.4 billion. The foundation is closely linked to key contractors of the US military department, including Metabiota, which, along with Black and Veach, is a major supplier of equipment to the Pentagon's bio-labs around the world.
▫️The scale of the program is impressive. The US Agency for International Development, the George Soros Foundation and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention are directly involved, in addition to the military department. Scientific supervision is provided by leading research organisations, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is developing nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project.
▫️All these activities are carried out under the full control of the Pentagon.
▫️Please note - the registration card confirms that it was 30 Ukrainian laboratories, located in 14 settlements that were involved in full-scale military-biological activities in Ukraine.
▫️The document was signed by Viktor Polishchuk, Deputy State Secretary of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers. The legal basis for its signing was the Agreement on Cooperation to Prevent the Spread of Technologies, Pathogens and Information that could be used for the development of biological weapons.
▫️The registration card identifies the customer of the work, the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, as well as a list of biobjects.
▫️As we have previously reported, the funding for 2018-2020 alone was around $32 million. The text of the document states that the United States, its personnel and contractors are exempt from the obligation to pay taxes or other similar fees that are levied in Ukraine.
▫️The Ministry of Defence has disclosed and summarised the flow of biomaterials. Funding for military-biological activities has enabled the US and its allies to export at least 16,000 bioassays outside Ukraine.
▫️Thus, under the UP-8 project in Lvov, Kharkov, Odessa and Kiev, blood samples were taken from 4,000 servicemen for antibodies to Hantaviruses and from 400 for antibodies to the Congo-Crimean fever virus.
▫️This large-scale screening of the natural immunity of the population was probably carried out in order to select the biological agents most dangerous to the population of a particular region.
▫️Document review reveals that not only human tissue and serum samples, but also dangerous pathogens and their transporters were exported. Thus, more than 10,000 samples were sent to Lugar Centre in Georgia. Other recipients include: reference laboratories in the UK, the Loeffler Institute in Germany.
▫️All this creates risks for the transfer abroad of sensitive genetic information, as well as threats to biological security not only for Ukraine, but also for the regions where the samples were transferred.
ℹ️ Part 2
📑 Documents
🎇 Briefing slides
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #NBCP #BioWeapon
@mod_russia_en
▫️The Russian Ministry of Defence continues to analyze documents revealing the military-biological activities of the Pentagon in Ukraine.
▫️The incoming materials allow us to trace the pattern of interaction between US government agencies and Ukrainian bio-objects. The involvement of entities close to the current US leadership, notably the Rosemont Seneca investment fund run by Hunter Biden, is noticeable in the funding of these activities. The Fund has significant financial resources of at least $2.4 billion. The foundation is closely linked to key contractors of the US military department, including Metabiota, which, along with Black and Veach, is a major supplier of equipment to the Pentagon's bio-labs around the world.
▫️The scale of the program is impressive. The US Agency for International Development, the George Soros Foundation and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention are directly involved, in addition to the military department. Scientific supervision is provided by leading research organisations, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is developing nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project.
▫️All these activities are carried out under the full control of the Pentagon.
▫️Please note - the registration card confirms that it was 30 Ukrainian laboratories, located in 14 settlements that were involved in full-scale military-biological activities in Ukraine.
▫️The document was signed by Viktor Polishchuk, Deputy State Secretary of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers. The legal basis for its signing was the Agreement on Cooperation to Prevent the Spread of Technologies, Pathogens and Information that could be used for the development of biological weapons.
▫️The registration card identifies the customer of the work, the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, as well as a list of biobjects.
▫️As we have previously reported, the funding for 2018-2020 alone was around $32 million. The text of the document states that the United States, its personnel and contractors are exempt from the obligation to pay taxes or other similar fees that are levied in Ukraine.
▫️The Ministry of Defence has disclosed and summarised the flow of biomaterials. Funding for military-biological activities has enabled the US and its allies to export at least 16,000 bioassays outside Ukraine.
▫️Thus, under the UP-8 project in Lvov, Kharkov, Odessa and Kiev, blood samples were taken from 4,000 servicemen for antibodies to Hantaviruses and from 400 for antibodies to the Congo-Crimean fever virus.
▫️This large-scale screening of the natural immunity of the population was probably carried out in order to select the biological agents most dangerous to the population of a particular region.
▫️Document review reveals that not only human tissue and serum samples, but also dangerous pathogens and their transporters were exported. Thus, more than 10,000 samples were sent to Lugar Centre in Georgia. Other recipients include: reference laboratories in the UK, the Loeffler Institute in Germany.
▫️All this creates risks for the transfer abroad of sensitive genetic information, as well as threats to biological security not only for Ukraine, but also for the regions where the samples were transferred.
ℹ️ Part 2
📑 Documents
🎇 Briefing slides
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #NBCP #BioWeapon
@mod_russia_en
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▫️One of the US customers' priorities is the anthrax pathogen, which is highly susceptible and persistent in the environment.
▫️The slide shows documents from the UP-2 project, one of the tasks of which was to identify dead animal burial sites, taking…
▫️The slide shows documents from the UP-2 project, one of the tasks of which was to identify dead animal burial sites, taking…
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▫️One of the US customers' priorities is the anthrax pathogen, which is highly susceptible and persistent in the environment.
▫️The slide shows documents from the UP-2 project, one of the tasks of which was to identify dead animal burial sites, taking soil samples from anthrax animal burial sites. The interest of US military biologists in studying insect vectors in animal burial sites is also not accidental. Apparently, they analysed the results of an outbreak of anthrax disease in Yamal in 2016, during which cases of vector-borne transmission through flies and gadflies were recorded.
▫️Given that the situation with anthrax in Ukraine remains positive, it raises the question of the need for the Pentagon's research and its true purpose.
▫️We know of examples where the US military departments work with anthrax has ended in biosecurity emergencies.
▫️Between 2005 and 2015, viable anthrax spores were sent from the US Army's Dugway proving ground to 194 recipients in ten countries.
The current situation with the shipment of pathogenic biomaterials from Ukraine to European countries could result in loss of life and create a hotbed of epidemiological instability on a scale comparable to the COVID-19 pandemic.
▫️We continue to share information on research involving Ukrainian military personnel. We would like to point out that such work is prohibited within the US and is carried out by the military department outside the US.
▫️Earlier mention was made of the UP-8 research, which involved more than 4,000 people. According to figures published in the Bulgarian media, some 20 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in experiments in the Kharkov laboratory alone and another 200 were hospitalised.
▫️The documents received confirm the attempt to test previously untested medicines on them. This is the Deep Drug screening system for unlicensed pharmaceuticals in the United States and Canada.
▫️What makes the US sponsors particularly cynical is that the developer, Scymount, offered to purchase the system in question on a commercial basis, despite the fact that Ukrainian Ministry of Defence officials were engaged as volunteers.
▫️Such unacceptable approaches, with the tacit approval of the US administration, are the norm for big pharma companies. For example, the US Naval Medical Centre in Jakarta was shut down by Indonesian authorities in 2010 because of numerous irregularities.
▫️The Americans conducted work at the site outside the agreed research programme, collected biological samples and refused to inform the Indonesian government of their findings. The materials they obtained were used on behalf of the Pentagon-affiliated pharmaceutical company Gilead, which conducts trials of its drugs, including in Ukraine and Georgia.
▫️We would like to draw attention that the number of biological laboratories in the USA is not comparable with other countries. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, they control 336 laboratories in 30 states outside national jurisdiction.
▫️We believe that in the context of the incoming information, clarification should be sought from Washington regarding the true objectives of the US biolaboratories as part of the international investigation.
ℹ️ Part 1
📑 Documents
🎇 Briefing slides
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #NBCP #BioWeapon
@mod_russia_en
▫️The slide shows documents from the UP-2 project, one of the tasks of which was to identify dead animal burial sites, taking soil samples from anthrax animal burial sites. The interest of US military biologists in studying insect vectors in animal burial sites is also not accidental. Apparently, they analysed the results of an outbreak of anthrax disease in Yamal in 2016, during which cases of vector-borne transmission through flies and gadflies were recorded.
▫️Given that the situation with anthrax in Ukraine remains positive, it raises the question of the need for the Pentagon's research and its true purpose.
▫️We know of examples where the US military departments work with anthrax has ended in biosecurity emergencies.
▫️Between 2005 and 2015, viable anthrax spores were sent from the US Army's Dugway proving ground to 194 recipients in ten countries.
The current situation with the shipment of pathogenic biomaterials from Ukraine to European countries could result in loss of life and create a hotbed of epidemiological instability on a scale comparable to the COVID-19 pandemic.
▫️We continue to share information on research involving Ukrainian military personnel. We would like to point out that such work is prohibited within the US and is carried out by the military department outside the US.
▫️Earlier mention was made of the UP-8 research, which involved more than 4,000 people. According to figures published in the Bulgarian media, some 20 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in experiments in the Kharkov laboratory alone and another 200 were hospitalised.
▫️The documents received confirm the attempt to test previously untested medicines on them. This is the Deep Drug screening system for unlicensed pharmaceuticals in the United States and Canada.
▫️What makes the US sponsors particularly cynical is that the developer, Scymount, offered to purchase the system in question on a commercial basis, despite the fact that Ukrainian Ministry of Defence officials were engaged as volunteers.
▫️Such unacceptable approaches, with the tacit approval of the US administration, are the norm for big pharma companies. For example, the US Naval Medical Centre in Jakarta was shut down by Indonesian authorities in 2010 because of numerous irregularities.
▫️The Americans conducted work at the site outside the agreed research programme, collected biological samples and refused to inform the Indonesian government of their findings. The materials they obtained were used on behalf of the Pentagon-affiliated pharmaceutical company Gilead, which conducts trials of its drugs, including in Ukraine and Georgia.
▫️We would like to draw attention that the number of biological laboratories in the USA is not comparable with other countries. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, they control 336 laboratories in 30 states outside national jurisdiction.
▫️We believe that in the context of the incoming information, clarification should be sought from Washington regarding the true objectives of the US biolaboratories as part of the international investigation.
ℹ️ Part 1
📑 Documents
🎇 Briefing slides
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #NBCP #BioWeapon
@mod_russia_en
Telegram
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🇷🇺🇺🇦☣️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
▫️The Russian Ministry of Defence continues to analyze documents revealing the military-biological activities of the Pentagon in…
▫️The Russian Ministry of Defence continues to analyze documents revealing the military-biological activities of the Pentagon in…
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🕯 On March 24, 1999, the #US and its #NATO allies began a 78-day armed aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
▪️ NATO conducted over 35,000 air raids, dropping some 3,000 cruise missiles and over 10,000 tonnes of bombs on the country. In TNT equivalent, this is five times the yield of the nuclear bomb, which the Americans dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
▪️ Over 2,000 Serbs, including children, women and elderly people, were killed in the bombing raids. They were later cynically described as “collateral damage.”
▪️ NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999 was the first armed invasion of a sovereign state in Europe since 1945. That tragic contribution to European history was made by the “purely defensive” alliance.
▪️ NATO conducted over 35,000 air raids, dropping some 3,000 cruise missiles and over 10,000 tonnes of bombs on the country. In TNT equivalent, this is five times the yield of the nuclear bomb, which the Americans dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
▪️ Over 2,000 Serbs, including children, women and elderly people, were killed in the bombing raids. They were later cynically described as “collateral damage.”
▪️ NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999 was the first armed invasion of a sovereign state in Europe since 1945. That tragic contribution to European history was made by the “purely defensive” alliance.
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💬 Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov: We know who created a pretext for the bombing of Yugoslavia: US national William Walker, who headed the OSCE’s Kosovo Verification Mission. There were armed clashes, and he convened journalists to tell them that they had discovered the bodies of 30 civilians in Racak who had been massacred by the Serbs. He described it as genocide and took a unilateral decision, which he had no right to do, to withdraw the mission from Kosovo. This is what triggered the bombing. They said that the atrocity in Racak was the last straw and that they would cut short the activities of the criminal regime.
Later a special group was assigned to investigate the incident. It established that the dead were not civilians but militants who were dressed in civilian clothes after they had been killed in battle. The holes in their clothes did not align with the wounds. Yes, the case was investigated very thoroughly. So, saying that NATO’s invasion of Yugoslavia had a noble purpose is wrong and unethical.
Later a special group was assigned to investigate the incident. It established that the dead were not civilians but militants who were dressed in civilian clothes after they had been killed in battle. The holes in their clothes did not align with the wounds. Yes, the case was investigated very thoroughly. So, saying that NATO’s invasion of Yugoslavia had a noble purpose is wrong and unethical.
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at a meeting with students and faculty of the @mgimo_university
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Key points:
🔹 Ten or so years ago, our Western colleagues began urging everyone to respect what they called “rules-based order” and to follow these “rules” instead of “international law”. No one presents these “rules” to anyone because there are none. They are created from scratch for each particular case.
🔹 There is no doubt that containing any rival is one of the “rules” that the West is eager to implement. Today, Russia is that rival, but China has been declared next in line.
🔹To be an active tool for containment, Ukraine had to become “anti-Russia,” as President of Russia Vladimir Putin recently noted. Ukrainian authorities encouraged neo-Nazism and passed legislation on de-Communisation and on glorifying winners in World War II, among which they listed Shukhevich, Bandera and all other collaborators, who should have been tried by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal. But nobody was interested in this subject. The “civilised” West silently watched and even encouraged this.
🔹 At the moment, it is not Ukraine that is being used to limit, humiliate and destroy everything that is Russian. The entire world has been commanded “get ’em,” even the “educated” West. One is under attack just for having a Russian passport, walking into a shop where the owner thinks you are a Russian. Never mind what is going on in sports, our Paralympic athletes – it is a cruel joke, the doom of the Western civilisation.
🔹 If you are a Russophobe, you are allowed to do anything. This principle is evident in the daily activities of the Ukrainian authorities for the past eight years.
🔹 The Ukrainian party, although it showed understanding of the matters to be coordinated during the talks, has been changing its position all the time, rejecting its own proposals. It is difficult to get rid of the impression that their American colleagues are holding them by the hand. According to Russian and Western political analysts, the Americans do not want this process to end soon.
🔹 The attempts to present Russia as isolated or being isolated is a futile attempt. We have many friends. Just take a look at how many countries have adopted sanctions and how many have refused to do so despite the immense US pressure, which I would describe as unbecoming of a great power.
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Key points:
🔹 Ten or so years ago, our Western colleagues began urging everyone to respect what they called “rules-based order” and to follow these “rules” instead of “international law”. No one presents these “rules” to anyone because there are none. They are created from scratch for each particular case.
🔹 There is no doubt that containing any rival is one of the “rules” that the West is eager to implement. Today, Russia is that rival, but China has been declared next in line.
🔹To be an active tool for containment, Ukraine had to become “anti-Russia,” as President of Russia Vladimir Putin recently noted. Ukrainian authorities encouraged neo-Nazism and passed legislation on de-Communisation and on glorifying winners in World War II, among which they listed Shukhevich, Bandera and all other collaborators, who should have been tried by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal. But nobody was interested in this subject. The “civilised” West silently watched and even encouraged this.
🔹 At the moment, it is not Ukraine that is being used to limit, humiliate and destroy everything that is Russian. The entire world has been commanded “get ’em,” even the “educated” West. One is under attack just for having a Russian passport, walking into a shop where the owner thinks you are a Russian. Never mind what is going on in sports, our Paralympic athletes – it is a cruel joke, the doom of the Western civilisation.
🔹 If you are a Russophobe, you are allowed to do anything. This principle is evident in the daily activities of the Ukrainian authorities for the past eight years.
🔹 The Ukrainian party, although it showed understanding of the matters to be coordinated during the talks, has been changing its position all the time, rejecting its own proposals. It is difficult to get rid of the impression that their American colleagues are holding them by the hand. According to Russian and Western political analysts, the Americans do not want this process to end soon.
🔹 The attempts to present Russia as isolated or being isolated is a futile attempt. We have many friends. Just take a look at how many countries have adopted sanctions and how many have refused to do so despite the immense US pressure, which I would describe as unbecoming of a great power.
Russian Ambassador Marat Pavlov explained that Russia's special military operation in Ukraine arose from a projected “large-scale offensive operation in the Donbas area" set in March this year.
Russian Ambassador Pavlov's explanation was made during an Ambassador's Forum organized by Philippine think tank IDSI on 21 March, 2022 where the roots of the conflict in Ukraine and other areas were discussed.
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https://www.thefinancialdistrict.com.ph/post/russian-envoy-explains-ukraine-military-operation
Russian Ambassador Pavlov's explanation was made during an Ambassador's Forum organized by Philippine think tank IDSI on 21 March, 2022 where the roots of the conflict in Ukraine and other areas were discussed.
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https://www.thefinancialdistrict.com.ph/post/russian-envoy-explains-ukraine-military-operation
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Russian Ambassador Marat Pavlov explained that Russia's special military operation in Ukraine arose from a projected “large-scale...
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"Americans no longer masters of planet Earth" - ex-Russian president Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev has told RT he believes the "unipolar world has come to an end," as the west reacts to Russia's operation in Ukraine.
The Security Council Deputy Chairman also spoke about the EU abandoning Russian gas, and why Americans are no longer the preeminent global power. Medvedev called out increased Russophobia, which has boomed after resurfacing from behind the "hypocritical white-toothed smiles of politicians and diplomats who said one thing and did something completely different".
The full interview will be out on RT.com SOON.
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Dmitry Medvedev has told RT he believes the "unipolar world has come to an end," as the west reacts to Russia's operation in Ukraine.
The Security Council Deputy Chairman also spoke about the EU abandoning Russian gas, and why Americans are no longer the preeminent global power. Medvedev called out increased Russophobia, which has boomed after resurfacing from behind the "hypocritical white-toothed smiles of politicians and diplomats who said one thing and did something completely different".
The full interview will be out on RT.com SOON.
Subscribe to RT News: t.me/rtnews
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🎙 Watch Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speak on the most topical foreign policy issues and answer questions by the students and faculty of the @mgimo_university
In Russian with English subtitles
In Russian with English subtitles
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Media is too big
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help the truth get through to the people
🇷🇺🇮🇳Indian TV presenter
gives a tough rebuke to an American professor on the issue of anti-Russian sanctions
⚡️Поделись и сделай репост, помоги правде пробиться к людям
🇷🇺🇮🇳Индийский телеведущий
дает жесткую отповедь американскому профессору по вопросу об антироссийских санкциях
#sanctions
#russiaindia
#stopneocolonialism
help the truth get through to the people
🇷🇺🇮🇳Indian TV presenter
gives a tough rebuke to an American professor on the issue of anti-Russian sanctions
⚡️Поделись и сделай репост, помоги правде пробиться к людям
🇷🇺🇮🇳Индийский телеведущий
дает жесткую отповедь американскому профессору по вопросу об антироссийских санкциях
#sanctions
#russiaindia
#stopneocolonialism
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The most popular twitter post in the USA…
Any sanctions?
H - Hypocrisy
Any sanctions?
H - Hypocrisy
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⚡️ #Opinion by Maria Zakharova:
What an amazing piece of American investigative reporting we have here.
It reveals that Kiev and its Western patrons have been manipulating the public opinion on a mind-blowing scale.
It turns out that the image cultivated by all Western media for a month now by casting Ukraine as a victim results from a sophisticated and systematic effort by very serious people, probably for a lot of money.
First, the jokes about the communication guidelines turned out to be true. They do exist with the best Western PR agencies drafting key messages and what words must be used and when. They make video compilations for broadcasts and issue recommendations on sources. There is a direct ban on using “unverified media,” i.e., those that were not approved in the West.
Yaroslav Turbil is described as a key figure of the Ukrainian propaganda machine. A native of Kiev, he is linked to US intelligence and is head of Ukraine.UA, a website operated by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry that often serves as a source of planted propaganda stories.
The investigative journalists analysed these propaganda materials and concluded that the Ukrainian propagandists seek to spin various topics like the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant or the no-fly zone in Ukraine and serve them to a network of Western PR services, including the British PR Network and the US lobby groups like SKDKnickerbocker, Yorktown Solutions and Your Global Strategy. Those, in turn, have the experience of working with the Western media to deliver the right message to the Western audiences.
Judging by this investigation, those who masterminded this approach have partners, including Novaya Gazeta, Meduza, Dozhd, Mediazona and Russian-language services of the Western media such as the BBC.
This is a rigorous and differentiated effort. There are memes for the younger audience and serious political analysis for experts.
The authors of the investigation did not hide the mind-blowing scale of this system, which includes over 150 entities and major figures for communicating the Ukrainian vision of the conflict to the entire world.
Who pays for all this? This is not an easy question, but at least part of the PR effort is paid for by government subsidies allocated by the UK, the US and the Czech Republic, as well as entities belonging to billionaire George Soros, incredible as this may sound.
This giant squid has penetrated with its tentacles every TV set, website of major Western media and every newspaper to cultivate a worldview that is simple and clear. The creators of this mechanism couldn’t care less that it is at odds with reality.
The world has not seen a disinformation campaign of this kind since the cult of the Caesars.
https://yangx.top/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/2229
What an amazing piece of American investigative reporting we have here.
It reveals that Kiev and its Western patrons have been manipulating the public opinion on a mind-blowing scale.
It turns out that the image cultivated by all Western media for a month now by casting Ukraine as a victim results from a sophisticated and systematic effort by very serious people, probably for a lot of money.
First, the jokes about the communication guidelines turned out to be true. They do exist with the best Western PR agencies drafting key messages and what words must be used and when. They make video compilations for broadcasts and issue recommendations on sources. There is a direct ban on using “unverified media,” i.e., those that were not approved in the West.
Yaroslav Turbil is described as a key figure of the Ukrainian propaganda machine. A native of Kiev, he is linked to US intelligence and is head of Ukraine.UA, a website operated by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry that often serves as a source of planted propaganda stories.
The investigative journalists analysed these propaganda materials and concluded that the Ukrainian propagandists seek to spin various topics like the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant or the no-fly zone in Ukraine and serve them to a network of Western PR services, including the British PR Network and the US lobby groups like SKDKnickerbocker, Yorktown Solutions and Your Global Strategy. Those, in turn, have the experience of working with the Western media to deliver the right message to the Western audiences.
Judging by this investigation, those who masterminded this approach have partners, including Novaya Gazeta, Meduza, Dozhd, Mediazona and Russian-language services of the Western media such as the BBC.
This is a rigorous and differentiated effort. There are memes for the younger audience and serious political analysis for experts.
The authors of the investigation did not hide the mind-blowing scale of this system, which includes over 150 entities and major figures for communicating the Ukrainian vision of the conflict to the entire world.
Who pays for all this? This is not an easy question, but at least part of the PR effort is paid for by government subsidies allocated by the UK, the US and the Czech Republic, as well as entities belonging to billionaire George Soros, incredible as this may sound.
This giant squid has penetrated with its tentacles every TV set, website of major Western media and every newspaper to cultivate a worldview that is simple and clear. The creators of this mechanism couldn’t care less that it is at odds with reality.
The world has not seen a disinformation campaign of this kind since the cult of the Caesars.
https://yangx.top/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/2229
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#Opinion
✍️ Excerpts from the article by the Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy’s Vice-Chancellors Oleg Karpovich and Mikhail Troyansky «Serbian scenario for Russia?»:
💬 For many people in Russia, the campaign to “cancel” our country, which resulted in an unprecedented rampage of banal Russophobia, came as an unexpected shock. Having introduced the principle of collective responsibility for all Russians in retaliation for Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, it may appear that the West has crossed the boundaries of ethics and common sense.
👉 In search of an analogy, one can go back to the early 1990s. Back then, Yugoslavia faced this kind of smear campaign for the first time. Its government “dared” to fight for the country’s territorial integrity.
<...>
❗️ A cynical attempt to use psychological warfare, blackmail and banal intimidation to force the citizens of Russia to oppose their state and their people will most likely have the completely opposite effect.
✍️ Excerpts from the article by the Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy’s Vice-Chancellors Oleg Karpovich and Mikhail Troyansky «Serbian scenario for Russia?»:
💬 For many people in Russia, the campaign to “cancel” our country, which resulted in an unprecedented rampage of banal Russophobia, came as an unexpected shock. Having introduced the principle of collective responsibility for all Russians in retaliation for Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, it may appear that the West has crossed the boundaries of ethics and common sense.
👉 In search of an analogy, one can go back to the early 1990s. Back then, Yugoslavia faced this kind of smear campaign for the first time. Its government “dared” to fight for the country’s territorial integrity.
<...>
❗️ A cynical attempt to use psychological warfare, blackmail and banal intimidation to force the citizens of Russia to oppose their state and their people will most likely have the completely opposite effect.
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Fake:
Russian soldiers shot down the civilians of Chernigov, who were standing in a queue for bread. Information about this was spread by the US Embassy in Ukraine.
Truth:
The Russian Defence Ministry refuted this information in an evening briefing. According to him, there have been no Russian soldiers in Chernigov. All units of the Russian Armed Forces are outside Chernigov, blocking the roads, and they are not conducting any offensive operations on the city. There are no traces of ammunition explosions in the video footage circulated by Ukrainian propagandists. All windows in nearby buildings are intact. There is no damage to the walls, there are no other traces of the explosion on the ground. Thus, all the dead people are victims of terror spread by Ukrainian nationalists – or these video footage is another fake made by the Security Service of Ukraine.
In turn, the Ukrainian military and nationalists have repeatedly been seen in provocations and attacks on civilians.
@mod_russia_en
Russian soldiers shot down the civilians of Chernigov, who were standing in a queue for bread. Information about this was spread by the US Embassy in Ukraine.
Truth:
The Russian Defence Ministry refuted this information in an evening briefing. According to him, there have been no Russian soldiers in Chernigov. All units of the Russian Armed Forces are outside Chernigov, blocking the roads, and they are not conducting any offensive operations on the city. There are no traces of ammunition explosions in the video footage circulated by Ukrainian propagandists. All windows in nearby buildings are intact. There is no damage to the walls, there are no other traces of the explosion on the ground. Thus, all the dead people are victims of terror spread by Ukrainian nationalists – or these video footage is another fake made by the Security Service of Ukraine.
In turn, the Ukrainian military and nationalists have repeatedly been seen in provocations and attacks on civilians.
@mod_russia_en
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, Moscow (March 25, 2022).
💬 In recent years, Ukraine has been flooded with weapons, drawn into NATO, and nudged towards a forceful solution of the Donbass issue. The Kiev leadership was encouraged to sabotage the Minsk Package of Measures for the peaceful settlement of the crisis in eastern Ukraine even despite the fact that this document is part of international law and was approved by a UN Security Council resolution.
❗️We are particularly concerned about the geopolitical space of the former USSR, where the American military and the Pentagon are establishing military bio-laboratories. Even the host countries of these US facilities do not always know what kind of research they are making there.
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💬 In recent years, Ukraine has been flooded with weapons, drawn into NATO, and nudged towards a forceful solution of the Donbass issue. The Kiev leadership was encouraged to sabotage the Minsk Package of Measures for the peaceful settlement of the crisis in eastern Ukraine even despite the fact that this document is part of international law and was approved by a UN Security Council resolution.
❗️We are particularly concerned about the geopolitical space of the former USSR, where the American military and the Pentagon are establishing military bio-laboratories. Even the host countries of these US facilities do not always know what kind of research they are making there.
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#DebunkingFakes
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 🤦♂️
#Think4Yourself
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 🤦♂️
#Think4Yourself
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#FirstHandAccount #See4Yourself
UK national John Joyce, who has lived in Ukraine for 15 years with his wife Tatiana, escaped Mariupol and the clutches of the Ukrainian nationalists, and now tells his story.
UK national John Joyce, who has lived in Ukraine for 15 years with his wife Tatiana, escaped Mariupol and the clutches of the Ukrainian nationalists, and now tells his story.
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Post-Cold War world order is over, former Russian president says
The West’s sanctions on Moscow are destroying its own economic order while bringing Russians together, according to Dmitry Medvedev
FULL INTERVIEW: https://www.rt.com/russia/552745-medvedev-west-relations-rt-interview/
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The West’s sanctions on Moscow are destroying its own economic order while bringing Russians together, according to Dmitry Medvedev
FULL INTERVIEW: https://www.rt.com/russia/552745-medvedev-west-relations-rt-interview/
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Post-Cold War world order is over, former Russian president says (FULL INTERVIEW)
The West has failed to understand Russia, and its sanctions are destroying its own post-Cold War hegemony, Dmitry Medvedev has told RT