Tag: Putin

Last month, the tension between the West and Moscow increased, as well as the tensions between individual Western countries and Russia bilaterally – with frequent use of several classical disinformation narratives by Russia such as: the West is fighting against Russia until the last Ukrainian standing, the West is the bad guy, while Russia is defending itself from NATO...

Photo: Screenshot from the edited video According to the investigative media Bellingcat, QAnon is a conspiracy theory falsely claiming that the former American President Donald Trump has been fighting a long time to defeat “Satanists, pedophiles, the deep state and the cabal” (frequently used terms in the narratives of the promoters). Although Trump is no longer the President and the...

Talking about new weaponry, international relations cases and mistakes made by Moscow – although those made by the USA were bigger – as well as about the Donald Trump case, the Russian President sent a variation of one and the same topic of two Russian disinformation narratives used for quite some time now, especially after Russia’s aggression in Ukraine...

Photo: Erik Drost on Wikimedia Commons The missing children from Cleveland and those taken from Ukraine cannot be compared at all. The context and circumstances are totally different. The circumstances of the children from Cleveland have not been clarified yet and there is no indication of an established pattern or tendency that they all disappeared in the same way. They...

Massive salvo of Russian disinformation narratives was “fired” from the Red Square in Moscow directly from the mouth of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the speech delivered at the military parade on the occasion of celebrating 9th of May – Day of Victory over Fascism, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text...

Photo: kremlin.ru The post is a manipulative disinformation claiming that Russia does not deny Ukrainian identity, but is defending the Russian minority suffering genocide by some installed authorities. All of this is wrong and consistent with the Russian interpretation of things with which Putin justified his attack on Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish...

This story was published by the Hungarian investigative journalism non-profit, Atlatszo. An edited version was published as part of a partnership with Global Voices. Tamás Bodoky, editor-in-chief of Atlatszo, told Media1 that he believes there is a coordinated campaign to attack the investigative nonprofit from actors close to Hungary's ruling party Fidesz, mirroring the autocratic methods used in Putin’s Russia.   Reminiscent...

The former head of the Bulgarian state intelligence agency Dimo ​​Gjaurov, in an interview with TV Nova, commented that one of the goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the escalation of the conflict with Ukraine is to force Europe and the United States to open the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Meanwhile, the partner of EURACTIV Europe Elects, estimates...

The network of magazines promoting the 'brand Russia' and Putin's image in the form of alternative medicine advice continues to operate in most states following the breakup of Yugoslavia. In April 2019, Meta.mk released an analysis indicating the impact of two magazine networks coming from Serbia, that are also distributed through direct exports to Bosnia and Montenegro and/or through local...

Russian politics has never been fair to Bulgaria and Bulgarian history, said the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Krasimir Karakachanov, after the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in a statement said that the Slavic alphabet comes from Macedonia. Karakachanov, who is the leader of the Bulgarian IMRO party, said that thanks to the Bulgarian alphabet, the Russians are literate. “The...

Today in Moscow, the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov will meet with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, reports the cabinet of the Russian President. "It is expected that the two leaders will discuss issues pertaining to further development of bilateral cooperation. They will also exchange opinions on current regional issues and, primarily, on the situation in the Balkans", reads the statement from the official website...

Republican Congressman and also the Chairman of the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the US House of Representatives, Dana Rohrabacher continues to promote the controversial idea of the partition of Macedonia on "Twitter." While answering messages and reactions on "Twitter" about his views on Macedonia, including the former Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov, says that "if the Macedonian people do...

Greece wants to remain a factor of stability and security in the Balkan region and to put an end to nationalism and nationalist policies on the Balkans. This, from the floor of the Institute of International Relations in Moscow, was recommended by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, during his official visit to Russia. - We support active Balkan policy, away...

If elections for head of state are held on Sunday, three-quarters of the Russians, or 75 percent, would vote for President Vladimir Putin, according to a recent survey of the Fund for Public Opinion Research (FOM). Thus, the electoral rating of Putin has reached a new record level when, six months ago, 71 percent of Russians were ready to cast...