Russia claims and Ukraine refutes: Whose announcements about the incident on the Russian border are more important for the domestic media?
A total of 37 websites from the region announced that Russia accused Ukraine of shelling Russian territory and that Ukraine denies responsibility. Some websites, 30 of them, on the other hand, completely left out Ukraine’s denials of these accusations.
In the days before Russia invaded...
An old video used to present the landing of Russian troops in Ukraine
A video, shared on social networks and in articles on several websites, claims to show Russian paratroopers landing in Ukraine. The video, however, is from 2018.
An article was published on the website Vecernje Novosti on February 24, 2022. It was entitled:
RUSSIAN MILITARY PARATROOPERS LAND...
It is not true that Zelensky is currently out of the country
In a speech he delivered in the evening hours of February 24, 2022, the President of Ukraine refuted the claim that he had left the territory of Ukraine.
On February 24, 2022, the website Informer published an article with the title claiming that the President...
It is not true that Macron is not in favor of sanctions against Russia
Russian state media Sputnik published a claim on its Serbian-language website that “France is in favor of dialogue”, while other EU leaders are “in favor of sanctions” against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. This is disinformation.
Various boxes in a food basket and...
There is no evidence that the Ukrainian army used white phosphorus
On February 27, 2022, the website Sputnik published an article on the alleged use of banned ammunition in Ukraine. The article is entitled:
Russian Ministry of Defense: Ukrainian forces use phosphorus ammunition
According to the article, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said...
There is no Russia’s “counter-offensive” in Ukraine
Media from all over the world, including our region, are intensively reporting on the war in Ukraine. Some media try to report on the events responsibly, accurately and ethically. On the other hand, some openly side with Russian war propaganda, promoting Putin’s claims about...
The photo of the injured woman was not taken in 2018
On February 26, 2022, the website of Alternative Television (ATV) published an article entitled:
Putin is portrayed as Hitler, and four-year-old photographs are released to the public
The article states that many fake videos and photos are misrepresented on social networks to show the conflict in Ukraine. An...
Russian Propaganda in Macedonia in 2018: “United Macedonia” as a “Pawn” of “United Russia”
The recent expulsion of five Russian diplomats is not the first expulsion of Russian diplomats from Macedonia. For the first time, Macedonia expelled a Russian diplomat in 2018, when not only the intensified Russian propaganda influence was noticeable, but also an attempt for Russian...
Counterspin: Lavrov With Another Spin Justifies Russian Аggression Аgainst Ukraine
In an interview with four Serbian media outlets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used the well-known disinformation narrative about the military intervention in Ukraine, using the well-known phrase “special military operation” aimed at freeing the oppressed Russian population in Donbas and Luhansk. Lavrov reiterated that the entry of the...
For several months now, the media has been claiming that “the war is starting” in Ukraine
In their headlines, some media outlets have several times declared the “beginning of the war” in Ukraine.
For months, media from all over the world have been closely following the events in the increasingly tense relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Large international media...
The flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is not the same as the flag of the Army of RBiH
On December 29, 2021, an article was published on the website of Alternative television regarding the misdemeanor warrants handed over to individuals who passed through East Sarajevo in a car with the flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The article incorrectly claims that the...
Sputnik on the High Representative: “A citizen” and “a German tourist”
On May 27, 2021, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) appointed Christian Schmidt as the new High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Republic of Srpska (RS), as well as many of its officials, have since tried to dispute his legitimacy and...
Constitution says one thing while the media say another: 500 articles on BiH “created in Dayton”
Incorrect interpretations of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina have become commonplace in articles in the domestic media, and in public appearances of politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, the phrase that “the Dayton Agreement created a state union of BiH composed of two...
No, Christian Schmidt did not say that NATO troops should be sent to BiH
Reporting on an interview with Christian Schmidt, High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the website Novi Standard published an article on 19 December. The title of the article claims that Schmidt said that “NATO troops should be sent to BiH”:
Schmidt:...
Dodik “is grouping armed force” in Doboj only in clickbait titles
On December 8, 2021, the website Slobodna Bosna published an article entitled:
DODIK IS GROUPING ARMED FORCE IN DOBOJ: Jerinic cedes land to RS MUP
The article reports that the City of Doboj ceded the land to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska to...
RTRS “alters” interlocutors’ statements: Dusanka Majkic did not use the term “civil war”
Delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PSBiH), Dusanka Majkic, was a guest on December 2, 2021, in the morning program of the public broadcaster of the Radio-Television of Republika Srpska (RTRS). During her visit, Majkic, among other...
The Russian scientific, educational and cultural cobweb in North Macedonia
The cobweb of Russian influence in North Macedonia is also being built through science, education and culture. This is achieved by placing topics related to scientific, cultural and educational, as well as a religious community with Russia, joint appearances and celebrations of important dates...
Misinformation of public opinion in Serbia as an electoral strategy
It has now become customary that in every election held in Serbia there’s an increase in the nationalist discourse of political leaders there regarding Kosovo. Politicians on the left and right, in power and in opposition, compete over who is tougher in relation to...
Shadows of the Russian Agency alert Counter-Terrorism agents in Albania
The inflows of Russian citizens in Albania for tourism are reported to have doubled compared to 2015, which is considered a positive thing by local entrepreneurs. But, intelligence and counter-terrorism services have long been on alert regarding the suspicious activities of some Russian nationals,...
Ibraimi: There are indications that the Russian influence will continue in the Balkans despite the war in Ukraine
In general, I do not believe that the Russian disinformation campaign and the current support of the misperception about the war in Ukraine will affect the possible change of the foreign policy of N. Macedonia. There are currently no real opportunities for war in...
