Bujar Osmani: Our country is in coordination with NATO and EU countries to prevent Russian disinformation in North Macedonia
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, in an interview with Portalb.mk says that disinformation and propaganda are tools of war and that the Government treats them as such. He says that the state has difficulties in preventing the daily mass...
Truthmeter: Although Mayor Bexheti promised, construction work on the Saraj Polyclinic was not completed in February
Although the mayor of Saraj, Blerim Bexheti, said that the construction works of the polyclinic in this municipality will be completed in February, it has not been realized. According to the field photos, the work in this building continues. The work will not be...
Counterspin: The Fact That There Are Anti-War Protests in Russia Does Not Mean That It Is a Democratic State
Anti-war protests in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities are not proof that the Russian state has democratic capital, as Biševac spins. A large number of arrests, the censorship of certain media and most of the social networks claim the exact opposite. The...
Viral video showing ‘Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to loved ones’ is a movie clip
A heart touching emotional scene clip claiming that Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to loved ones before leaving for war, has gone viral even in the social media of our country. However, Faktoje managed to verify that such scenes are part of a 2017 Ukrainian...
Whose bombing destroyed Albanian Consulate in Ukraine?
Bombings and attacks consequences in Ukraine resulting in people lives and civilian objects have been officially denied by Russia. This came into being after the destruction of the Albanian Consulate in Kharkiv for which the Albanian Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs blamed Russia....
Counterspin: Russia Was Not Forced To Attack Ukraine to Defend Itself
From the very beginning of his column in the daily newspaper “Nova Makedonija”, Russian Ambassador Sergei Baznikin points out that Russia is committed to a quick cessation of hostilities and finding a solution through diplomacy, at the negotiating table. Russian President Vladimir Putin has...
Russian Duma with Draconian Sentences: 10-15 Years in Prison for Knowingly Spreading Fake News about the Russian Military
The Russian Duma has passed a law prescribing draconian sentences for “knowingly spreading fake news” about Russian military operations, categorized according to the severity and consequences of such actions, RIA Novosti reported.
Under the new law, for the crime of “knowingly spreading fake information about...
Russian Media Scene: Controlled Content with Little Space for Foreign Media
Citizens in Russia receive dosed content, and censorship laws are in place, enacted by the newly adopted Law on March 4, which even provides for a prison sentence of 10 to 15 years “for knowingly spreading false news about the Russian military”. Leading Russian...
Counterspin: Anti-Semitic literature present not only in Ukraine – but it cannot justify Russian aggression
According to our research, we are convinced that the three books disputed by the Russian Embassy in North Macedonia can be purchased in different languages in several foreign countries, that the reprints of the republished editions are almost completely sold out, but also that...
Humanitarian Disaster in Ukraine: At Least $ 1.7 Billion Needed, North Macedonia Sends Aid
More than a month after Russia invaded Ukraine, intensified attacks on several Ukrainian cities have left many people without access to their homes, without electricity, water, food or basic necessities. The countries supporting Ukraine in this war, including North Macedonia, are sending aid in...
Truthmeter: The Sense of Belonging as a Tool for Russian Influence in North Macedonia
One of the simplest ways of influencing a wider circle of people, which has been continuously used by Russia in the Republic of North Macedonia, is to build and nurture the narrative of mutual belonging (in international relations this theory is known as “natural...
Truthmeter: Russian Journalists Quit over Kremlin Media Propaganda
It was not necessary to think whether what was happening in Ukraine was a peace operation. This is a war. I want Russian citizens to hear me – I want them to learn what propaganda looks like, said Russian journalist Žana Agalakova, writes Truthmeter.mk.
Under...
Truthmeter: It Is Not True That Zelensky Called for Capitulation – “Deep Fake” Video Delivered and Deleted
A video was broadcasted on TV Ukraine 24, in which President Volodomir Zelensky allegedly called for demilitarization and announced the capitulation of the state. The video is fake, and this was confirmed by several relevant sources, including TV Ukraine 24, and President Zelensky himself....
Truthmeter: The Propagandist Dugin, the Satanization of the West and the Apology of Russian Imperialism
In this brief analysis, written at a time when Putin’s troops are persistently shelling civilian facilities in Kyiv, we will take a look at Dugin’s ideological and propaganda activities following Russia’s military “special operation”, recalling his propaganda activities and messages from the “Eurasian” mission...
Maleski: Putin did not calculate well, instead of division he caused unity
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the biggest military confrontation since World War II and is extremely dangerous because relations between the nuclear powers have strained,” Denko Maleski, a professor and first foreign minister in independent Macedonia, told Truthmeter. According to him, the disinformation related...
Counterspin: It Is Not True that Bujar Osmani Did Not Warn the Citizens of RNM in Ukraine about the War
Despite the claims of the President of the Alliance for Albanians, Zijadin Sela, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of RNM, Bujar Osmani, before the start of the war in Ukraine, repeatedly appealed to the citizens of North Macedonia, who were in Ukraine to leave...
Truthmeter: Macedonian-Russian Church Relations and Interests
The ties between Ohrid and Russia as old Slavic centers have been continuous through the centuries, but the Russian Orthodox Church does not seem to have any noticeable support for the Macedonian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox Church protects the interests of the Serbian...
Counterspin: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Not a “Special Military Operation”, as the party “Levica” Spins
The political party “Levica” has used Kremlin terminology that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in fact a “special military operation”. This statement contains a spin, given that special operations are military activities carried out by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equipped forces...
Truthmeter: It Is Not True That Russia Is Not Shelling Civilian Buildings and That the Mariupol Footage Is Fake
The claim of the Russian ambassador to North Macedonia, Sergey Bazdnikin, that the Russian armed forces do not shell civilian buildings and that the footage from Mariupol is fake, seems strange and at least sounds unreasonable in a situation where numerous world and domestic...
Truthmeter: Covid Disinformation as Dangerous as the Coronavirus
It is not uncommon for narratives about COVID-19 vaccines to be spread on social media, which do not only undermine the confidence in their effectiveness but also contain conspiracy theories, i.e. unsubstantiated, unfounded claims about a small group of “villains” wanting to destroy the...
