GLOBSEC: North Macedonia has pro-Western ambitions, but Is vulnerable to Kremlin’s and Beijing’s influences
The GLOBSEC Vulnerability Index analyzes the vulnerability of eight Central European and Western Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia) to foreign malignant influence in 5 dimensions: public attitudes, political landscape, public administration, information landscape and civic and academic...
Truthmeter: This video is not from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it is two years old
According to Reuters, the video is falsely related to the crisis in Ukraine and is part of a Russian air show from 2020, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused an avalanche...
Albanians Are Not “Mercenaries” Sent to Ukraine
Narratives portraying the Albanian as a criminal appears in the media when there is a political crisis in the country or in this case an international crisis such as that of Russia with Ukraine and the West. In the article under review, the Albanians...
Truthmeter: Macedonian Aircrafts Did Not Fly Over the Russian Embassy in Skopje
The Macedonian Air Force, in its ranks, does not have planes that are in running condition, thus they cannot fly. The official website of the Army states that “the unit consists of two aircraft type An-2 and Zlin 143L which are currently inoperable, due...
Truthmeter: It Is Not True That Ukrainian Soldiers Have Laid Down Their Weapons
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Ukrainian troops had laid down their arms, citing intelligence services. But such information is denied by Ukrainian fact-checkers. The news of a mass laying of arms by Ukrainian troops is false. Such a thing never occurred and the Ukrainian...
Counterspin: Jakimovski Spins – The War between Russia and Ukraine is Because of the Ukrainian “Comedian” President
The reasons for the war between Russia and Ukraine, which began with an invasion and a large military offensive by the Russian army over the entire country, are multifaceted and complex, and the statements of Stevče Jakimovski, leader of the parliamentary party that the...
Counterspin: Russia interferes in Ukraine’s internal affairs, despite claims of Russian ambassador to North Macedonia
Russia’s ambassador to North Macedonia, Sergei Baznikin, argues that Russia’s priority is not confrontation, but providing security and conditions for a prosperous development of the country in peaceful conditions. But the facts are the opposite – Russia has officially acknowledged the existence of two...
The Video of Russian Soldiers Parachuting Down On Kharkiv Is At Least 8 Years Old
The video is not new and does not show Russian paratroopers descending over Kharkiv. The video can be found on YouTube, published in 2018, as a recording of a military exercise in Vostok, and it can also be found on Facebook, shared on the...
It Is a Lie That Zelensky Fled Ukraine to London
Truthmeter.mk is reviewing a Facebook post in which a news article was shared from the MKD Press portal, in which it is claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not in Ukraine. The headline of the news says:
When the president is a comedian, the things will usually get tragic!...
Trust in Medicine – Tool of Russian Influence
Previously established trust in Soviet and Russian science and medicine is used as a means of political influence, especially in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccines, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Trust is a powerful...
Russian propaganda for the “Ukrainian scenario” in Macedonia (2016-2017)
During 2016 and 2017 Macedonian and Russian propagandists simultaneously promote conspiracy theories about the “Ukrainian scenario” in order to sabotage the resolution of the political crisis, the work of the SPO, the non-violent Colorful Revolution and the Pržino Agreement, as well as to justify...
The “Cheerful” Russian Soldier Filmed Himself in 2015, Not in 2022
The video of this paratrooper, which has over 20 million views on the social network “TikTok”, was not recorded this year, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. NBC News reporter Ben Collins, who specializes in exposing disinformation, writes that this video is old. The...
War against Ukraine was launched today, however has long been since Russian Propaganda and Disinformation are fuelling the conflict
Russia officially launched an armed attack on Ukraine early Thursday morning. However, the true war has been flagged earlier by Russian misinforming statements and reports fuelling the fire, as assessed by experts, having destabilizing purposes. Faktoje analysed the statement of the Russian Chief Diplomat...
Russian Propaganda during the Macedonian Political Crisis (2015) – Disinformation about the “Ukrainian Scenario”
Analysis of the disinformation and conspiracy theories about the “Ukrainian scenario”, the “colored revolution” and the “Macedonian Maidan” with which Russian propaganda and its local allies in 2015 imposed narratives to justify Russian aggression against Ukraine and anti-democratic populist regimes of Putin and Gruevski,...
Portalb: Western Balkan сountries sending “mercenaries” to fight in Ukraine!? Just sheer Russian propaganda!
Through a tendentious and sensationalist headline, a Facebook portal misinforms the public that many Kosovo citizens are mobilized to defend Ukraine over recent events related to Russia. Apart from the fact that this is not true, the citizens of Kosovo are prohibited by law...
Truthmeter: Macedonian economy is slowly shifting to gas
A record 420 million normal cubic meters of gas were consumed last year. By 2024, capacities for access to 5.5 billion cubic meters of gas with the interconnection with Greece should be provided in North Macedonia. The country should become a gas hub where...
Truthmeter: Indecent remarks to North Macedonia’s Minister of Defense are fermented resistance to Prespa Agreement
NATO membership was based on the Prespa Agreement. Criticism of this Agreement, on the other hand, is the basis on which the opposition wants to gain part of public opinion, without mentioning NATO. With the current developments around Ukraine, all the fragments of the...
BBC fact-checks Vladimir Putins’s speech
BBC's "Reality Check" analyzed the long nightly address of the Russian Federation's president Vladimir Putin, after he ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states.
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In a long, late-night televised address...
EUvsDisinfo: Fabricating Pretext to Invade Ukraine – More Myths
EUvsDisinfo, the flagship project of the European External Action Service’s East StratCom Task Force aiming to respond to the Russian Federation’s ongoing disinformation campaigns affecting the European Union, its Member States, and countries in the shared neighbourhood, produced a new analysis of the predominant...
Macedonian Manifesto: Blooming of Slavic sprouts after the ancient winter period
This Manifesto was silent about our Slavic gene at a time when it was not “modern” to talk about it, that is, when, not so long ago, we were turned into ancient people, which has nothing to do with the Slavic motherhood. And now...
