The video with Senator Graham saying “The Russians are dying” is fabricated
Photo: Screenshot from the video
It is not true that Graham said “The Russian are dying. It’s the best money we have ever spent”, while the clip claiming such a thing has been wrongfully edited. A longer version of the conversation, published by the Ukrainian...
It is not true that Ukraine is mobilizing minors
Photo: Screenshot from the video
There were also attempts previously on social networks to accuse Ukraine of mobilizing children by using videos of young-looking boys. But, that is not true – according to Ukrainian laws, only adult persons can be conscripted by the Army, writes...
“Russia is just defending itself” – the main disinformation narrative in May
Photo: Clip from a Kremlin.ru video from the Victory Parade in Moscow on 09.05.2022
Victory Day – 9 May – was the occasion for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to utter the main disinformation narrative in May, which was, of course, accompanied by a series...
China and Macedonian higher education: Influence focused on the state universities
The Chinese influence in higher education in North Macedonia is focused primarily on a few state universities in the country, with ongoing cooperation throughout the years that resulted in an exchange of students and professors and by signing agreements and memoranda of understanding. The...
It is not true that the Ukrainian Government is threatening to start with terrorist attacks throughout Europe
Photo: Screenshot from the video
In the clip from the video, which is incorrectly interpreted in the post, Podolyak is talking about a hypothetical situation if EU would stop helping Ukraine and he is explaining what would happen in Europe should the assistance in weapons...
Bakhmut is a Ukrainian city; Russia attacked it, didn’t liberate it
Photo: Screenshot from the video
Bakhmut is an Ukrainain city and it cannot be liberated from the Russians as claimed by the post. Russia attacked Bakhmut and destroyed it completely. The fact that Russia claims that this city is Russian is far from reality. According...
It is not true that Macedonian troops will fight the Russian Armed Forces in Pridnestrovye
30 years jubilee of the Army – central event, August 2022 Photo: mod.gov.mk
The post is spreading disinformation that Macedonian troops will be deployed to fight against the Russian Armed Forces in Pridnestrovye. The claim that our troops, instead of leaving for Romania, will depart...
It is not true that “radioactive cloud” is moving towards Western Europe
There is no radioactive cloud moving towards Western Europe and it is not true that increased level of radiation was identified in Poland. In Khmelnytskyi the level of radiation is within permissible limits. It was measured and published by the local authorities. This disinformation...
Loads of disinformation about Ukraine in a video promoting numerous pro-Russian narratives
Photo: Screenshot from a manipulative video about Zelenskyy and the Azov Batallion
As a guest in a morning show on a USA television, the famous controversial journalist Lara Logan presented loads of unfounded claims about the war in Ukraine and the Russian aggression that almost...
History doesn’t repeat itself in this case, as Zelenskyy is not Hitler
It is not the first time to see narratives on social networks about Ukraine being fascist and Nazi country, that Nazism (Neo-Nazism) is being glorified there and that Zelenskyy himself is a Nazi. All this is done to justify the Russian aggression on a...
At the Red Square, Putin reiterated the main disinformation narrative – Russia was a victim defending itself!
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...
Kremlin’s False Narrative: “NATO Is Fighting Russia to the Last Ukrainian” Continues
NATO neither started the military invasion, nor does it have troops in Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022 and Ukraine, as an independent country, has the right to defend itself and use available means of assistance from its friends. NATO is sending military...
Preposterous and unsubstantiated claim that a Russian rocket killed 200 NATO officers in a bunker in Ukraine
In the video with the post, analyst Gilbert Doctorow does not present a single source of evidence for his claim that during a missile attack of Russia, NATO generals hiding in a bunker in Ukraine were killed. His only attribution is the “Russians”. According...
The social media as lever for spreading authoritarian propaganda
Russian propaganda uses various forms of social media and channels to spread its propaganda. It is fighting a war in Ukraine, but also waging a hybrid war with many other countries. North Macedonia and the Balkans are the target of this propaganda, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Neither Putin is fighting evil, nor Gates is poisoning people from the sky
More than a year ago, the Russian military invaded Ukraine, which as a sovereign country has every right to defend itself. The narrative that “Putin is fighting evil” stems from Russian propaganda, struggling to justify the criminal acts performed on alien territory. Bill Gates...
There is no billboard for donations with the image of Zelenskyy in Milan
This is a computer-modified video. There is no billboard in Milan with the photograph of Zelenskyy with a hole up his nose for collecting donations for Ukraine. According to the Center for Countering Disinformation in Ukraine, an attempt was made to discredit President Zelenskyy...
Meta Fact: Countless deadlines and unfulfilled promises for the Regional Landfill Sveti Nikole
Photo credits: Meta.mk
At the beginning of the month, the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of North Macedonia informed that it will take over the competencies of the Municipality of Sveti Nikole and the Mayor Dejan Vladev in the Public Enterprise that should manage...
Putin denies the Ukrainian identity, аnd the accusations of alleged genocide are just an excuse for atttacking Ukraine
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...
The influence of Bulgaria on back azimuth
Unlike the influence of Russia and China in North Macedonia that – to a large extent – is disseminated on the basis of positive identification and desired and/or shared values, we might say that the influence realized by Bulgaria is based on narratives overflowing...
Manipulation: Putin portrayed as a hero who saved Ukrainian children!
The claims presented in the post that Putin is saving children from the “pedophile clutches of the west”, are pure fabrication and conspiracy theory without evidence or facts. The Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin for committing war crimes with...
