Tag: Moscow

Several disinformation narratives have prevailed this year in the Macedonian-language online space and media – from Ukraine’s “statehood being at stake” should the war continue, to the claim that Zelenskyy has lost popularity. The most consistent disinformation narrative, however, concerns the connection between Kyiv elites and Nazism – a narrative directly promoted by Putin and Medvedev. What stands out...

It is not true that NATO is instigating war and that its goal is to fight Russia at the expense of Ukrainian citizens. Such a narrative is part of the Russian propaganda that wants to present Ukraine as a vassal of the Western countries by accepting to go to war against Russia and sacrifice its citizens to fulfill NATO’s...

The post claiming that Ukraine is at war with Russia because of the whim of London and that Orban is Ukraine’s greatest friend because only he insisted on negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow for stopping the war is untrue and manipulative on several grounds, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:   We are...

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 aid to Ukraine without being a party to the war. The post manipulates that Ukraine...

Apart from the fact that such a submissive gesture would be extremely unrealistic, the fact-check suggests that the photograph was generated with an artificial intelligence application (AI). Artificial intelligence apps can create photo-realistic pictures, full of details, difficult to distinguish from the real photos. Nevertheless, they regularly produce photographs with errors – the hands and ears are usually unrealistically...

The end of 2021 is approaching, but it seems that the pro-Kremlin disinformation will not end. Last year, EUvsDisinfo added 2,700 new examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation to its database. This is what they wrote:   Ukraine remains a major target of pro-Kremlin disinformation About a third of all examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation in 2021 collected by EUvsDisinfo were aimed at Ukraine. Amid escalating,...

The release of an old audio conversation between “Greta Thunberg” and the former Prime Miinister, as well as the top candidate for the next PM from the ruling party, Zoran Zaev at this moment has nothing to do with alleged pranks, but with the direct involvement of “Kremlin friends” in the RNM elections, writes Truthmeter.mk   There is a big difference...

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev while answering a journalist's question at a news conference after the government's topical session today, said that Macedonia's aspiration to integrate into NATO does not mean opposing Russia and that membership is a long-term aspiration of Macedonian citizens. According to Zaev, membership in NATO is important for the stability and security of Macedonia and the...

Today, Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko met with Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to Russia, Goce Karajanov and said "plans to pull the Republic of Macedonia into NATO might have negative consequences for regional security and bilateral relations." According to the statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the two diplomats "discussed current bilateral issues. Both sides voiced...

The president of the Republic of Macedonia will be having a working visit to the Russian federation, tomorrow and today, announces the president's cabinet. The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church will award Ivanov at the "Christ the Saviour" church in Moscow with "His excellence the Patriarch of Moscow and the whole of Russia, Alexy II" for 2016. Apart from...

Because of the police action in Kumanovo, Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov interrupted the visit to Moscow and returned to Macedonia. Immediately after the return, it is expected to convene the Security Council. Council members from DUI didn’t participate in its meetings, because, according to them, Ivanov is an illegitimate president. Because of that, the last Council session was called "session of top...