Tag: Russian narratives

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...

The flow of Russian disinformation has become familiar – it starts in Russia, travels to Serbia, and from there, it spreads throughout the entire Western Balkans. In the following case, however, disinformation’s source is in Bulgaria. The avalanche of disinformation started with an episode of the Bulgarian show “Don’t Be Afraid with Vasil Vasilev” and then spread to Serbian...

Representatives of Levica on the celebration in Moscow on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Pioneers Photo: Official Levica's FB page A large part of the public in North Macedonia already perceives Levica (The Left) as a pro-Russian party, deeply embedded in the Kremlin propaganda machinery. The party uses the Moscow terminology, calling the...

Last month, the tension between the West and Moscow increased, as well as the tensions between individual Western countries and Russia bilaterally – with frequent use of several classical disinformation narratives by Russia such as: the West is fighting against Russia until the last Ukrainian standing, the West is the bad guy, while Russia is defending itself from NATO...

The entire post is loaded with Russian narratives and manipulations aiming to spread propaganda and justify the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Ukrainians are not brainwashed, as the post claims, and they are trying to defend their country from Russia. Russia is the one that initiated the war, while the Western countries are just helping Ukraine to protect itself...

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...

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 of others. That narrative was that Russia is the victim in the war against Ukraine...

It is a fact that the Russian propaganda network is well developed in this country, including representatives of official Russian institutions, diaspora and paid political parties. Another fact is that they have been active in this region for quite some time now, therefore an operational network has been installed in the last few decades which, inter alia, is also...

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 over Fascism, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text...

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. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:   Author: Goran Lefkov The social...

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 his attack on Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish...

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 the deportation of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories in Russia. The claim in the...

Ukraine and Russia are not “mislead by the West to go to war at their own peril”, as the post claims, but Ukraine as a sovereign state, recognized member of the UN is a victim of the aggression of neighbouring Russia for officially annexing its territory. Ukraine is fighting for liberty, i.e. it is defending its independence, and Russia...

The result of the public-private partnership between the State Bulgarian University from Veliko Tarnovo “Ss. Ss. Cyril and Methodius” (VTU) and the Macedonian private International Slav University (MSU) is the offer of master studies for Macedonian students taught by Bulgarian professors. Apart from educational and scientific cooperation, both universities are connected with Russian links which they are getting rid...

Experts believe that the bomb threats for the schools, shopping malls and some institutions in North Macedonia received so far, originate from Russia. Their purpose is to spread fear among citizens, in the context of the war in Ukraine, together with inciting anxiety over a possible conflict in the north of Kosovo, Portalb.mk reports. In the past few months, North...

Andrey Zakharov is an investigative journalist from the Russian service of BBC. He moved from Russia in November last year, when he was being designated as foreign agent in Russia, as many other journalists. He is currently living in one European country. In an interview for Truthmeter, he speaks about the Russian propaganda and the way it spreads, the...

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 said representatives of the academic community and media reactions related to celebrations, activities and concrete...