DISINFO: 40 countries against Russia
SUMMARY
A second Cold War: 40 countries on one front against Russia.
The West has a common strategic culture, and it would be wrong to say that European countries pursue an anti-Russian policy only under the influence of Washington. Rather, the matter is that their interests are identical, the United States and its allies act in unison.
The main cause of this conflict is related to the fact that Russia has risen to prove its presence as an independent centre of world politics, and does not want to be the younger brother of the West and to play by the rules of the West.
RESPONSE
The story advances a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative that automatically dismisses any allegations against the Kremlin, no matter how well-founded, as trumped-up anti-Russian smears and being "Russophobic” while painting the West as allegedly pursuing a belligerent and hostile agenda against Russia.
This template has been applied in the coverage of the downing of the MH17 crash, the Skripal poisoning, Navalny poisoning, interfering in the US elections along with other European elections, and lately the 2014 Vrbetice explosion. Read our analysis covering this tactic: Russia did not… (and anyway, there is no proof).
Moving on, the West does not seek to eliminate Russia as a geopolitical actor and undermine Russian statehood. The West, the EU, and its member states, and most of the world community demand that Russia fulfill its obligations as a member of the UN, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and other international organisations, as well as Russia's own legislation.
See other examples of disinformation in our database that claim that the West is trying to eliminate Russia as a geopolitical actor; or that the EU has been deliberately breaking relations with Russia, or that the West is trying to make Russia “obedient” and “comfortable”; or that allegations of a Russian role in Vrbetice explosion are part of Russophobic smear campaign.