DISINFO: Moldovans protested against the government’s ban on Russian media
SUMMARY
After the ban in Moldova on news from Russia, 40,000 protesters took to the streets.
Against the backdrop of unprecedented inflation and rising prices for fuel and energy, the ban was the last straw that overwhelmed the patience of the Moldovans.
RESPONSE
The article is a deliberate distortion and manipulation of the facts concerning the protest that occured in Moldova.
On June 19, a rally was indeed held in the capital of Moldova, but it was not aimed at protesting the ban on Russian media. The rally participants protested against rising prices and difficult economic conditions in the country, as well as the government’s position regarding Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Read the full debunk at Myth Detector (in Russian).
On June 19, Moldovan president Maia Sandu promulgated the Informational Security Law, which will ban the broadcast in Moldova of Russian TV news and political analysis, and which is designed to counter Russian propaganda.