DISINFO: Russia's development and stability is being thwarted by the West

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DISINFO: Russia's development and stability is being thwarted by the West

SUMMARY

Western colleagues frankly do not like the development and internal stability of Russia, and the strengthening of our positions in the international arena. They are trying to pressure us using a wide range of illegal tools from sanctions and media provocations to interference in internal affairs.

RESPONSE

A recurring pro-Kremlin propaganda narrative about omnipresent Russophobia and a belligerent western hostile agenda against Russia.

As explained in our analysis, a variety of events, be it the situation around Alexei Navalny (read more here), protests in Belarus or COVID-19 pandemic are presented by pro-Kremlin media outlets as a massive Western attack on Russia, just to name a few accusations.

Russia's criticism concerning human rights violations, interference in Ukraine (read more here), US elections follows not from Russophobia and the West's intention to weaken Russia but is based on factual evidence behind these accusations.

At the same time, the West is trying to keep channels of communication and cooperation open with Russia. The EU and its member states have maintained a clear policy of reaching out to Russian society. The Biden US administration has signaled a willingness to extend the New START Treaty. NATO's approach to Russia is defence and dialogue. More about NATO can be read here and its relations with Russia here.

Read similar cases claiming that Brussels uses Russophobia as a uniting idea to prevent the EU's collapse, or that it is speculation to say that cyberattacks originated in Russia, that the Western intelligence agencies are working with Navalny, and that the West will falsely accuse Russia of poisoning Navalny, as with Skripal and Litvinenko.

Disclaimer

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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