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DISINFO: US and EU coordinate colour revolutions to destabilise Russia

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Colour revolutions Conspiracy theory Encircling Russia Protest West Sanctions Anti-Russian Alexei Navalny Crimea War against Ukraine Eastern Ukraine

DISINFO: US and EU coordinate colour revolutions to destabilise Russia

SUMMARY

Russia usually displays infinite patience and adheres to a policy of self-restraint, in tireless and painstaking attempts to bypass the sharpened ends of the relationship with the West, despite the attempts of the United States of America and the European Union to interfere in its internal affairs in a blatant manner, whether by coordinating and supporting colour revolutions on the Russian borders, or through destabilisation projects inside Russia, or through economic sanctions that have continued since 2014, following the coup in Ukraine, and the unification of Crimea with Russia.

RESPONSE

A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative that paints all manifestations of popular discontent as colour revolutions, portraying entire nations of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe as pathologically Russophobic, and alleges that the West is attempting to encircle Russia and to promote Russophobic sanctions and create instability around all Russian border. No evidence is provided to support the allegations.

This narrative has been applied, among others, to the Arab Spring revolts, Euromaidan in Ukraine, protests in Catalonia, Venezuela, Georgia, and Belarus.

As for the 2021 Russian protests that began on 23 January 2021, it erupted in support of the arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny and as a reaction to the investigation of Putin's Palace.

Since March 2014, the EU has progressively imposed restrictive measures against Russia which were prolonged until 31 July 2021. The measures were adopted in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea, the deliberate destabilisation of Ukraine and the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

See other similar cases in our database claiming that the neo-liberal forces behind Navalny will intensify their attempts to destroy Russia, or that the West sent Navalny back to Russia to prevent him from becoming irrelevant, or that the West has launched a second wave of colour revolutions, or that the West needs any cause to sanction Russia, or that even EU sanctions against Russia are illegal.

The same article contained another case claiming that NATO is expanding, annexing lands and encircling Russia.

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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