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DISINFO: Western-Russian relations deteriorated because of Western actions

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West illegal annexation Crimea Sanctions War against Ukraine Anti-Russian Coup

DISINFO: Western-Russian relations deteriorated because of Western actions

SUMMARY

It is noteworthy that relations between Russia and Western countries, in particular, the United States of America and the countries of the European Union, deteriorated against the background of the Ukrainian crisis, the return of the Crimea to the motherland in March 2014, and the West's imposition of sanctions on Russia.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative attempting to put responsibility for the deterioration in relations between Russia and the West exclusively on the latter, ignoring the reasons behind the sanctions.

The West and specifically the EU has imposed restrictive measures, including sectoral sanctions, as a result of the of the illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia's destabilising actions in eastern Ukraine.

Formats such as regular high-level dialogues remain suspended in the absence of the full implementation of the Minsk agreements by Russia.

The EU’s approach to Russia is guided by five principles agreed in 2016 and reaffirmed, most recently, by EU Foreign Ministers in October 2020. Read more about the EU-Russia relations here.

Read similar claims in our database such as Crimea’s reunification with Russia was legal, or that historically Crimea was a Russian land, and that the Western-backed coup in Ukraine has torn the country asunder; or that Crimea, Donbas separated from Ukraine after a Nazi coup in Kyiv; or that 96% of Crimean people wanted to rejoin Russia; or that EU-Russia trade was suspended due to sanctions; or that Question of Crimea’s ownership is closed forever.

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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