URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

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Disinformation Review

Denne rapport indeholder en gennemgang og kritik af East Stratcoms tilbagevisninger af misinformation

præsenteret i Disinformation Review. Gennemgangen inddrager kun den del af tilbagevisningerne i

Disinformation Review, der omhandler den tidligere ukrainske præsident Yanukovich’ afsættelse og

eventuelle vestlige aktørers indblanding i dette.

Det gennemgås her hvilke påstande der anses for at være misinformerende, hvilke kilder de stammer fra,

hvordan de tilbagevises i Disinformation Review, hvilke kilder Disinformation Review benytter til at

underbygge sine tilbagevisninger og disse kilders karakter.

Rapporten er foretaget på privat uafhængigt initiativ og uden udefra kommende finansiering af Emil Bülow

og det første udkast offentliggjort på hjemmesiden en-udenrigsanalyse.dk.

Spørgsmål, kommentarer og evt. rettelser bedes stilet til

[email protected]

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Propaganda i den nye kolde krig

[Propaganda:] information, ofte usand eller ensidig, som udspredes for at påvirke andre til at tænke, mene,

føle eller gøre noget bestemt -

ordnet.dk

East Stratcom

East StratCom Task Force’ oprettelse blev vedtaget i marts 2015, på baggrund af ’Ruslands igangværende

misinformations kampagner’ og har været operationel siden september 2015.

East Stratcom blev bl.a.

oprettet på initiativ fra den daværende danske udenrigsminister Martin Lidegaard, der mente det var et

stort problem i forhold til Ukraine-krisen, at russisktalende borgere i Ukraine, Rusland og Baltikum, fik deres

informationer fra ”løgnagtige russiske propagandamedier”.

”Den russiske propaganda er massiv og til tider direkte løgnagtig. Det er et kæmpe problem. For det gør det

meget svært at lande en politisk løsning, som er den eneste løsning på konflikten … Det hjælper ikke, hvis vi

bare kommer med modpropaganda eller statsdikteret information. Vi vil gerne have helt uafhængige

medier. Så vi skal finde ud af, hvordan vi får etableret det på en måde, så vi er sikre på, at det er fakta, der

kommer frem, og at vi ikke blander os” –

Martin Lidegaard

East StratCom Task Force har tre hovedmål, et af disse er “Effective communication and promotion of EU

policies towards the Eastern Neighbourhood” et andet er “Improved EU capacity to forecast, address and

respond to disinformation activities by external actors”.

Holdet består af 9 kommunikationseksperter med forskellige baggrunde, fra Danmark deltager Jon Kyst.

East StratCom Task Force udfører ifølge dem selv ikke mod-propaganda, men identificerer og søger at rette

misinformation. Misinformations- eller

myth-busting

netværket består af mere end 400 eksperter,

journalister etc. fra over 30 lande, der rapporterer artikler med misinformation til East StratCom Task

http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/261115_stratcom-east_qanda_en.htm

http://www.politiko.dk/nyheder/lidegaard-russisk-propaganda-skal-udkonkurreres

http://collections.internetmemory.org/haeu/content/20160313172652/http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/261

115_stratcom-east_qanda_en.htm

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Force. De indsendte rapporter bliver så en del af Disinformation Review,

der skal tilbyde værdifuld data for

analytikere, journalister og embedsmænd der arbejder med området, men er ikke udtryk for det officielle

EU's holdninger.

The Disinformation Review is intended to raise awareness of disinformation. It is a compilation of reports

received from members of the myth-busting network. It can provide valuable data for analysts, journalists

and officials dealing with this issue. However, since the data mentioned in the Disinformation Review

comes from the myth-busting network, it cannot be considered an official EU position.

European External

Action Service

Ifølge Danmarks nuværende udenrigsminister Kristian Jensen, virker indsatsen mod den russiske

propaganda.

For eksempel har East StratCom Task Force imødegået en påstand om, at Barack Obama

grundlagde Islamisk Stat, at en flygtning havde voldtaget en 13-årig russisk pige i Berlin og at Süddeutsche

Zeitung var ejet af et amerikansk firma. Den sidste påstand blev ifølge Kristian Jensen fremsat for at

miskreditere avisens historie om, at Putin var blandet ind i Panama-skattesagen.

”Jeg synes, det er imponerende, at de har fået så stor gennemslagskraft allerede nu med så få mennesker

ansat i enheden. … For det første skal vi prøve at skalere det her op, så der kommer flere ressourcer til

enheden. For det andet skal vi forsøge at få flere lande med, og så skal vi øge kendskabet til nyhedsbrevet

og den Twitter-konto, der knytter sig til Stratcom East.” –

Kristian Jensen, Udenrigsminister

Ukrainekrisen

Som Martin Lidegaard påpeger, bærer Ukraine-krisen præg af divergerende fortællinger om de

begivenheder der finder sted og har fundet sted. Fx opfattes den tidligere ukrainske præsident Victor

Yanukovich’ afsættelse forskelligt i henholdsvis Rusland og de vestlige lande. Ruslands præsident Putin har

udtalt at Yanukovich var udsat for et statskup.

Påstande om at afsættelsen af præsident Yanukovich var et

http://eeas.europa.eu/euvsdisinfo/

http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/261115_stratcom-east_qanda_en.htm

http://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2016-04-21-kristian-jensen-her-er-putins-logne

http://www.b.dk/globalt/putin-ukraine-udsat-for-statskup

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kup, samt at eksterne aktører såsom USA og EU var indblandet, optræder gentagne gange i Disinformation

Review og behandles her som misinformation.

Nogle af de tilbageviste påstande omtaler de nuværende myndigheder, som værende kommet til magten

ved et kup. Andre gange er det uklart, hvornår det påståede kup skulle have fundet sted. Andre gange igen

er det specifikt Yanukovich’ afsættelse / Maidandemonstrationerne der påstås at have været et kup. I nogle

tilfælde påstås det blot at vestlige aktører var indblandet i Maidandemonstrationerne.

Kilder

I Disinformation Review tilbagevises sådanne påstande ofte med reference til, at de tidligere er blevet

tilbagevist. 17. december 2015 tilbagevises følgende udsagn fra en side på det russiske sociale medie

VKontakte

”Maidan was a coup. After banning the Communist Party of Ukraine, there is no state of

Ukraine.” Dokumentationen for afvisningen lyder “Repeating old disinformation describing civic

demonstrations as a coup.” Ingen kilder angives.

Et andet eksempel er fra 14. februar 2016. Følgende udsagn fra en video på youtube

tilbagevises “Crimea

came to Russia as the result of the vote of the people. In Kyiv, there was a coup committed with the

support of the West and the Nazis.” Igen afvises det med “Repeating already debunked pieces of

disinformation.” Ingen kilder angives.

Endnu en youtubevideo,

fra en russisk tv-kanal, fremsætter påstanden, at EU og USA støttede kuppet I

Ukraine I 2014 og tilbagevises 20. marts 2016, med ordene "Repeating already debunked disinformation.”

Ingen kilder angives.

I andre tilfælde henvises der til kilder, der bruges som sandhedsvidner mod påstandene. Det må antages, at

det er disse kilder der refereres til, når det hævdes, at påstande allerede er tilbagevist.

NATO

11. juni 2016 tilbagevises påstande om et kup i Ukraine. Påstanden fremsat på en russisk hjemmeside

lød

således “There was a coup in Ukraine, which eventually resulted in a civil war.” Påstanden om kuppet

https://vk.com/sovinformburo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opcG-iDo6YM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU2fSZLBkW8

http://patriot-donetsk.ru/6259-plakali-vashi-cennosti-kakuyu-ukrainu-stroit-evropa.html

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tilbagevises med henvisning til et bestemt afsnit

af en artikel på NATOs hjemmeside med overskriften

”NATO-Russia relations: the facts” og det tilføjes at krigen i Ukraine skyldes russisk aggression, hvilket også

er blevet fordømt af FN resolution 68/262

. I afsnittet står der at demonstrationerne, der begyndte i Kiev

November 2013, skyldtes ukraineres ønsker om et tættere forhold til EU, og deres frustration da

Yanukovich stoppede fremgangen mod dette som følge af pres fra Rusland. Mht. demonstranternes krav

linkes der til det britiske public service medie BBC

og det forklares at disse inkluderede konstitutionel

reform, stærkere parlament, skabelsen af en samlingsregering, et stop for korruption, udskrivning af valg og

et stop for volden. NATO blev aldrig nævnt af demonstranterne. Ukraine begyndte først at diskutere ideen

om NATO medlemskab i september 2014, et halvt år efter Ruslands annektering af Krim og aggressive

handlinger i Østukraine.

“The demonstrations which began in Kiev in November 2013 were born out of Ukrainians' desire for a closer

relationship with the European Union, and their frustration when former President Yanukovych halted

progress toward that goal as a result of Russian pressure.” -

NATO

I dette afsnit søges det altså afvist, at NATO fremprovokerede demonstrationerne på Maidan. Der tilbydes

ingen dokumentation, blot en opremsning af demonstranternes krav, hvilket ikke modbeviser at NATO var

indblandet. Afsnittet indeholder ikke en tilbagevisning af, at Yanukovich’ afsættelse var et kup eller at

vestlige aktører var indblandet i dette.

Hjemmesiden globalresearch.ca

er også blevet behandlet. 12. maj 2016 tilbagevises påstande om at

Maidan revolutionen var et amerikansk ledet kup, der installerede et amerikansk marionet regime i

Ukraine, samt at de ukrainske myndigheder undertrykker den russisktalende minoritet i Donbas. Der

henvises igen til afsnittet på NATOs hjemmeside, dog inkluderes nu yderligere et afsnit

, hvor der står, at

både Ukraines præsident Poroshenko og det ukrainske parlament er valgt ved frie valg, med henvisning til

to rapporter fra OSCE.

1718

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm#cl403

http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/a_res_68_262.pdf

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26289318

http://www.globalresearch.ca/america-threatens-russia-us-nato-forces-moving-from-a-training-to-a-war-fighting-

stance/5524883

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm#cl507

www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ukraine/119078?download=true

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ukraine/126043

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“In short, the President and parliament are legitimate …” -

NATO

Det nævnes også at OSCE har bekræftet, at Ukraine har vist sin intention om at håndhæve europæiske

standarder for mindretalsbeskyttelse med henvisning til en rapport fra OSCE.

I dette andet afsnit søges det altså bevist med henvisning til OSCE, at Ukraines præsident Petro Poroshenko

og siden det ukrainske parlament, er blevet valgt ved frie valg. Det tilbagevises ikke, at Yanukovich’

afsættelse var et kup eller at vestlige aktører var indblandet i dette.

Paul Craig Roberts, tidligere amerikansk vicefinansminister, forfatter og konspirationsteoretiker har også

været under kniven i Disinformation Review. 9. juni i år tilbagevises påstande fremsat på hans

hjemmeside

, om at USA gennemførte et kup i Ukraine og indsatte en marionetregering, at vestlig

propaganda forsøger at overbevise folk om, at Rusland forbereder en invasion af Baltikum, Polen,

Rumænien, Ukraine og Georgien, samt at den tidligere amerikanske præsident George H.W. Bush lovede

Sovjetunionens daværende leder Mikhail Gorbatjov, at NATO ikke ville bevæge sig længere mod øst.

“President George H.W. Bush in exchange for Gorbachev’s agreement to the reunification of Germany

promised that NATO would not move one inch to the East.” –

Paul Craig Roberts

For at tilbagevise påstandene om et amerikansk kup henvises igen til NATOs hjemmeside

. Mht.

propaganda om Ruslands forberedelser til invasioner påpeges det, at Rusland allerede har krænket

Georgiens territorielle integritet, Krim er under russisk besættelse og at Putin har erklæret, at Rumænien

og Polen nu er i Ruslands sigtekorn. Som bevis på det sidste, henvises der til en artikel fra Reuters

, men

baggrunden for udtalelserne; at Polen og Rumænien vil lægge jord til det amerikanske missilforsvar,

beskrives ikke. Det omtalte løfte til Gorbatjov beskrives som en myte der aldrig er blevet ytret med

henvisning til en anden artikel

på NATOs hjemmeside. Her står der at det aldrig er sket og at der ikke

findes nogen evidens for påstanden. Det tilføjes at et sådant løfte kun kan gives som en formel skriftlig

beslutning af alle NATO allierede. Desuden blev beslutningen om at udvide NATO truffet flere år efter den

tyske genforening og var ikke på dagsordenen da løftet angiveligt blev givet.

http://www.osce.org/hcnm/226736?download=true

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/06/09/where-do-matters-stand-paul-craig-roberts/

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm#cl507

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-europe-shield-idUSKCN0YI2ER

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_109141.htm

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“such a promise was never made … This is acknowledged by Gorbachev himself.” -

European Values Think-

Tank

På trods af at det vestlige medie LA Times

også har påstået at dette løfte fandt sted uformelt, er dette

medie ikke blevet behandlet i Disinformation Review.

Stopfake.org

9. december 2015 tilbagevistes desuden påstande fra en tjekkisk hjemmeside

om at Euromaidan var

influeret af USA, der havde ”invested $5 billion to divert Ukraine from Russia”, samt at USA havde planlagt

at bygge en NATO base på Krim, med det formål at invadere Rusland. Påstandene om den planlagte NATO

base på Krim tilbagevises ved at henvise til et afsnit i artiklen på NATOs hjemmeside

, hvor der står ”This is

fiction. The idea has never been proposed, suggested or discussed within NATO.” Historien om de 5

milliarder $ tilbagevises ved henvisning til stopfake.org

, hvoraf det fremgår at påstanden stammer fra en

youtubevideo

med viceudenrigsminister Victoria Nuland, der blev kendt i 2014 for kommentaren ”Fuck

the EU”

“Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991 the United States has supported Ukrainians to build democratic

skills and institutions as they promote civic participation and good governance, all of which are pre-

conditions for Ukraine to achieve the European aspirations. We have invested over 5 billion dollars to assist

Ukraine in these goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous democratic Ukraine.” -

Victoria Nuland

På hjemmesiden stopfake.org, forklares det, at videoen ikke giver belæg for påstanden, om at USA har

”invested $5 billion to divert Ukraine from Russia”. Udtalelserne handlede i stedet om programmer

indenfor videnskab, kultur, økonomi etc. Samt USA's støtte til udvikling af demokratiske og

menneskerettighedsinstitutioner.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russia-us-nato-deal--20160530-snap-story.html

http://aeronet.cz/news/ani-profesor-historie-nemusi-mit-vzdy-pravdu-o-te-soucasne-nemluve/

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm#cl405

http://www.stopfake.org/en/324/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2fYcHLouXY

http://politiken.dk/udland/ECE2202206/aflytning-af-amerikansk-diplomat-afsloerer-pinlig-skidtsnak-om-eu/

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“This is what Victoria Nuland meant …”

Stopfake.org

Stopfake.org har ikke valgt at tilbagevise lignende påstande fremsat af Professor John Mearsheimer i det

amerikanske tidsskrift Foreign Affairs

. Stopfake.org er bl.a. støttet af det tjekkiske udenrigsministerium,

International Renaissance Foundation grundlagt af George Soros

og National Endowment for Democracy

der er finansieret af den amerikanske kongres.

Ifølge dem selv bibeholder de dog deres redaktionelle

uafhængighed.

Endnu en påstand fra en video på youtube

om at der fandt et kup sted i Kiev

, tilbagevises med

henvisning til en artikel fra OSCE

, der omhandler det efterfølgende præsidentvalg 25. maj 2014. En anden

påstand fra en video på youtube

om at EU støtter regimet i Kiev, der kom til magten ved et kup

tilbagevises med henvisning til den ovenstående OSCE artikel plus en yderligere artikel fra OSCE

, der

omhandler lokalvalg i Ukraine i oktober 2015. Ingen af artiklerne omhandler Yanukovich’ afsættelse eller

vestlige aktørers mulige indblanding i denne.

Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung

Det statsfinansierede russiske medie RT, har også fremsat påstande, der senere er blevet tilbagevist.

Påstandene var, at Vesten pålagde Rusland sanktioner, efter USA havde ledt et voldeligt kup mod Ukraines

legitime regering, hvilket Moskva ikke ville acceptere.

Der henvises til det samme afsnit på NATOs

hjemmeside,

men tilføjes bl.a. at præsident Yanukovich mistede sin legitimitet, som følge af hans brutale

nedkæmpning af fredelige demonstranter. Dette underbygges med en henvisning til en rapport

fra den

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault

http://www.irf.ua/en/about/irf/

http://www.ned.org/about/faqs/

http://www.stopfake.org/en/about-us/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkopaXd3xv8

12.09.2016

http://www.osce.org/node/119081

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Crn9rosxBg

15.09.2016

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ukraine/194401

28. Marts 2016

https://deutsch.rt.com/wirtschaft/37485-rohrkrepierer-wie-russlands-wirtschaft-olpreiskrise/

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm#cl403

http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_37844-1522-2-30.pdf?140612145651

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statsstøttede tyske tænketank Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, der er associeret med Angela Merkels parti CDU.

Derudover tilføjes, at sanktionerne mod Rusland var et svar på Ruslands illegale annektering af Krim og

destabilisering af et suverænt naboland [Ukraine], der henvises her til EU's egen hjemmeside.

I rapporten fra Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung star der på side 3 mht. det påståede kup og manglende

legitimitet, at en klar majoritet af ukrainere har støttet den politiske udvikling, især afsættelsen af

Yanukovich. Spørgsmålet om Yanukovich’ afsættelse var lovlig erklæres for ’moot’ [Omstridt eller uden

praktisk betydning], da regeringer ikke kun opnår demokratisk legitimitet gennem afholdelse af valg.

Yanukovich mistede ifølge rapporten sin legitimitet på grund af sin brutale nedkæmpning af fredelige

demonstranter, samt tidligere handlinger der brød med den demokratiske proces og retsstatsprincipper.

Efter Yanukovich’ regering var afsat, stemte en overvældende majoritet af det demokratisk valgte

parlament i Ukraine for den nye overgangsregering. I rapporten fra Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, er

spørgsmålet om Yanukovich’ afsættelse kan klassificeres som et kup altså ikke rent juridisk, da juraen her er

enten irrelevant eller omstridt.

“The question of whether the overthrow of Yanukovych’s government was legal or not is moot; a

government does not solely derive its democratic legitimacy through elections. The Yanukovych government

lost its legitimacy most recently through their brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, notwithstanding the

actions it took in previous years that violated the democratic process and the rule of law.” -

Konrad-

Adenauer-Stiftung

Det fremgår ikke hvilke principper der kan føre til, at præsidenter ’mister deres legitimitet’. I Rapporten

postuleres det, at Yanukovich’ regering brutalt nedkæmpede fredelige demonstranter, men der

præsenteres ingen dokumentation for dette. Det udelades at demonstrationerne i mange tilfælde ikke var

fredelige

, at det er omstridt hvor brutalt Yanukovich nedkæmpede dem

og bruddet på den ukrainske

forfatning affejes ved at kalde spørgsmålet om legalitet for irrelevant/omstridt. I rapportens behandling af

Krims senere optagelse i den Russiske Føderation, erklæres spørgsmålet om legalitet ikke for

irrelevant/omstridt.

http://europa.eu/newsroom/highlights/special-coverage/eu_sanctions_en

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/10646809/Ukraine-riots-in-pictures-Violent-scenes-

in-Kiev-as-police-clash-with-protesters.html?frame=2826612

http://www.jyllands-posten.dk/premium/kommentar/kosmopolit/article6643746.ece

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Den 16. oktober 2016 tilbagevises følgende påstande

“The

US authorities have eliminated democracy in

America, staged a coup in Ukraine and now support Al-Qaeda.”

Påstanden om kuppet tilbagevises med

rapporten fra Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung og påstanden om amerikansk støtte til Al-Qaeda afvises med

henvisning til en rapport fra det amerikanske udenrigsministerium

. Samme dag tilbagevises også

følgende

“While

annexing Crimea and waging war against Ukraine, Russia had got no obligations to this

country, particularly on the matter of Ukraine's sovereignity, due to the Ukrainian Revolution that was in

fact a coup d'état.”

Som tilbagevisningkilde bruges en resolution

fra FNs generalforsamling omhandlende

Ukraines territorielle integritet. Resolutionen omhandler ikke Yanukovich’ afsættelse eller vestlige aktørers

mulige indblanding i denne.

13. november tilbagevises følgende påstande

“The Luhansk Peoples Republic is a young and independent

state whereas the Ukraine government is ruled by a facist junta that took power through a coup.”

Tilbagevisningen går ikke på kuppet, men omhandler I stedet Luhansk Folkerepublik og de omtalte fascister.

Der henvises til at fascisterne kun fik få stemmer og som kilde bruges en akademisk artikel

fra tidsskriftet

Russian Politics & Law. Artiklen er skrevet I 2013 og omhandler ultrahøjreorienterede partier i Ukraine, ikke

Yanukovich’ afsættelse eller vestlige aktørers mulige indblanding i denne.

Den russiske ’misinformation’ om at der var et kup i Ukraine, ’tilbagevises’ i Disinformation Review, oftest

ved blot at henvise til hjemmesider hvor der står noget andet. Der er primært tale om NATOs hjemmeside.

Som sådan er der ikke tale om en decideret tilbagevisning af påstandene, men blot en påvisning af

kontrasten mellem de påstande der fremsættes i henholdsvis ’prorussiske’ og ’provestlige’ medier. Den

information der ligger på fx NATOs hjemmeside antages som udgangspunkt at være sand, hvorfor de

påstande der ikke stemmer overens med denne information, må være usand. Påstande fra prorussiske

medier kan dermed tilbagevises, blot ved at demonstrere forskellen.

Til dags dato

har jeg fundet 70 tilfælde, hvor påstande om et kup i Ukraine søges tilbagevist. 36 gange er

der ingen henvisninger. 18 gange bruges det samme afsnit

fra artiklen på NATOs hjemmeside, et andet

afsnit

bruges 3 gange. Rapporten fra Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung bruges 7 gange. Et andet medie er det

ukrainske Stopfake.org. Alle disse bruges som sandhedskilder, på trods af deres åbenlyse partiskhed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKrPE8brQW8

http://bit.ly/2dUdUkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3C-CVtZebY

http://bit.ly/1RZGnjo

http://miaistok.su/glava-lnr-segodnya-v-ukraine-pravit-zlobstvuyushhaya-serost/

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2753/RUP1061-1940510502

30.11.2016

www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm#cl403

www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm#cl507

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Den Internationale Straffedomstol

15. november afvises påstande

om at “The US State Department has designed the Ukrainian Revolution”

og “The war in Ukraine was started by a coup in Kyiv and the threat of genocide of the Russian-speaking

population of this country, including in Crimea and Donbas”. Påstandene tilbagevises med henvisning til en

rapport

fra Anklagerens kontor ved Den Internationale Straffedomstol ICC fra 14. november. Rapporten

omhandler begivenheder i mange forskellige lande inklusiv Ukraine, startende med protesterne på

Maidanpladsen. Den omhandler også den russiske overtagelse af Krim og andre begivenheder.

Mht. Yanukovich’ afsættelse står der at Yanukovich var Ukraines præsident ved begivenhedernes

begyndelse og den demokratisk valgte regering var domineret af Regionernes Parti.

Der udbrød voldelige

sammenstød i sammenhæng med Maidan protesterne, hvilket resulterede i sårede på begge sider, og nogle

dødsfald blandt demonstranterne. Da myndighederne forsøgte at rydde Maidanpladsen eskalerede volden,

med mange sårede og dødsfald til følge. 21. februar aftalte Yanukovich og oppositionens repræsentanter

en ny regeringsdannelse og udskrivelse af valg i maj 2014. 22. februar stemte det ukrainske parlament dog

for at fjerne Yanukovich og han forlod landet samme dag og tog til Rusland.

Senere I rapporten står der at anklagerens kontor i 2015 i en indledende analyse havde fundet, at de

påståede angreb udført af de ukrainske autoriteter kunne udgøre ”et angreb retter mod en civil

befolkning”, men den tilgængelige information udgjorde ikke et rimeligt grundlag til at tro angrebet var

systematisk eller udbredt. Anklagerens kontor noterede dog at alvorlige menneskerettighedskrænkelser

havde fundet sted i sammenhæng med begivenhederne på Maidan, og udtrykte sin villighed til at revurdere

sin indledende analyse i lyset af ny information. Kontoret modtog yderligere information i oktober 2016,

hvilket vil blive undersøgt.

Rapporten behandler ikke direkte om Yanukovich’ afsættelse var et kup og slet ikke om vestlige aktører var

indblandet. Den konkluderer ikke endegyldigt hvilke forbrydelser der blev begået af myndighederne under

Yanukovich’ regeringsperiode, hvilket ellers er en relevant diskussion. Ifølge paragraf 111 i den ukrainske

forfatning

, kan præsidenten afsættes ved rigsretssag (impeachment) i tilfælde af han begår

landsforræderi eller anden forbrydelse. Det er derfor relevant, hvilke forbrydelser Yanukovich evt. har

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nybx4rrIURw

http://bit.ly/2ftv6iT

151.

http://bit.ly/2ftv6iT

153.

http://bit.ly/2ftv6iT

189.

De ukrainske forfatninger fra 1996, 2004 og 2010 er ens mht. en præsidents afsættelse.

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begået, i en diskussion af hans afsættelse. Der blev dog aldrig indledet nogen rigsretssag mod Yanukovich,

som forfatningen foreskriver.

Rapporten fra Den Internationale Straffedomstol udgør ikke evidens for, at Yanukovich’ afsættelse ikke var

et kup. Den tilbageviser heller ikke påstande om at vestlige aktører var indblandet i Yanukovich’ afsættelse.

Disse spørgsmål forsøges ikke undersøgt i rapporten, der derfor ikke kan bruges til at tilbagevise

påstandene.

Tænketanken Europæiske Værdier

En enkelt gang henvises til en længere undersøgelse på tjekkisk med navnet “De mest almindelige russiske

myter og løgne om den ukrainske krise”

. Den er lavet af den tjekkiske tænketank Europæiske Værdier

sammen med det slovakiske Central Europæiske Policy Institut (CEPI)

. Undersøgelsen bruges til at

tilbagevise påstande fremsat på en tjekkisk hjemmeside,

om at kuppet i Ukraine havde indsat en

amerikansk marionetregering og at borgerkrigen i Donbass er Kievs krig mod Yanukovich’ støtter.

Undersøgelsen der som den eneste af Disinformation Reviews kilder går i dybden med begivenhederne på

Maidan, kan læses på engelsk, på CEPIs hjemmeside.

Under overskriften ”Why the Ukrainian Euromaidan

was not a coup d’état?” behandles begivenhederne omkring Yanukovich’ afsættelse. Der henvises til en

artikel skrevet 19. februar 2014 af den amerikanske historiker fra Yale Universitet Timothy Snyder

på

hjemmesiden nybooks.com.

Det argumenteres at protesterne under navnet Euromaidan opstod spontant, efter Yanukovich afviste at

underskrive associeringsaftalen med EU. Protesterne startede fredeligt men blev opløst brutalt af

sikkerhedsstyrkerne, hvorefter protesterne voksede, indtil der var flere hundrede tusinde samlet på

Maidanpladsen 1. december. De demonstrerede mod det brutale angreb fra sikkerhedsstyrkerne og

krævede de ansvarlige straffet, de begyndte også at besætte administrationsbygninger i det centrale Kiev.

Flere uskyldige demonstranter blev banket og sikkerhedsstyrkerne havde ingen respekt for journalister. To

dage senere krævede demonstranterne Yanukovich’ afsættelse.

http://www.evropskehodnoty.cz/vyzkum/nejcastejsi-ruske-myty-lzi-ukrajinske-krizi/

http://www.europeanvalues.net/o-nas/nase-poslani/

http://www.cepolicy.org/about

http://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/arena/rozhovory/Putinuv-muz-nam-poradil-co-s-uprchliky-At-proste-vedi-ze-se-k-

vam-nedostanou-Zajistite-to-takto-420020

http://www.cepolicy.org/publications/ukrainian-crisis-most-frequent-myths-and-lies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Snyder

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2014/03/20/fascism-russia-and-ukraine/

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Politiet søgte gentagne gange at stoppe protesterne uden held. Alle sociale klasser og politiske partier var

repræsenteret, om end primært oppositionen. Bevægelsen var også støttet af indflydelsesrige oligarker

som den senere præsident Petro Poroshenko og Ihor Kolomoyski, mens andre oligarker var neutrale eller

på Yanukovich’ side. Det sidste fremgår ikke af Snyders artikel og der angives ikke andre kilder.

16. januar vedtog det ukrainske parlament, i modstrid med parlamentarisk lov, en række love kendt som

diktaturlove. Det tilføjes i rapporten at parlamentsmedlemmerne måtte stemme ved håndsoprækning og

nogle af disse afviste senere at have stemt sådan, samt at lovene var i modstrid med den ukrainske

forfatning, hvilket dog ikke fremgår af Snyders artikel. Ingen andre kilder angives.

Samme dag underskrev Yanukovich lovene, der begrænsede borgerrettigheder med henblik på at

undertrykke protesterne. 19. januar besluttede nogle demonstranter at protestere mod disse love foran

parlamentet. Den fredelige demonstration blev voldelig og ultranationalisterne i Højre Sektor

tog

ansvaret for de voldelig angreb. Dette beskrives således i kildeartiklen på nybooks.com ”On January 16, the

Ukrainian government, headed by President Yanukovych, tried to put an end to Ukrainian civil society. A

series of laws passed hastily and without following normal procedure did away with freedom of speech and

assembly, and removed the few remaining checks on executive authority. This was intended to turn

Ukraine into a dictatorship and to make all participants in the Maidan, by then probably numbering in the

low millions, into criminals. The result was that the protests, until then entirely peaceful, became violent.

Yanukovych lost support, even in his political base in the southeast, near the Russian border.” Dette

hævdes uden kilder og er som sådan udtryk for Snyders egen tolkning af begivenhederne.

Ifølge rapporten er det ikke sikkert, at de unge mænd der kastede Molotovcocktails virkelig var medlemmer

af Højre Sektor, men gruppen blev ikke desto mindre kendt for dette og blev ufortjent et symbol på

Euromaidan.

Oppositionens ledere var ikke i stand til at stoppe eskalationen og radikaliseringen i egne rækker. I tre dage

var der voldelige sammenstød hvor 5 mennesker døde og hundredvis blev såret. Rapporten hævder at

politiet i stigende grad var hensynsløse overfor demonstranterne og brugte ydmygende metoder inklusiv

unødvendigt brutale angreb på journalister. Der henvises til en tjekkisk TV-udsendelse

og en

youtubevideo

med en nøgen mand der på ydmygende vis fotograferes og sparkes. Med henvisning til

Euromaidanpress

hævdes det at nogle demonstranter blev kidnappet, tortureret og myrdet.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857

http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/10316155327-horizont-ct24/215411058120007/obsah/383001-krveproliti-

na-majdanu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWkonOkHjoE

http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/02/05/who-abducted-lutsenko-verbitskiy-and-bulatov-2/

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Euromaidanpress er også støttet af International Renaissance foundation

grundlagt af George Soros og

åbenlyst en part i konflikten.

Samtidig steg antallet af sammenstød hvor

titushky,

var involveret. Disse unge mænd var ifølge nogle kilder

lejesoldater og angreb demonstranterne. Der henvises til en artikel

fra det tyske public service medie

Deutsche Welle.

Rapporten forklarer hvordan både ukrainske og russiske regeringsstyrede medier dækkede protesterne,

som var det kun nynazister og andre radikaliseredes gadeoptøjer. De vigtige fakta var fordrejede eller helt

udeladt. Russiske medier publicerede konspirationsteorier om at Euromaidan var koordineret og støttet af

USA og EU.

19. februar rapporteredes det at oppositionens støtter havde angrebet regeringsbygninger og

politistationer i flere ukrainske regioner. Med henvisning til New York Times,

nævner rapporten også at

ukendte gerningsmænd stjal omkring 1200 våben i Lviv i det vestlige Ukraine, der senere forsvandt. Der

findes ifølge rapporten ingen beviser for, at våbnene nogensinde blev anvendt mod politiet eller

regeringsautoriteterne i Lviv eller Kiev.

I artiklen fra New York Times fremgår det, at de russiske mediers konspirationsteorier om vestlig støtte og

koordination af Euromaidan, var korrekte. Vestlige diplomater inklusiv den amerikanske ambassadør

Geoffrey Pyatt havde hørt om de stjålne våben og var bange for, at hvis de blev bragt til Kiev, ville

protesterne miste opbakning. De mødtes derfor med Andriy Parubiy, lederen af demonstranternes

’sikkerhedsstyrker’ på den tyske ambassade, og bad ham holde våbnene fra Kiev. Dette udelades dog af

rapporten.

Western diplomats in Kiev, including the American ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt, also heard about the guns

grabbed in Lviv and worried that, if brought to Kiev, they would turn what had begun as a peaceful protest

movement that enjoyed wide sympathy in the West into an armed insurrection that would quickly lose this

good will. … Mr. Pyatt and several European envoys met at the German Embassy with Andriy Parubiy, the

chief of the protesters’ security forces, and told him to keep the Lviv guns away from Kiev. –

New York

Times

http://euromaidanpress.com/about/

http://www.dw.com/en/titushki-the-ukrainian-presidents-hired-strongmen/a-17443078

http://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/profile/s-30688

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/world/europe/ukraine-leader-was-defeated-even-before-he-was-

ousted.html?_r=2

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Der må stilles spørgsmålstegn ved rapportens neutralitet, når den udelader vigtig information, endda fra

artikler den refererer til, og samtidig på et tidligere tidspunkt beskriver oplysningerne som russiske

konspirationsteorier.

Tre artikler fra BBC

777879

og en fra The Guardian

bruges til at dokumentere de følgende kampe, der ifølge

rapporten havde deres højdepunkt i midten af februar, hvor politiet søgte at opløse demonstrationerne på

Maidan. Mellem 18. og 20. februar tørnede politi og demonstranter sammen og op mod 90 mennesker

døde, heraf flest demonstranter. Rapporten hævder at 50 demonstranter blev skudt af politiets snigskytter

på Institutska Street den 20. februar, men henviser ikke direkte til nogen kilder. Ifølge den ene af de brugte

artikler fra BBC, der omtaler begivenheden, er det uklart hvem der skød “It is clear that firearms were used

by government security forces, and possibly by some opposition activists, but the identity of the snipers

said to have caused many of the deaths is disputed.” Her undlader rapporten at dokumentere sine

påstande, og udelader igen information fra en af de brugte kilder. Senere nævnes det, at den tilgængelige

information viser, at de fleste ofre blev skudt af politiet eller af skud fra de områder der var kontrolleret af

Yanukovich. Rapporten nævner samtidig at nogle blev skudt fra en anden vinkel, hvilket kunne indikere at

andre end politiet var involveret i skyderierne. Ingen kilder angives.

Udover demonstranter, døde 17 medlemmer af politistyrkerne også. Disse begivenheder var ifølge

rapporten grund til at Yanukovich begyndte at miste opbakning fra parlamentet, indflydelsesrige

forretningsfolk og dele af sikkerhedsstyrkerne. Der henvises igen til The Guardian.

Dagen efter massakren forsøgte de polske tyske og franske udenrigsministre at lægge en dæmper på

situationen. Både oppositionen og præsidenten måtte underskrive en aftale

der skulle tjene til at ende

krisen. Aftalen pålagde regeringen at genindføre forfatningen fra 2004

, udskrive valg og undersøge de

voldelige episoder dagene forinden. Den russiske repræsentant der var til stede, underskrev ikke

dokumentet. Det ukrainske parlament stemte med det samme for at ændre forfatningen, men præsident

Yanukovich underskrev ikke. I stedet flygtede han ifølge rapporten ud af landet, med hjælp fra den russiske

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26249330

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26268620

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26866069

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/21/ukraine-crisis-president-claims-deal-with-opposition-after-77-

killed-in-kiev

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/viktor-yanukovych-ukraine-oligarchs-protest-rinat-akhmetov

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/21/agreement-on-the-settlement-of-crisis-in-ukraine-full-text

Den ukrainske forfatning er skrevet i 1996. I 2004 blev den ændret og præsidentembedets magt indskrænket. I 2010

blev disse ændringer ved en kontroversiel beslutning kendt forfatningsstridige af forfatningsretten og annulleret.

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efterretningstjeneste. Her henvises der til det canadiske medie globalnew.ca

og engelske The Telegraph

Ifølge the Telegraph tog Yanukovich til Kharkov. Det canadiske medie skriver at “After fleeing the capital

Kyiv, Yanukovych made one appearance in Kharkov, then disappeared for several days. Reports at the time

said he and his security entourage went on a desperate journey through the eastern parts of the country

and down to Crimea, looking for safety.” Dette nævnes ikke I rapporten, hvor der i stedet blot står “… with

the aid of Russian secret services he fled the country at night.” Det fremgår af en af rapportens kilder, at

Yanukovich forlod Kiev af hensyn til sin egen sikkerhed.

Ifølge rapporten beviser billeder fra sikkerhedskameraer, at han havde planlagt sin flugt siden 19. februar,

altså før massakrerne og aftalen. Der henvises til en video på youtube,

med navnet ”Ukraine President

Viktor Yanukovych as he leaves Kiev”. På videoen ses billeder af lastbiler, mennesker og til sidst helikoptere.

Billederne stammer tilsyneladende fra den ukrainske tv-station kanal 5,

der er ejet af den nuværende

ukrainske præsident, Petro Poroshenko. Videoen er lagt op på youtubekanalen ”Fun Music And More”

Næste morgen indtog demonstranterne flere regeringsbygninger inklusiv den præsidentielle

administrationsbygning i Kiev, efter at sikkerhedsstyrkerne var flygtet.

Artiklen på New York Times gik i dybden med begivenhederne omkring de stjålne våben fra Lviv og

Yanukovich’ flugt ud af landet, men dette udelades af rapporten. Ifølge New York Times opstod der panik

blandt sikkerhedsstyrkerne, da de hørte rygter om, at disse våben var på vej til Kiev for at supplere det

voksende arsenal af våben. "Andriy Tereschenko, a Berkut commander from Donetsk who was holed up

with his men in the Cabinet Ministry, the government headquarters in Kiev, said that 16 of his men had

already been shot on Feb. 18 and that he was terrified by the rumors of an armory of automatic weapons

on its way from Lviv.” Han udtalte “It was already an armed uprising, and it was going to get worse, … We

understood why the weapons were taken, to bring them to Kiev.”

Andriy Parubiy der var mødtes med bl.a. den amerikanske ambassadør, afviste senere at våbnene var

blevet bragt til Kiev, men tilføjede at muligheden for at bringe dem til Kiev kunne have udgjort et stærkt

pres på Yanukovich og vestlige regeringer. “I warned them that if Western governments did not take firmer

action against Yanukovych, the whole process could gain a very threatening dimension,” havde han udtalt.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1883632/putin-says-russian-forces-helped-ousted-yanukovych-flee-ukraine/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10655335/Ukraine-crisis-Viktor-Yanukovych-leaves-

Kiev-for-support-base.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxuIkpIrG9Q

http://www.5.ua/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxGAOuCXz_h6dA9aZz5iQw

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Ifølge artiklen fra New York Times er det uklart hvem der beordrede sikkerhedsstyrkerne og andre

politistyrker til at evakuere Kiev. Nogle kilder sagde Yanukovich selv havde givet ordren, andre at han blev

overrasket over deres forsvinden. Yanukovich tog den 21. februar til Kharkiv. Ifølge guvernøren I Kharkiv

havde Yanukovich følt sig nødsaget til at forlade Kiev, efter vagterne ved den præsidentielle administration

forsvandt. Yanukovich troede ifølge Mykhalo Dobkin fra hans eget parti, efterfølgende på at den

underskrevne aftale var i kraft, og at han kunne forlade præsidentembedet på et senere tidspunkt. 22.

februar indtog demonstranterne regeringsbygningerne og Yanukovich’ residens efter at have opdaget, at

politiet var væk. Få timer senere erklærede Yanukovich på tv fra Kharkiv, at han stadig var præsident.

Ifølge en tidligere artikel fra New York Times,

der ikke er brugt i rapporten, forløb begivenhederne

således: Mens demonstranter og politi stadig kæmpede i Kiev, var de stjålne våben fra Lviv på vej til Kiev,

ifølge Andrei Levus, lederen af Maidans ’selvforsvarsstyrker’. Han udtalte “I’m reluctant to talk about this

because we are protesters and not illegal armed groups, … But the square was about to look different.

There would be more people, and they would not have had empty hands.” Levus havde gennem et

parlamentsmedlem talt med en viceminister fra indenrigsministeriet og vidste at der kun var ’et par

hundrede fanatiske politibetjente’ der var villige til at kæmpe mod demonstranterne. Han havde forsikret

viceministeren om politiets sikkerhed, hvis de indvilligede i at forlade byen. Ifølge denne artikel stemte

Parlamentet herefter for at politiet skulle demobilisere og demonstranter diskuterede med politichefer,

hvordan de kunne trække sig tilbage. Levus forklarede “We negotiated with the commanders of different

units, … They called and asked simply to be allowed to safely leave the city. We made a corridor, and some

buses were escorted by our cars.” Efter indgåelsen af aftalen mellem oppositionen og Yanukovich, der lod

Yanukovich blive i embedet indtil december, indtog demonstranter regeringsbygningerne og parlamentet.

Rapporten forklarer at det ukrainske parlament bestod uændret og stemte for præsidentens afsættelse

med stemmerne 328-0 med henvisning til Business Insider

. Rapporten stiller sig kritisk overfor denne

handling, da der ifølge forfatningen fra 1996 skulle bruges 338 stemmer for at afsætte præsidenten og fordi

forfatningen klart beskrev under hvilke andre forhold en præsident kunne afsættes, forhold der ikke var til

stede på daværende tidspunkt. Den ukrainske forfatning fra 2004

og 1996 er ens mht. artikel 111, hvor

det beskrives under hvilke omstændigheder præsidenten kan afsættes: I tilfælde af landsforræderi eller

anden forbrydelse kan præsidenten afsættes ved en rigsretssag. Spørgsmålet skal også vurderes af

forfatningsdomstolen og højesteret, men dette skete aldrig. Rapporten erkender hermed, at Yanukovich’

afsættelse var forfatningsstridig.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/world/europe/as-his-fortunes-fell-in-ukraine-a-president-clung-to-

illusions.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/yanukovych-leaves-kiev-2014-2?r=US&IR=T&IR=T

https://web.archive.org/web/20120427012054/http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/2006/CDL%282006%29070-e.pdf

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“Two problems are related to the vote. Firstly, according to the Constitution, 338 votes were necessary to

oust Yanukovych. Secondly, the 1996 Constitution had clearly defined when the president can be ousted, the

deposition and the escape abroad not representing the possible circumstances. In case of treason,

consultations with the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court would be necessary, but they did not

take place.”

The European Values Think-Tank & Central European Policy Institute

22. februar blev Oleksandr Turchynov valgt som parlamentets formand, her henvises til nyhedsbureauet

Interfax Ukraine

Rapporten forklarer at ifølge forfatningen med ændringerne fra 2004, pålå det premierministeren at

overtage præsidentposten, hvis præsidenten var fraværende, men da Yanukovich ikke havde underskrevet

beslutningen om at genindføre ændringerne fra 2004, var forfatningen fra 1996 teoretisk set stadig gyldig.

Ifølge denne skulle premierministeren udpeges til præsidentembedet, men premierminister Mykol Azarov

var også flygtet. 27. Februar blev Arseniy Yatsenyuks regering valgt af parlamentet. Her henvises igen til en

video på youtube

, der stammer fra Poroshenkos Kanal 5.

Ifølge rapporten erklærede Ruslands præsident Putin at Rusland ikke ville acceptere disse ændringer. Han

anklagede regeringen for at være en ulovlig marionetregering indsat af udenlandske grå eminencer, lokale

radikale og kupmagere fra Maidanpladsen, hvilke han anklagede for nationalisme, nynazisme, russofobi og

antisemitisme samt for at have organiseret mord og udrensninger. Rapporten nævner ingen kilder mht.

disse udtalelser.

Rapporten finder det åbenlyst at alle beslutninger samt ændringerne i toppen af det politiske lederskab,

blev truffet under en alvorlig konstitutionel krise. Den efterfølgende proces mod præsident og

parlamentsvalg var afhængige af parlamentets legitimitet. Det konkluderes til sidst at der på ingen måde

var tale om et organiseret statskup, og det var heller ikke støttet udefra, som det ofte hævdes.

”… by no means was it an organized coup d’état or a putsch, let alone supported from abroad as it is often

heard.”

The European Values Think-Tank & Central European Policy Institute

http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/191922.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo7tfy28mzs

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De politistyrker der stod for at beskytte de politiske institutioner, var blevet udsat for vold og trusler om

dødelig vold af demonstranterne. Demonstranterne havde kontakter i parlamentet og forhandlede med

dem, angående politiets tilbagetrækning. Demonstranterne havde også ligget i forhandlinger med

diplomater fra vestlige lande, herunder USA's ambassadør inde på den tyske ambassade. Parlamentet

opnåede ikke de nødvendige antal stemmer i forbindelse med afsættelsen af præsident Yanukovich og de

den forfatningsmæssige procedure blev desuden ikke overholdt. Samlet set må det konkluderes at disse

demonstranter og deres kollaboratører i parlamentet, udførte et forfatningsstridigt kup mod Ukraines

daværende præsident, støttet af vestlige aktører, i strid mod rapportens konklusion.

Modpropaganda

I Disinformation Review lykkes det aldrig, på trods af ihærdige forsøg, at tilbagevise påstande om at

Yanukovich afsættelse var et vestligt støttet kup. Det meste af materialet består af kontrasteringer af

vestlige og russiske eller alternative mediers historier og påvisning af, at de efterfølgende valg har været

legitime. De få gange hvor tilbagevisningerne antager konkret indhold, er det mangelfuldt. Information der

styrker den officielle linje, at Yanukovich ikke blev afsat ved et kup og at Vesten ikke var involveret, bruges

som sandhed, information der strider mod denne sandhed, klassificeres som misinformation, eller

ignoreres, hvis det stammer fra en vestlig mainstreamkilde, også selvom denne bruges i en anden

sammenhæng. Professor Mearsheimers artikel

i Foreign Affairs, hvor han fremsætter lignende påstande

ignoreres helt.

“Although the full extent of U.S. involvement has not yet come to light, it is clear that Washington backed

the coup.” -

John Mearsheimer

De danske medier Politiken, Berlingske Tidende og RÆSON burde alle optræde i Disinformation Review, da

de har publiceret påstande, der i Disinformation Review er klassificeret som misinformation. Ingen af

medierne er dog behandlet i Disinformation Review.

”Regimeskiftet i Kiev i 2014 var en grumset affære. USAs ambassade i Kiev var direkte involveret i det

ulovlige og voldelige kup mod den folkevalgte præsident, gennemført efter indgåelsen af en aftale med

www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault

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oppositionen om nyvalg og udarbejdelse af en ny forfatning for Ukraine.”

– Bent Jensen i Berlingske

Tidende

”Jeg har siden foråret 2014 kritiseret den russiske annektering af Krim som klart folkeretsstridig selvtægt,

der måtte føre til modforanstaltninger fra vestlig side. Men jeg har samtidig peget på, at den russiske

ukrainepolitik mere har været defensivt end offensivt drevet og en umiddelbar reaktion på det

forfatningsstridige, men vestligt støttede kup i Kijev kort før annekteringen af Krim” –

Paul Villaume i

RÆSON

”To optagelser af fortrolige, diplomatiske samtaler dukkede pludselig op på YouTube, hvorefter de blev

'opdaget' i en tweet fra en russisk embedsmand. Den optagelse, som skabte mest virak, indeholdt en

samtale mellem den amerikanske viceudenrigsminister for europæiske forhold, Victoria Nuland, og USA's

ambassadør i Kijev, Geoffrey Pyatt. »Jeg synes, det ville være godt, hvis vi kan få FN til at hjælpe med at få

det her til at hænge sammen, og du ved, så fuck EU«, siger Nuland. Hvortil Pyatt svarer: »Lige præcis. Og jeg

tror, vi er nødt til at gøre noget for at få det til at hænge sammen, for du kan være sikker på, at hvis det

begynder at løfte sig, så vil russerne arbejde bag kulissen for at torpedere det«. Det, de to amerikanere talte

om, var, hvem der efter USA's mening bør komme med i en ny ukrainsk regering, efter at den

ruslandsvenlige præsident, Viktor Janukovitj, nu er blevet tvunget til at opløse sin regering. Samtalen viser

en dyb amerikansk involvering i Ukraines magtskifte - og samtidig en tydelig foragt for EU's indsats i

landet.” -

Thomas Lauritzen i Politiken

Der kan findes en rød tråd i Disinformation Review: ’Sandheden’ er de påstande Disinformation Review

vælger at underbygge med reference til vestlige mainstreammedier inklusiv EU og NATOs egne medier,

samt andre provestlige medier fra fx Ukraine. ’Misinformation’ er de påstande Disinformation Review

vælger at tilbagevise, der kommer fra ikke-vestlige medier eller alternative vestlige medier. Påstandene

udgør ikke misinformation, hvis de stammer fra vestlige mainstreammedier, men ignoreres i stedet, som

var de ikke eksisterende.

http://www.b.dk/kommentarer/arrogance-og-selv-modsigelse-i-vestens-politik

RÆSON 04/15 side 56

http://politiken.dk/debat/klummer/thomaslauritzen/premium/ECE2204426/rusland-udnytter-fuck-eu-kommentar-

til-at-splitte-vesten/

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Ifølge East StratCom Task Force, laver de ikke modpropaganda.

I denne sag har Disinformation Review

ikke desto mindre, givet den valgte definition af begrebet, karakter af et stykke propaganda. East Stratcom

søger i Disinformation Review at delegitimere information der strider mod en given opfattelse af

virkeligheden. Den information der præsenteres i Disinformation Review er helt ensidig og vil lede den

uopmærksomme modtager til at tænke og mene noget bestemt, der i dette tilfælde ikke kan konkluderes

at være den objektive sandhed. Lidegaards ønske om, at det kun er fakta der kommer frem, er ikke opnået,

med mindre det overlades til East StratCom Task Force, at definere hvad der er fakta. At East StratCom Task

Force agerer partisk, burde ikke overraske, da de er finansieret af midler fra EU og EU-medlemslande

har som erklæret mål at kommunikere og promovere EUs politik.

Disinformation Review har ”tilbagevist” flere tusinde tilfælde af misinformation. I denne artikel er kun

behandlet de 70 tilbagevisninger, jeg har kunnet finde, der bl.a. omhandler påstande om, at der har været

et kup i ukraine, samt at vestlige aktører var indblandet. De kan ses nederst. Der tages forbehold for, at jeg

kan have overset nogen. Et arkiv over alle Disinformation Reviews kan findes her

100

Det er et stort problem i forhold til Ukrainekrisen, at der findes så stort et spænd mellem henholdsvis den

vestlige og den russiske fortælling om begivenhederne i Kiev i 2014. Dette problem løses ikke ved, at de

vestlige lande og deres institutioner insisterer på deres egen fortællings korrekthed, og behandler enhver

indsigelse mod denne med larmende tavshed eller som misinformation. Når russiske, alternative og visse

vestlige medier fortæller en anderledes historie, så skyldes det, at der findes empirisk opbakning til denne

historie. Ifølge Forsvarets Efterretningstjenestes risikovurdering fra 2015 opfatter Rusland faktisk de

politiske omvæltninger i Kiev i februar 2014 som et vestligt støttet kup; en trussel mod deres strategiske

interesser, der gjorde dem villige til at anvende militære midler.

101

”Det er sandsynligt, at Rusland er villigt til at anvende militære midler i situationer, hvor landets ledelse vurderer, at

Vesten alvorligt truer russiske strategiske interesser i det tidligere sovjetiske område. Rusland vurderede, at en sådan

situation var opstået med de politiske omvæltninger i Kiev i februar 2014, som Rusland opfatter som et vestligt støttet

kup, der skulle føre Ukraine ind i EU og på lidt længere sigt også i NATO.” –

Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste

http://collections.internetmemory.org/haeu/content/20160313172652/http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/261

115_stratcom-east_qanda_en.htm

http://collections.internetmemory.org/haeu/content/20160313172652/http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/261

115_stratcom-east_qanda_en.htm

100

http://trollsrus.org/

101

https://fe-ddis.dk/Produkter/Risikovurderinger/Pages/Efterretningsmaessigrisikovurdering2015.aspx

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Ukrainekrisen startede med Yanukovich’ afsættelse og har siden ledt til en ny kold krig mellem Rusland og

Vesten. En åben og reel diskussion af de begivenheder der førte til krisen er nødvendig, både for at løse

krisen og for at undgå lignende konflikter i fremtiden.

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Debunk

no.

Date

Claim

Link to claim

Debunk

Link(s) to debunk

Link to Disinformation

Review

Euromaidan was influenced by

the USA, which has invested

$5 billion to divert Ukraine

from Russia. The USA also

09.12

.2015

planned to build a NATO base

in Crimea so that it could

invade Russia. Also, the USA

are attempting to ruin

relations between Russia and

Europe using Ukraine.

Maidan was a coup. After

17.12

.2015

banning the Communist Party

of Ukraine, there is no state of

Ukraine.

The Trend Last Time: After the

coup, new Kyiv authorities

started cooperation with ISIS.

28.12

.2015

The USA wants to transform

Ukraine into a transit zone to

destabilize Russia. ISIS fighters

have no problems obtaining

new Ukrainian identity legally.

Euromaidan was a coup. It was

12.01

.2016

directed by the West. Ukraine

belongs to Russia. In Donbass,

Kyiv is very happy to destroy

all the infrastructure.

Kyiv is governed by junta,

Oleksandr Turchynov

05.01

.2016

organized a state coup and

violence against peaceful

citizens in Donbass – Igor Druz

from the presidential institute

RISS.

The whole Euromaidan was

directed by Western

05.01

.2016

puppeteers. NATO

soldiers are fighting in the east

of Ukraine - experts from the

presidential institute RISS.

Euromaidan was a coup and a

06.01

.2016

betrayal, the Kyiv government

is illegitimate – Igor Druz with

a separatist fighter wish the

Ukrainians a Happy New Year.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=zi0nh4P

2pso

Euromaidan was a people’s revolution

against pro-Kremlin President

Yanukovych. The Kyiv government is

legitimate following domestic

elections.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=9y0WdP

NFn20

Repeating older disinformation.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_12-01-

2016.pdf

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=y2yC4N

OL_Ak

Repeating disinformation that was

debunked many times before.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_12-01-

2016.pdf

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=b8GQg2

9cPkQ

Repeating older disinformation with

no supporting evidence.

https://vk.com/video1

99857658_171894525?

hash=43c22d5fee00b9

Repeating older disinformation with

no supporting evidence given.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_05-01-

2016_en.pdf

https://vk.com/sovinfo

rmburo

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_22-12-

2015_en.pdf

http://aeronet.cz/news

/ani-profesor-historie-

nemusi-mit-vzdy-

pravdu-o-te-soucasne-

nemluve/

Repeating already debunked

disinformation

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl405

http://www.stopf

ake.org/en/324

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_15-12-

2015.pdf

Repeating old disinformation

describing civic demonstrations as a

coup.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_02-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_12-01-

2016.pdf

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There has been no "coup" in Kyiv but

a democratic vote in parliament in a

crisis situation: the government was

approved by constitutional majority in

the Ukrainian Parliament (the

Verkhovna Rada) showing its inclusive

21.01

.2016

https://www.youtube.

Maidan was a coup.

com/watch?v=K9z0Wyi

bguE

character, whereas a simple majority

would have been sufficient. Following

his flight from Kyiv and Ukraine, then

President Yanukovych was dismissed

by a constitutional majority and the

void left by his departure filled to

restore normal functioning of the

state and implementation of the 21

February agreement.

USA organized a military coup

21.01

.2016

in Ukraine. The Americans

have to stop giving weapons to

Ukraine to fulfill the Minsk

agreements.

The main obstacle to the

implementation of the Minsk

agreements is the

27.01

.2016

unwillingness of Kyiv’s

authorities, who have come

to power because of the coup,

to start talking to the

population of Donetsk and

Lugansk.

Putin’s man Nikolai Starikov in

Prague: The coup in Ukraine

had established an US-

03.02

.2016

controlled puppet government

and the civil war in Donbass is

Kyiv’s bloody campaign against

supporters of Victor

Yanukovych.

Euromaidan was a coup

sponsored by the EU, carried

out by nazis and idiots. The

03.02

.2016

French government is a

totalitarian regime – Igor Druz

from Russian Institute of

Strategic Studies (body

established by the Russian

President).

04.02

Euromaidan was a coup (lead

https://www.youtube.

Repeating an already debunked

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=wWWQ

nwAzUTo

For claims about France, no evidence

given.

Repeating an already debunked

disinformation.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_09-02-

2016_en.pdf

http://www.parlament

nilisty.cz/arena/rozhov

ory/Putinuv-muz-nam-

poradil-co-s-uprchliky-

At-proste-vedi-ze-se-k-

vam-nedostanou-

Zajistite-to-takto-

420020

Repeating an already debunked

disinformation

http://www.evrop

skehodnoty.cz/vyz

kum/nejcastejsi-

ruske-myty-lzi-

ukrajinske-krizi/

http://vremya-

pokazhet.ru/vse-

vyipuski/vremya-

pokazhet-vyipusk-ot-

27-01-2016.html

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=K9z0Wyi

bguE

Euromaidan was not a coup. USA does

not give lethal weapons to Ukraine. To

fulfill Minsk agreements, Ukraine has

to restore control of its border - which

depends on Russia.

There was no coup in Kiev; in

February 2014, the then Ukrainian

president abandoned his functions

and, in a situation of force majeure,

the Rada appointed an acting

president by a constitutional majority.

The subsequent presidential elections

of May 2015 were recognised as

largely in line with international

standards by OSCE/ODIHR.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_02-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation-review-26-01-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation-review-26-01-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_09-02-

2016_en.pdf

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.2016

by nazis).

com/watch?v=j6aNqf0

OVnQ

disinformation.

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_09-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

07.02

.2016

The UK and the US supported

the coup in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=asDCJ4a

ZYRM

Repeating an already debunked

disinformation.

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_16-02-

2016_en.pdf

http://vremya-

11.02

.2016

In 2014, there was an armed

coup in Ukraine, there were no

elections.

pokazhet.ru/vse-

vyipuski/vremya-

pokazhet-vyipusk-ot-

11-02-2016.html

As it happened in Kiev before,

14.02

.2016

America again wants to

become the “broker” in an

overthrow of the Syrian

president and to get its bonus.

Crimea came to Russia as the

result of the vote of the

14.02

.2016

people. In Kyiv, there was a

coup committed with the

support of the West and the

Nazis.

The Vatican organised the

17.02

.2016

coup and the civil war in

Ukraine. Pope Francis leads

Catholics against Russian

Orthodox Church.

The Greek Catholics and the

Roman Catholics have

18.02

.2016

organized a coup in Ukraine.

The West has organized a coup

in Ukraine. Ukrainians are

Nazis. Ukrainians are Russians.

Maidan is organised only with

19.02

.2016

the support of Washington.

War criminals, foreign agents

and nazis govern Ukraine.

Pope Francis is one of world's

richest bankers; the boss of

worldwide media corporation;

02.03

.2016

the head of worldwide

intelligence and terrorist web;

chief organizer of the coup

and civil war in Little Russia

(i.e. Ukraine).

04.03

Current authorities in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.

Repeating a myth that has been

http://od-

novorossia.livejournal.

com/1751582.html

No evidence given.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=hLjCk0u

a4rc

Repeating an already debunked

disinformation with no supporting

evidence given

http://od-

novorossia.livejournal.

com/1711297.html

No evidence given. Cf. the recent

meeting between the Pope and

Patriarch Kirill.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=opcG-

iDo6YM

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=opcG-

iDo6YM

As for Kyiv: repeating an already

debunked disinformation. // As for

Syria: no evidence given.

Repeating an already debunked

disinformation.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_16-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_23-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

Repeating already debunked pieces of

disinformation.

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_23-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_23-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_01-03-

2016_en.pdf

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=m2WIyn

FuqbE

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. See the election

results in Ukraine.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_23-02-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_08-03-

16_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

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.2016

seized power in a coup.

com/watch?v=Dfx5Kok

eiYI

debunked many times.

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_08-03-

16_en.pdf

http://prvnizpravy.parl

amentnilisty.cz/zpravy/

zpravy/typicky-pristup-

zapadu-rozvrtat-stat-a-

The West provoked the

Maidan protests and burned

the bridges between Ukraine

and Russia.

http://www.svetkolem

nas.info/novinky/zahra

nicni/3996-typicky-

pristup-zapadu-

rozvrtat-stat-a-potom-

ho-opustit

Ukraine is a part of the Russian

09.03

.2016

world. The country is taken

over by the fascist regime in

Kyiv.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_15-03-

2016_en.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

Repeating already debunked

disinformation.

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians'

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

After the US-led violent coup

against the legitimate

28.03

.2016

government of Ukraine, which

Moscow did not want to

accept, the West imposed a

number of economic sanctions

on Russia.

https://deutsch.rt.com

/wirtschaft/37485-

rohrkrepierer-wie-

russlands-wirtschaft-

olpreiskrise/

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

The Yanukovych government lost its

legitimacy following the brutal

crackdown it ordered on peaceful

protesters.

The EU imposed restrictive measures

against the Russian Federation in

response to the illegal annexation of

Crimea and deliberate destabilisation

of a neighbouring sovereign country.

The conflict in the East of

30.03

.2016

Ukraine was started by the

fascist regime in Kyiv, Maidan

was organized by the US

government.

http://svobodnenoviny

.eu/stydim-se-za-nasi-

zlocineckou-vladu-za-

jeji-postoj-a-

podporovani-valky-na-

Repeating a myth that has been

debunked many times already.

http://europa.eu/

newsroom/highlig

hts/special-

coverage/eu_sanc

tions_en

www.kas.de/wf/d

oc/kas_37844-

1522-2-

30.pdf?14061214

5651

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

potom-ho-opustit/

The demonstrations which began in

Kiev in November 2013 were born out

of Ukrainians’ desire for a closer

relationship with the European Union,

and their frustration when former

President Yanukovych halted progress

in this direction.

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_15-03-

2016_en.pdf

08-

09.03

.2016

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=_CT0UQ

TiAc0

Repeating of an already debunked

myth: no fascist coup took place in

Ukraine.

20.03

.2016

The EU and the US supported

the coup in Ukraine in 2014.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=IU2fSZL

BkW8

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

vychode-ukrajiny/

http://www.rukojmi.cz

/clanky/1390-stydim-

se-za-nasi-zlocineckou-

vladu-za-jeji-postoj-a-

podporovani-valky-na-

vychode-ukrajiny

Repeating already debunked

The ultimate objective of the

coup in Kyiv, organised by the

West, is to hit Russia. The

30.03

.2016

takeover of Ukraine, its land

and businesses, is just an

intermediate step, a bonus

that benefits transnational

corporations.

http://od-

novorossia.livejournal.

com/1831822.html

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians’

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

http://protiproud.parla

mentnilisty.cz/politika/

2371-zdrcujici-

nizozemske-ne-

The association agreement is

07.04

.2016

so important for Brussels that

the US provoked a coup in Kiev

because of it.

referendum-je-platne-

presto-jako-by-nebylo-

mys-je-v-koute-a-bude-

klickovat-rana-bruselu-

takovych-uz-bylo-

muze-za-to-putin-

tyranii-si-rozvracet-

nedame-mozna-prijde-

i.htm

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians’

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

08.04

.2016

The current government of

Ukraine came to power in a

coup against the state.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=3VqXqSS

4c8c&nohtml5=False

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure

The Yanukovych government lost its

legitimacy following the brutal

crackdown it ordered on peaceful

protesters

The current government is fully

legitimate.

09.04

The process of disintegration

https://vk.com/civilwar

Repeating already debunked

http://www.stopf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

http://www.kas.d

e/wf/doc/kas_378

44-1522-2-

30.pdf?14061214

5651

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_en_12-

04-2016.pdf

The demonstrations which began in

Kiev in November 2013 were born out

of Ukrainians’ own desire for a closer

relationship with the European Union,

and their frustration when former

President Yanukovych halted progress

toward that goal as a result of Russian

pressure

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_en_12-

04-2016.pdf

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_en_12-

04-2016.pdf

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

.2016

has already begun in Ukraine:

Transcacarpathia oblast

council is demanding

autonomy.

1?w=wall-

35660695_58316

disinformation. The Transcarpathian

regional council has dismissed this

claim as a fake.

The United States is firmly committed

to supporting Ukraine as it works to

ake.org/en/fake-

transcarpathia-

demands-

autonomy-from-

kyiv/

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_20-04-

2016-en.pdf

The US has refused to

continue supporting president

Poroshenko.

establish security and stability,

respond to humanitarian and

reconstruction needs, conduct

democratic elections and carry out

constitutional reforms, restore its

https://www.whit

ehouse.gov/the-

press-

office/2014/09/18

/fact-sheet-us-

support-ukraine

Ukrainians are part of the

Russian world.

economy, and combat corruption.

Ukraine is a sovereign nation.

Repeating already debunked

There was coup in Kyiv.

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians'

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

Repeating already debunked

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

Chancellor Angela Merkel is

the daughter of Adolph Hitler.

disinformation.

Germany is a sovereign country.

http://saqinform.ge/ne

The demonstrations which began in

Kiev in November 2013 were born out

of Ukrainians' own desire for a closer

relationship with the European Union,

and their frustration when former

President Yanukovych halted progress

toward that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

There is no evidence about mass

rapes committed by immigrants

outside proKremlin media.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians'

own desire for a closer relationship

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

http://www.atlant

iccouncil.org/publi

cations/reports/hi

ding-in-plain-

sight-putin-s-war-

in-ukraine-and-

ation_review_26_04_

2016_en.pdf

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_26_04_

2016_en.pdf

Merkel is a puppet of the US

11.04

.2016

and supported the neo-fascist

coup d'état in Ukraine. She

also allowed hundreds of

thousands of Syrian refugees

together with terrorists and

fighters to enter Germany,

where they mass rape German

women.

ws/28589/angela+ange

lozi+sulac+ar+yofila+-

+ramdenime+sityva+ka

ncler+merkelis+amoral

ur+saxeze+(saqinformi,

+nawili+1).html

17.04

.2016

President Obama provoked a

coup and a civil war in

Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=E20nPzA

YabM

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

The war in Eastern Ukraine is a

consequence of Russian military

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

aggression.

boris-nemtsov-s-

putin-war

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

a reaction of disappointment and

indignation by large parts of the

Ukrainian population to the

https://deutsch.rt.com

21.04

.2016

Right-wing extremists were a

major a driving force behind

the Maidan coup

/europa/37944-

ukraine-

auswanderung-von-

juden-seit/

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013. Reliable sources

has repeatedly pointed out that the

total number of radical groups never

amounted to more than a few

hundred to a maximum of a thousand

people. The majority of the protesters

(up to two million at one time

nationwide), however, consisted of

peaceful Ukrainian citizens.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians'

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

23.04

.2016

Ukraine’s Maidan was a coup,

financed by Petro Poroshenko

and Ihor Kolomoyskyi.

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

The Yanukovych government lost its

legitimacy following the brutal

crackdown it ordered on peaceful

protesters.

The current government is fully

legitimate.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians'

Petro Poroshenko came to

27.04

.2016

power in a coup. It is Ukraine’s

departure from Russia that

should be regarded as real

separatism.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=jKbqHI8r

rnE

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

The Yanukovych government lost its

legitimacy following the brutal

crackdown it ordered on peaceful

www.kas.de/wf/d

oc/kas_37844-

1522-2-

30.pdf?14061214

5651

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

www.kas.de/wf/d

oc/kas_37844-

1522-2-

30.pdf?14061214

5651

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

www.kas.de/wf/d

oc/kas_37844-

1522-2-

30.pdf?14061214

5651

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_26_04_

2016_en.pdf

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

protesters.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The

demonstrationswhich began in Kiev in

November 2013 were born out of

Ukrainians' own desire for a closer

After the coup in Ukraine and

30.04

.2016

the reunification of Crimea

with Russia, NATO declared

Russia to be aggressor without

any reason.

http://cz.sputniknews.

com/svet/20160430/2

939315/nato-pobalti-

vojaci.html#ixzz47LLZJ

VJd

relationship with the European Union,

and their frustration when former

President Yanukovych halted progress

toward that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

The UN GA Resolution 68/262, which

condemned Russia's illegal actions in

Ukraine, was supported by 100 United

Nations member states.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The

demonstrationswhich began in Kiev in

November 2013 were born out of

Ukrainians' own desire for a closer

The Ukrainian elites started to

repress pro-Russian thinking

03.05

.2016

people immediately after the

Maidan coup. They also

proposed to ban the usage of

the Russian language.

http://svobodnenoviny

.eu/rusum-kteri-padli-

v-boji-proti-kyjevskym-

pucistum-na-donbasu-

nalezi-ucta/

relationship with the European Union,

and their frustration when former

President Yanukovych halted progress

toward that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

The Ukrainian constitution guarantees

the free development, use and

protection of Russian, and other

languages of national minorities of

Ukraine.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians’

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

The Maidan revolution was a

US-led coup that installed a

12.05

.2016

US-controlled puppet regime

In Ukraine. Ukrainian

authorities repress the

Russian-speaking minority in

Donbass.

http://www.globalrese

arch.ca/america-

threatens-russia-us-

nato-forces-moving-

from-a-training-to-a-

war-fighting-

stance/5524883

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

Ukraine’s President Poroshenko was

elected on 25 May with a clear

majority in a vote which the OSCE

characterized as showing the “clear

resolve of the authorities to hold what

was a genuine election largely in line

with international commitments and

with a respect for fundamental

freedoms”

http://www.osce.

org/hcnm/226736

?download=true

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl507

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_24-05-

16.pdf

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

www.securitycou

ncilreport.org/atf/

cf/%7B65BFCF9B-

6D27-4E9C-8CD3-

CF6E4FF96FF9%7

D/a_res_68_262.p

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

Astrid Thors, OSCE High Commissioner

on National Minorities, has confirmed

that Ukraine has demonstrated its

intention to embrace European

standards for minority rights

protection.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians’

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

After the military coup in Kyiv,

12.05

.2016

Ukraine became an enemy

state for Russia, controlled by

Washington.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=DX9ghlR

LLds

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

Ukraine’s President Poroshenko was

elected on 25 May with a clear

majority in a vote which the OSCE

characterized as showing the “clear

resolve of the authorities to hold what

was a genuine election largely in line

with international commitments and

with a respect for fundamental

freedoms”

The Maidan revolution was a

US-led coup that installed US-

15.05

.2016

controlled puppet regime In

Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities

repress the Russian-speaking

minority in Donbass.

http://www.eurasia24.

cz/nazory/679-

amerika-vyhrozuje-

rusku-sily-usa-nato-

prechazeji-od-cviceni-

k-bojove-pripravenosti

Repeating already debunked

http://de.sputniknews.

com/panorama/20160

523/310061174/Ukrain

23.05

.2016

There was a nationalist coup in

Kiev.

e-angehrige-von-

nationalistischem-

bataillontten-

norwegischen-

soeldner.html

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians’

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

The West is planning to turn

Ukraine into a nuclear

dumpsite: after the coup in

23.05

.2016

February 2014, the process of

building an infrastructure for

massive radioactive waste

disposal was launched with

funds from foreign donors.

https://rg.ru/2016/05/

23/vitalij-churkin-

ukraina-

prevrashchaetsia-v-

iadernuiu-svalku-

evropy.html

Ukraine signed an agreement with the

EBRD on a loan financing the

constrcution of a new nuclear waste

repository in 1996. The actual

construction of the new facility began

in 2001 but was suspended because

of problems with the French

contractor Famatome. In 2007 a new

http://www.stopf

ake.org/en/fake-

ukraine-turning-

into-europe-s-

nuclear-dump/

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_31-05-

2016_eng.pdf

Czech translation of the

globalresearch.ca disinformation

article.

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_24-05-

16.pdf

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl507

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_24-05-

16.pdf

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_31-05-

2016_eng.pdf

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

contract was signed with the US

company Holtec International.

Ukraine’s prime minister at that time

was Viktor Yanukovych.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

which began in Kiev in November

German Foreign Minister

06.06

.2016

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

ensured the implementation

of the Nazi coup in Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=O_JXtE8

kUG0

2013 were born out of Ukrainians'

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

pressure.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

a reaction of disappointment and

indignation by large parts of the

The US led a coup in Ukraine

and instated a puppet

government.

Ukrainian population to the

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013. The current

Western propaganda is trying

to convince people that Russia

is preparing for the invasion of

09.06

.2016

the Baltic states, Poland,

Romania, Ukraine and

Georgia.

http://www.paulcraigr

oberts.org/2016/06/09

/where-do-matters-

stand-paul-craig-

roberts/

parliament was elected on 26 October

in a vote which the OSCE

characterized as "an amply contested

election that offered voters real

choice, and a general respect for

fundamental freedoms"

Georgia's territorial integrity has

US president George H. W.

Bush promised Soviet leader

Gorbachev that NATO will not

move an inch further

eastwards.

already been violated by the Russian

Federation. Crimea is under Russian

occupation. President Putin has also

declared that Romania, Poland may

now be in Russia's cross-hairs.

Repeating an already debunked myth,

such a promise was never made

This is acknowledged by Gorbachev

himself.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The demonstrations

http://patriot-

11.06

.2016

There was a coup in Ukraine,

which eventually resulted in a

civil war.

donetsk.ru/6259-

plakali-vashi-cennosti-

kakuyu-ukrainu-stroit-

evropa.html

which began in Kiev in November

2013 were born out of Ukrainians'

own desire for a closer relationship

with the European Union, and their

frustration when former President

Yanukovych halted progress toward

that goal as a result of Russian

www.securitycou

ncilreport.org/atf/

cf/%7B65BFCF9B-

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natoliv

e/topics_109141.

htm

http://www.reute

rs.com/article/us-

russia-europe-

shield-

idUSKCN0YI2ER

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl507

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_25-07-

2016_eng.pdf

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

pressure.

The war in Ukraine is a result of

Russian aggression, also condemned

by the UN GA Resolution 68/262

The demonstrations which began in

Kiev in November 2013 – “Maidan”,

“Euromaidan” – were born out of

Ukrainians’ own desire for a closer

relationship with the European Union,

and their frustration with the corrupt

regime of former President

Yanukovych and with his last minute

U-turn, after seven years of

negotiation, to halt progress towards

that goal as a result of Russian

The war in Ukraine started on

Maidan square in Kiev, where

the West used violence to get

rid of a democratically elected

11.07

.2016

regime in order to impose a

puppet government upon the

Ukrainian people. The

secession of Crimea from

Ukraine was neither against

international law, nor violent.

https://propagandasch

au.wordpress.com/201

6/07/11/ard-zdf-nato-

luegen-und-

geschichtsklitterung-

gegen-russland/#more-

23587

pressure.

The 2014 presidential election in

Ukraine was a genuine election largely

in line with international

commitments and it respected

fundamental freedoms, despite the

hostile security environment in two

eastern regions of the country.

According to the OSCE, “people of

Ukraine had the opportunity to

genuinely express their will at the

ballot box”

Similarly, Ukraine’s local elections in

October 2015 were competitive and

generally showed respect for the

democratic process

Any decision relating to Ukraine's

sovereignty or sovereign choices can

only be taken without undue external

pressure. The socalled referendum on

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

Ukrainians are only cannon

27.08

.2016

fodder in the war against

Russia. The Kyiv junta has

organised a bloody coup in the

country.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=kW-

6y8Y7yOk

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

a reaction of large parts of the

Ukrainian population to the

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

a reaction of large parts of the

6D27-4E9C-8CD3-

CF6E4FF96FF9%7

D/a_res_68_262.p

http://www.nato.i

nt/cps/en/natohq

/topics_111767.ht

m#cl403

http://www.osce.

org/node/119081

eeas.europa.eu/euvsd

isinfo/docs/disinform

ation_review_19-07-

2016_eng.pdf

http://www.osce.

org/odihr/election

s/ukraine/194401

http://us11.campaign

archive1.com/?u=cd2

3226ada1699a77000e

b60b&id=52bc6f7a23

02.09

.2016

There was a coup in Ukraine,

the Ukrainian authorities are

illegitimate.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=I8rl6unG

Rzk

http://us11.campaign

archive1.com/?u=cd2

3226ada1699a77000e

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

Ukrainian population to the

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013.

Hillary Clinton is a

“warmonger” which is

demonstrated through her

alleged quote: “I want the

Iranians to know that if I'm

31.08

.2016

president we will attack Iran

and we could obliterate all

Iranians.” She put Victoria

Nuland to the ministry of

foreign affairs so that she

could organize the US coup in

Ukraine.

alleged US involvement in an alleged

Ukrainian coup.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

04.09

.2016

There was a violent coup in

Ukrain

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=d3JkATsl

e20

a reaction of large parts of the

Ukrainian population to the

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

08.09

.2016

The war in Ukraine started

because of a coup.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=RgeLl0n

aM2A

a reaction of large parts of the

Ukrainian population to the

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

onset

of the Euromaidan protests was a

There was no Revolution of

12.09

.2016

Dignity in Ukraine, it was a

coup d'etat that helped

terrorists seize power in Kyiv.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=MkopaX

d3xv8

population to the Yanukovych

government’s sudden departure from

the Association Agreement with the

European Union in November 2013.

reaction of large parts of the

Ukrainian

http://www.osce.

org/node/119081

http://www.parlament

nilisty.cz/arena/nazory

-a-petice/P-C-Roberts-

Mohou-Americane-

svrhnout-dabla-ktery-

jim-vladne-451478

The rest

is recycled disinformation about the

handle Iran if it used nuclear weapons

against Israel.

https://www.theg

uardian.com/worl

d/2008/apr/23/hil

laryclinton.iran

Hillary Clinton said this in 2009 as a

response to a question how would she

b60b&id=52bc6f7a23

http://us11.campaign

archive1.com/?u=cd2

3226ada1699a77000e

b60b&id=d7407e0813

http://us11.campaign

archive1.com/?u=cd2

3226ada1699a77000e

b60b&id=d7407e0813

http://us11.campaign

archive1.com/?u=cd2

3226ada1699a77000e

b60b&id=d7407e0813

http://us11.campaign

archive2.com/?u=cd2

3226ada1699a77000e

b60b&id=6faf648066

URU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 56: Rapporter om East Stratcom

The 2014 presidential election in

Ukraine was a genuine election largely

in line with international

commitments

and it respected fundamental

freedoms.

A total of 30 thousand civilians

have died in Ukraine since the

coup that installed an

15.09

.2016

illegitimate, pro-Western

government which allowed

NATO forces to stay in

Ukraine, despite the Minsk

Agreements.

Repeating already debunked

disinformation. The spontaneous

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

a reaction of large parts of the

Ukrainian population to the

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

EU supports the regime in

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.2016

Kiev, which came to power

through a coup. This shows

the moral degradation of the

EU.

in November 2013.The 2014

presidential election in

Ukraine was a genuine election largely

http://www.osce.

in line with international

commitments and it respected

fundamental freedoms.

org/odihr/election

s/ukraine/194401

http://www.osce.

org/node/119081

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http://www.hidfo.ru/2

016/09/harmincezer-

civil-aldozata-volt-az-

ukran-valsagnak/

The current Ukrainian government

was elected in free and fair elections.

No NATO armed forces are currently

stationed in Ukraine.

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Similarly, Ukraine’s local elections in

October 2015 were competitive and

generally showed respect for the

democratic process.

Repeating already debunked

Hillary Clinton was behind the

orchestrated toppling of Victor

06.09

.2016

Yanukovych's rule in Ukraine

and the interim government

was set up by the US and used

to start a conflict with Russia.

disinformation. The spontaneous

http://www.huffington

post.com/bruce-fein/a-

vote-for-hillary-

clinto_b_11879812.ht

onset of the Euromaidan protests was

a reaction of large parts of the

Ukrainian population to the

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013.

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Hillary Clinton was behind

the orchestrated toppling of

Victor Yanukovych's rule in

09.09

.2016

Ukraine and the interim

government was set up

by the US and used to start a

conflict with Russia.

The spontaneous onset of the

Euromaidan protests was a reaction of

large parts of the Ukrainian

18.09

.2016

The current authorities in

Ukraine seized power through

a bloody coup.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=-

Wqnr8yuA2M

population to the Yanukovych

government’s sudden departure from

the Association Agreement with the

European Union in November 2013.

Both the parliamentary and the

presidential elections in 2014 were

open and democratic.

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https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=pZyGHg

nk8cc

The Ukrainian government was

formed after democratic and

legitimate elections.

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No evidence for the claim about

"eliminating democracy". // The

spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan

protests was a reaction of large parts

of the Ukrainian population to the

The US authorities have

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.2016

eliminated democracy in

America, staged a coup in

Ukraine and now support Al-

Qaeda.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=sKrPE8b

rQW8

Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013.

http://bit.ly/2dUd

UkI

(State

Department

report, patterns of

global terrorism

The US has been leading a war on

terror since 9/11 2001, in which Al-

Qaeda has been one of the prime

targets.

The Revolution of Dignity

made by Ukrainians in 2014

16.10

.2016

was a "bloody coup" whose

organizers should be held

responsible at the court of

justice.

http://vesti7.ru/article

/564965/episode/16-

10-2016/

protests was a reaction of large parts

of the Ukrainian population to the

There was no "coup" in Ukraine. The

spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan

2001)

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(KAS Report

Ten myths)

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amentnilisty.cz/zpravy/

politika/huffpost-hlas-

pro-clintonovou-je-

hlas-pro-valku-s-

ruskem-a-cinou/

Czech translation of the Huffington

Post disinformation article mentioned

above.

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The US annexed Ukraine in

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.2016

February 2014 through the

installation of a puppet

government in the country.

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Yanukovych government’s sudden

departure from the Association

Agreement with the European Union

in November 2013. The Presidential

and parliamentary elections were

open, free and democratic.

Repeating the myth about "coup"

While annexing Crimea and

waging war against Ukraine,

Russia had got no obligations

16.10

.2016

to this country, particularly on

the matter of Ukraine's

sovereignity, due to the

Ukrainian Revolution that was

in fact a coup d'état.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=K3C-

CVtZebY

UNGA Resolution 68/262 supported

by 100 UN Member States:

debunked above. Russia violated the

international law with its actions in

Ukraine, which is confirmed by the

http://bit.ly/1RZG

njo

(Resolution

adopted by the

General Assembly

on 27 March 2014

- 68/262.

Territorial

integrity of

Ukraine)

The demonstrations which began in

Kyiv in November 2013 – called

"Maidan", or "Euromaidan" – were

not provoked from outside but were a

result of the Ukrainian people's

The U.S.-backed “regime

change” in Ukraine —

launching the New

https://consortiumnew

02.11

.2016

Cold War with Russia in 2014

— was rationalized by the

need to rid Ukraine of

corruption, but postcoup

officials are busy lining their

pockets.

s.com/2016/11/02/pho

ny-corruption-excuse-

for-ukraine-coup/

Agreement and halted progress

towards Ukraine's closer relationship

with the EU as a result of Russian

pressure. The protesters' demands

included constitutional reform, a

stronger role for parliament,

formation of a government of national

unity, an end to corruption, early

presidential elections and an end to

violence.

The international community does not

recognise the so-called "presidential

The Luhansk Peoples Republic

is a young and independent

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.2016

state whereas the Ukraine

government is ruled by a facist

junta that took power through

a coup.

and parliamentary elections" held in

Donetsk and Luhansk ‘People's

Republics’ on 2 November 2014.

These were held contrary to the letter

and the spirit of the Minsk Protocol,

signed within the framework of the

Trilateral Contact Group, and

obstructing efforts to find a

http://www.tandf

online.com/doi/a

bs/10.2753/RUP1

061-1940510502

frustration with former President

Yanukovych's last minute U-turn

when, after seven years of

negotiation, he refused to sign the

EU–Ukraine Association

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a-lnr-segodnya-v-

ukraine-pravit-

zlobstvuyushhaya-

serost/

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sustainable political solution to the

crisis. The far-right Right Sector (often

depicted as "fascists" by pro-Kremlin

outlets) gained only 1.8% of the votes,

far short of the threshold needed to

enter parliament. Ukraine's electorate

clearly voted for unity and

moderation, not separatism or

extremism, and the composition of

the parliament reflects that

The Ukranian parliamentary elections

of 26 October 2014, where parties

devoted to democratic values

Ukraine's authorities are out

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.2016

of touch with the people

because they came to power

through an armed coup.

received the strong majority of votes,

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=NoSGjy

Grkms

and the democratic and inclusive

Presidential elections held on 25 May

2014 disprove these claims. The OSCE

characterised the vote as "an amply

contested election that offered voters

real choice, and a general respect for

fundamental freedoms".

The Ukranian parliamentary elections

of 26 October 2014, where parties

devoted to democratic values

received the strong majority of votes,

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.2016

Ukrainian politicians came to

power through a coup.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=NoSGjy

Grkms

and the democratic and inclusive

Presidential elections held on 25 May

2014 disprove these claims. The OSCE

characterised the vote as "an amply

contested election that offered voters

real choice, and a general respect for

fundamental freedoms".

The demonstrations which began in

Kyiv in November 2013 – called

"Maidan", or "Euromaidan" – were

not provoked from outside but were a

result of the Ukrainian people's

The US State Department has

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.2016

designed the Ukrainian

Revolution

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=nybx4rrI

URw

frustration with former President

Yanukovych's last minute U-turn

when, after seven years of

negotiation, he refused to sign the

EU–Ukraine Association

Agreement and halted progress

towards Ukraine's closer relationship

with the EU as a result of Russian

http://bit.ly/2ftv6i

(Report on

Preliminary

Examination

Activities 2016 –

International

Criminal Court)

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org/odihr/election

s/ukraine/126043

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pressure. The protesters' demands

included constitutional reform, a

stronger role for parliament,

formation of a government of national

unity, an end to corruption, early

presidential elections and an end to

violence

The demonstrations which began in

Kyiv in November 2013 – called

"Maidan", or "Euromaidan" – were

not provoked from outside but were a

result of the Ukrainian people's

frustration with former President

Yanukovych's last minute U-turn

when, after seven years of

The war in Ukraine was started

by a coup in Kyiv and the

15.11

.2016

threat of genocide of the

Russian-speaking population

of this country, including in

Crimea and Donbas.

. There was no war in Ukraine until

Russian military aggression.

http://bit.ly/2ftv6i

(Same as above)

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=nybx4rrI

URw

negotiation, he refused to sign the

EU–Ukraine Association Agreement

and halted progress towards Ukraine's

closer relationship with the EU as a

result of Russian pressure.

2016 –

International

Criminal Court)

http://bit.ly/2ftv6i

(Report on

Preliminary

Examination

Activities

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There his no evidence of genocide,

despite some infamous fake news

stories on Russian state TV,

purporting to prove so.

The spontaneous onset of the

Euromaidan protests was a reaction of

large parts of the Ukrainian

population to former President

Yanukovych’s sudden departure from

the Association Agreement with the

21.11

.2016

There was a military-fascist

coup in Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=sI2SJ7R

Uh6I

European Union in November 2013.

The total number of members of

radical groups, e.g. the "Right Sector",

never amounted to more than a few

hundred to a maximum of a thousand

people. The vast majority of the

protesters (up to two million at one

time nationwide) consisted of

peaceful Ukrainian citizens

In 2013-2014, there was no

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.2016

‘Revolution of Dignity’ in

Ukraine, there was a

successful mission of the

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No evidence given for this conspiracy

theory.

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7W.

(KAS

rapporten)

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j3zM

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secret services of the West

there aiming at the

overthrowing of the pro-

Russian government of

Yanukovych.

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