Thread. Has anyone in the USA claimed - re George Floyd Protests - that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow? Ukrainian fact-checker "Behind the News" has without proof:
"Modern ANTIFA hail from Russia and are a well-coordinated hierarchical organization[...]Hence Trump's extreme concern"
"Modern ANTIFA hail from Russia and are a well-coordinated hierarchical organization[...]Hence Trump's extreme concern"
The claim that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow was made as part of a Facebook post that explained George Floyd protests in the USA by Ukrainian fact-checker "Behind the News". Source: facebook.com/24550372294043… archived: archive.md/ipLFF
Ukrainian fact-checker added a link to
@ADL 's "Who are ANTIFA?" article adl.org/resources/back… to its claim that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow and are hierarchical BUT ADL's article says ANTIFA are "not a unified group", doesn't mention Russia
@ADL 's "Who are ANTIFA?" article adl.org/resources/back… to its claim that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow and are hierarchical BUT ADL's article says ANTIFA are "not a unified group", doesn't mention Russia
"Behind the News" was apparently launched in 2018 as part of the "re: start democratic discourse" project (originally 6 months) on which RPDI partnered with
@ECPMF "with support from" @GermanyDiplo
- behindthenews.eu . "Behind the News" current main focus is COVID-19.
@ECPMF "with support from" @GermanyDiplo
- behindthenews.eu . "Behind the News" current main focus is COVID-19.
Facebook post by "Behind the News" fact-checker also mentioned that "Moscow also looms behind (Московські вуха стирчать) the story regarding self-defense classes for the poorest residents of "black" neighborhoods" apparently referencing 2017
@CNN "Black fist" investigation
@CNN "Black fist" investigation
The remarkable unsubstantiated claim that "modern ANTIFA hail from Russia" is apparently a result of input/ pressure(?) from readers. The claim is preceded with words "We were advised in comments that we forgot to mention ANTIFA's Russian trace. We're fixing this mistake"
Per "Behind the News", the post is "an update" prompted by "an insane wave of accusations-excuses" that George Floyd murder "was justified" (мали вправо вбити - Ukr.) because "- he's a recidivist; - "an addict who resisted police; - black[...]".
Update: “Behind the News” 🇺🇦 fact-checker pulled its unsubstantiated claim re George Floyd protests that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow, now says that it was sourced “from comments”, AND explains that it was pulled because “It’s a FACT(sic!) that can’t be proven or refuted”. 🤦♀️
