🕵️Numerous countries have detected intelligence officers under the disguise of #Russian diplomatic staff in 2020-2021, look at our infographic to find out which and read below to learn more about the most recent cases:
🇨🇿 In April 2021, The #Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats, which it deemed were intelligence agents, after it accused Russia of organizing the explosions at the ammunition depot in the #Vrbětice complex back in 2014.
🇮🇹 A #Russian diplomat involved in receiving classified documents from an #Italian naval captain in exchange for money and his superior were expelled by #Italy in March 2021. The files passed on by the naval officer allegedly included documents on #NATO.
🇧🇬 In the same month, #Bulgaria declared ‘persona non grata’ two #Russian diplomats for suspected espionage. This followed the uncovering of a spy ring led by a former senior #Bulgarian military intelligence officer.
😠A drunk fighter of the #Russian hybrid forces killed 5 comrades and then committed suicide in the temporarily occupied territories. The Russian media have exploited the incident to blame #Ukraine. Read on to learn more about this information attack ⬇️
Since June 11, #Russian state-controlled media have been disseminating a fake that 5 soldiers were killed as a result of a #Ukrainian sabotage-reconnaissance group’s attack near the village of Holubivske.
To conceal the real cause of the militants’ deaths, #Russian propagandists have deliberately spread conflicting rumors about the circumstances and the exact location of the incident.
🕯️Today, on the 80th anniversary of the mass deportations in the Baltic states by the #Soviet Union occupation forces, we are yet again reminded of the crimes perpetrated by this bloody regime:
▪️ On the night of 13–14 June 1941, the NKVD, the #Soviet secret service, started the operation aimed at purging the Baltic space of the most active anti-Soviet forces.
▪️ Tens of thousands of people were deported to the #Soviet Far East without trials in whole families (check the infographic below for the breakdown by countries).
💬The second in a series of discussions on ‘Russkiy Mir’ took place yesterday, “The Kremlin's Goals and Tools in Promoting ‘Russkiy Mir’ Abroad”, moderated by the Head of Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at Ukraine Crisis Media Center, @OTsekhanovska.
Read this thread to learn some of the key messages communicated by the speakers ⤵️
💡‘Russkiy Mir’ depends not only on #disinformation but on a whole range of other tools, such as institutions, active measures, historical revisionism, and influence through religion. In particular, #Russian diaspora is actively weaponized to impose ‘Russkiy Mir’ abroad.
🤐Russia has taken things a step further in the whitewashing of the #Soviet Union by passing a new law at the instruction of Russian President Vladimir #Putin. Find out more in this thread ⬇️
The #Russian State Duma passed in second reading a bill prohibiting the equation of the purpose and actions of the USSR and Nazi Germany in #WWII, as well as denying the decisive role of the #Soviet people in the victory over fascism.
The number of cases related to “falsifying history” has been steadily growing in recent years in Russia, according to the human rights group Agora. The topics of #WWII and the role of the #USSR are traditionally the most “risky" among the cases of persecution.
⚔️The command of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is creating a large-scale “military-patriotic center “Vanguard” for young people near the city of Saki in occupied #Crimea.
The so-called “Council of Ministers of the Republic” on Tuesday allocated land for this project, namely two neighboring sites: one of 6.2 hectares in area, the other — 3.9 hectares.
The practice of involving children in military training and propaganda has long become a norm in #Russia and the territories it has occupied. Сhild militarization has become an inseparable part of the governmental policy aimed at preparing for expanding military aggression.
Ukraine Crisis Media Center is organizing a panel discussion “The #Kremlin's Goals and Tools in Promoting ‘Russkiy Mir’ Abroad”. The event is the second in a series of discussions of ‘Russkiy Mir’ as the Kremlin’s quasi-ideology and its threats to target societies. More info ⤵️
📅When?
Tomorrow, June 9, 13.30–15.30 Kyiv time
📍Where?
The event will be broadcast live via UCMC’s Facebook and Youtube pages from the Press Center.
Participants:
🔸Oleh Dunda, People's Deputy of Ukraine from the “Servant of the People” party
🔸Mykyta Poturaiev, People's Deputy of Ukraine from the “Servant of the People” party
🔸Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, People's Deputy of Ukraine from the “European Solidarity” party