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#Ukraine Banning Pro-russian TV Stations and Political Parties - #Disinformation #Overview Image
“DISINFO: WEST HAILS #ZELENSKYY’S ATTEMPTS TO #ELIMINATE #OPPOSITION

“This is a recurring #disinformation narrative by pro-#Kremlin media about the West’s purported attempts to interfere in #Ukrainian politics and set the #political establishment there against #Russia.
In reality, neither pro-#Kremlin parties nor #politicians nor #media are #persecuted in #Ukraine as long as they obey the #law.
Three #Ukrainian TV channels – 112 #Ukraine, #ZIK and #NewsOne – were taken off the air on 2 February 2021 because economic #sanctions were imposed on their owner #Taras #Kozak.
According to the #Ukrainian government and president these channels were supposedly financed from the #separatist region of #Donbas in #Eastern #Ukraine and from #Russia.
One of the leaders of the #Opposition #Platform for #Life, #Viktor #Medvedchuk, is a close friend of #Russian #President #Vladimir #Putin. The Russian leader is also the #godfather of Medvedchuk’s #daughter.
#Medvedchuk often visits #Russia and is considered by many observers to be including #Kremlin's views in his own policies in #Ukraine.
#Anatoly #Shariy is an #opposition #blogger who is residing in #Spain. Living abroad, he created a pro-#Kremlin #political #party in #Ukraine and called it after his name (Shariy’s Party).
However, it showed a modest result in last year’s local elections. In February 2021, #Ukraine’s #security #service (#SBU) declared that #Shariy is suspected of committing #high #treason.

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“DISINFO: #UKRAINE BANS EVERYTHING #RUSSIAN, TREATS ETHNIC #RUSSIANS AS SECOND-RATE CITIZENS”

“This is a recurring #disinformation narrative in pro-#Kremlin media, trying to portray #Kyiv’s recent measures to improve the standing of the #Ukrainian #language
as the #oppression of #Russian-speaking people, and claiming that #Ukraine has become a #Russophobic country.
In reality, #Ukraine passed Law on ensuring the functioning of the #Ukrainian #language as a #state language in 2019, but this legislation only regulates the use of #Ukrainian in the public spheres of life.
#Russian and other languages of national minorities can be freely used in private communication, #religious #ceremonies, #book #publishing, the #media and #education.
Therefore, the claim about #Russian and other minority #languages being #discriminated against in #Ukraine is #groundless.

The fact that the closure of three pro-#Kremlin TV channels was levelled at Russian-speaking #Ukrainians is #unsubstantiated as well.
These TV channels -- 112 #Ukraine, #NewOne and #ZIK were closed on 2 February 2021 not because of their oppositional propensity, but because their owner #Taras #Kozak was hit with #sanctions.
#Kozak is affiliated with #Viktor #Medvedchuk, a pro-#Kremlin politician and leader of the #Oppositional #Platform for #Life #party. He is a close #friend of #Russian #President #Vladimir #Putin, who is the #godfather of his #daughter.
Some believe that these channels in reality belong to #Medvedchuk. Both #Kozak and #Medvedchuk were later charged with #high #treason.

#Russian-speaking #Ukrainians, as well as other national #minorities, are not second-rate citizens.
This claim was shaped by the fact that #President #Volodymyr #Zelenskyy has recently submitted to the #Verkhovna #Rada (parliament) a draft #law, "On the #indigenous #peoples of #Ukraine."
Pro-#Kremlin outlets have claimed that this bill divides all citizens into three categories: #ethnic #Ukrainians, #indigenous #peoples, and others.
This is not true, because the bill is aimed at protecting three peoples who are #indigenous to #Crimea and who are threatened due to #Russia's #discriminatory #policy in the #illegally #annexed #Ukrainian #peninsula.
These #ethnic communities are #Crimean #Tatars, #Karaites and #Krymchaks. This bill is not aimed against other #ethnic groups who live in #Ukraine and enjoy equal rights, regardless of their ethnic origin.
All said, the #Kremlin’s claims that #Ukraine is a #Russophobic #Nazi country, where peoples other than ethnic #Ukrainians are #oppressed and treated as second-rate citizens, are absolutely #groundless.

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