DISINFO: Belarus’s survival from Western aggression depends on the stationing of nuclear weapons
SUMMARY
The infamous Budapest memorandum was an Anglo-Saxon bluff. The global Britain’s interest lies in Russia’s disintegration and Europe’s weakening. Thanks to Russia’s successful use of existing controversies among Euro-Atlantic countries, Belarus will receive tactical nuclear weapons. [...] for Russia and its allies the nuclear arms are a matter of their survival and containment of the collective West.
RESPONSE
The article gives a false pretext for stationing Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus in the context of nuclear fearmongering. The ‘aggressive West / Anglo-Saxons’ disinformation claim is frequently promoted by pro-Kremlin outlets – its is part of the recurring disinformation narrative accusing the West of anti-Russian policies, aggressive Russophobia and allegedly belligerent and hostile agenda to destroy, ruin Russia, aiming to portray Russia as a victim and deflect any responsibility for Moscow’s illicit actions.
The term “Anglo-Saxons” in such cases normally stands for the US and UK and often means “evil”, “belligerent” and “morally corrupt” Westerners, as explained in our earlier analysis. As a negative catch-all term, the “Anglo-Saxons” term is a useful building block for pro-Kremlin conspiracy theories. You can find plenty of examples in our database.
Reacting to the deployment of a nuclear weapon in Belarus announced by Russia, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell wrote on Twitter: “Belarus hosting Russian nuclear weapons would mean an irresponsible escalation & threat to European security. Belarus can still stop it, it is their choice. The EU stands ready to respond with further sanctions”.
See earlier cases alleging that West’s hybrid war against Russia forced it to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, that nuclear weapons in Belarus are justified because of territorial claims of Poland and the Baltic states, and that Anglo-Saxons want to crush and destroy the Russian ethnic group.