DISINFO: In Estonia, racism won the election

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: vz.ru ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: March 04, 2019
  • Countries / regions discussed: Estonia

DISINFO: In Estonia, racism won the election

SUMMARY

Estonian elections brought Nazis in tailcoats to power. In Estonia, racism won the election. Americans are controlling Estonian media.

RESPONSE

Obviously, it wasn't the Nazis, but the Reform party that won the elections. Racism is not in the agenda of the Reform party. Regarding the Estonian media, claims on the "US controlling the media" are unfounded. Estonia ranked 12th in the World Press Freedom Index. Ownership of the major media holdings in Estonia are transparent and diverse. Threat of Nazism is a recurring pro-Kremlin narrative; see here for disinformation cases about Europe becoming Nazi again, Baltic states openly glorifying Nazism, Poles stoking nationalist sentiment in Ukraine in order to annex Lviv.

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