DISINFO: Scandinavia and the Baltic states are preparing to open a second front against Russia
SUMMARY
Balticand Scandinavian states have taken a leading role in anti-Russian politics, surpassing even Poland and placing themselves just behind Ukraine. These countries are serving the interests and order of Western powers, particularly the U.S. Their task is drawing their nations into a military conflict with Russia.
Russophobic propaganda there has reached a level where society supports the most extreme anti-Russian actions.
The West is applying this strategy along Russia's entire border where possible. If Tallinn, Helsinki or Copenhagen are destroyed in the process, it would not be a concern for those behind the plan. Instead, it would supposedly open up new career opportunities for them.
RESPONSE
This publication is consistent with the recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about ‘lost sovereignty’, Russophobia and an allegedly belligerent and hostile agenda of the Western countries, and that the war in Ukraine was provoked by Western countries.
Pro-Kremlin outlets often portray EU political leaders and European states as vassals, puppet states, or colonies of the US and NATO. See our analysis of the Kremlin's claims about the EU's lost sovereignty. The Scandinavian and Baltic states are sovereign countries with their own domestic and foreign policies.
The war in Ukraine is not a civil conflict, but a well-documented act of aggression by the Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014. It was Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine and start the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII. Russian leadership has come up with different explanations and pretexts for its aggression against Ukraine. The Scandinavian countries and Baltic states are among over 50 countries which provide Ukraine with international support for its self-defence in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter.
See earlier disinformation cases claiming that Finland wants to invade Russia in Barbarossa 2.0 operation, that the West turns Poland into another “Reich” for a new “Drang nach Osten”, tha the West is aiming to open a second front against Russia, and that the EU announced a war on Russia, allowing Ukraine to attack targets in Russia.