DISINFO: The Eastern European “limitrophes” are geopolitical scum unable to protect their borders
SUMMARY
[...] There are real states, which are capable of implementing all state functions, and then there is geopolitical scum or fictional countries that have formal attributes of statehood but which are not real states.
These countries include the post-Soviet limitrophe states separating Russia from the West. The pseudo-elites of these countries are not able to respond to any serious historical challenge such as overcoming the migration crisis, protecting the border and fighting the epidemic. They keep asking Western Europe and the United States for help because they cannot cope on their own. These countries are ruled by puppets – they are able only to speak about “stopping Russia” and vote for anti-Russian resolutions in the EU and UN.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about countries bordering Russia, in particular the Baltic States , Poland and Ukraine, as well as the EU and US presence in Europe.
Often presented as Western vassals or puppet states, the Baltic states, Ukraine and Poland are independent states, which shape their own foreign and domestic policies. In terms of the current “migration crisis” orchestrated by the Belarusian authorities, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia actively defend their borders from hostile actions of Lukashenka, who decided to use migrants in order to undermine the security of the EU countries.
In 2021, Lithuania, Poland and Latvia faced an influx of irregular migrants from Belarus. Earlier, Belarus ended cooperation with the EU to stem illegal migration. This was Minsk’s answer to the European Union sanctions on the political regime of Belarus (read more about sanctions here).
Several investigative journalists (here) and (here) have proven that some migrants arrive in Belarus by commercial flights from Baghdad-Minsk. Information gathered also suggests that migrants are regularly transported by bus to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border. More information about Lukashenka’s role in the organisation of the current migration crisis can be found here and here.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that the Russophobic Baltic States are beggars and vassals of the West, that the main activity of the Latvian state is the trade of Russophobia, and that the Baltic states are dying because they chose not to be with Russia.