DISINFO: Ukraine turned into a terrorist state

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: asd.news ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: August 22, 2022
  • Article language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine, Russia, Europe

DISINFO: Ukraine turned into a terrorist state

SUMMARY

The murder of Daria Dugina, who in theory was supposed to die along with her father Alexander Dugin, a prominent philosopher and political figure, finally puts an end to the "evolution" of Ukraine as a terrorist state. In the current realities, it is quite obvious that, under the guise of a “struggle for independence,” official Kyiv is destroying dissidents, those who are ideologically alien to the new Ukraine.

Today, the collective West continues to ignore the criminal, terrorist essence of the Kyiv regime, sometimes even justifying certain “actions of intimidation” organised by Ukrainian politicians and the military.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative and a conspiracy theory about Ukraine alleging the country's political and military leadership is perpetrating attacks against civilians and organising terrorist acts.

The assassination of Darya Dugina took place in Moscow on August 20, when her car blew up and burned out. Pro-Kremlin propagandists immediately accused Ukraine. Later, Russian officials announced that Ukraine was behind the assassination, even though the provided "evidence" are dubious (see also: here and here) and cannot be independently verified.

Ukraine denied the accusations.

EU condemn all attacks on civilians, including the car explosion in the Moscow region which killed Ms Darya Dugina on Saturday 20 August 2022. The EU consider a full and impartial investigation of the incident important.

An organisation called The National Republican Army took responsibility for the accident. Former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev claims that the organisation represents a Russian partisan movement dedicated to overthrowing the Putin regime.

This disinformation claim appeared in the same broadcast as an allegation that British intelligence may be behind the assassination of Darya Dugina and that Ukraine is a terrorist state.

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