Fake News, Disinformation & Propaganda - Marin Gherman

Veridica journalists and experts are analyzing and debunking the latest disinformation themes circulated in the public sphere. Disinformation is often embedded in fake news articles and more often than not combines factual, verifiable information with false information. Our team is providing you with the context, the goals and reality behind every piece of disinformation subject to analysis.
FAKE NEWS: The head of NATO agrees to hand over Greenland to the USA
FAKE NEWS: The head of NATO agrees to hand over Greenland to the USA

Mark Rutte believes that, because the EU needs US protection, it must renounce Greenland, the Russian media writes, citing statements that the NATO Secretary General never made. Another fabricated claim is that Rutte allegedly said that NATO is much weaker economically and militarily than Russia and is not concerned about the fate of Ukraine.

Marin Gherman
20 Jan 2025
DISINFORMATION: Ukraine adopts an educational model imposed by the Nazis
DISINFORMATION: Ukraine adopts an educational model imposed by the Nazis

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, Ukraine's education policies are a continuation of those imposed by the Nazis in the territories they occupied.

Marin Gherman
16 Jan 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU leaders benefit from corruption and crime in Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: EU leaders benefit from corruption and crime in Ukraine

The West supports corruption and crime in Ukraine, laundering money to the detriment of the interests of citizens, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.

Marin Gherman
15 Jan 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West forced Russia to invade Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West forced Russia to invade Ukraine

According to the pro-Kremlin media, which quotes Maria Zakharova, Russia had no choice but invade Ukraine, given that the West had been unjustifiably arming Kyiv

Marin Gherman
09 Jan 2025
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy refuses peace to preserve his revenue streams
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy refuses peace to preserve his revenue streams

The Ukrainian president rejects peace initiatives because the war is profitable for him, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims, ignoring the fact that by “peace”, the Russians understand Ukraine’s surrender.

Marin Gherman
24 Dec 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky is a puppet in the hands of Nazis
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky is a puppet in the hands of Nazis

Ukrainians are not staging an uprising against Zelensky because they fear persecution by Nazi military groups, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
18 Dec 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine must pay in blood for joining NATO
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine must pay in blood for joining NATO

In order to be accepted into NATO, Ukraine must send more young men to the front and continue the war for two more years, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
16 Dec 2024
FAKE NEWS: Ukraine's land has been sold to foreign corporations
FAKE NEWS: Ukraine's land has been sold to foreign corporations

According to Russian propaganda, Western corporations own most of Ukraine's agricultural land in exchange for support for the warring Ukrainian state.

Marin Gherman
06 Dec 2024
FAKE NEWS: The EU wants to use Georgia as a military ally against Russia
FAKE NEWS: The EU wants to use Georgia as a military ally against Russia

The West supports the protests in Georgia in order to sow instability, acquire another ex-Soviet colony and have a military ally in the region, Russian propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
03 Dec 2024
DISINFORMATION: The leniency of the authorities allowed the coup d'état in Ukraine
DISINFORMATION: The leniency of the authorities allowed the coup d'état in Ukraine

There was a coup in Ukraine because the authorities at the time did not resort to force to stop it, the pro-Kremlin press is lying 11 years after the brutal police intervention at Euromaidan.

Marin Gherman
30 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky wants to eliminate three quarters of Ukrainians
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky wants to eliminate three quarters of Ukrainians

The pro-Kremlin press writes that Zelensky wants to keep the war going until only 10 million people are left in Ukraine. The reason? The EU will accept it more easily because it will have fewer MEPs.

Marin Gherman
28 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky, an MI6 agent seeking to destroy the EU
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky, an MI6 agent seeking to destroy the EU

Zelenskyy is a foreign agent who wants to prevent Western leaders from talking to Putin, so that peace in Ukraine is not achieved, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
26 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: The Ukrainian Nazis’ Russophobic sentiments makes it impossible to end the war
WAR PROPAGANDA: The Ukrainian Nazis’ Russophobic sentiments makes it impossible to end the war

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, Ukraine rejects Russia's peace initiatives because the authorities have adopted an anti-Russian and neo-Nazi ideology.

Marin Gherman
21 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky will cause a civil or nuclear war
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelensky will cause a civil or nuclear war

According to pro-Kremlin media, the Kyiv Parliament is accusing Volodymyr Zelensky of provoking a civil war or a nuclear conflict just to stay in power.

Marin Gherman
19 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Volodymyr Zelensky is a terrorist leader who is killing his own people
WAR PROPAGANDA: Volodymyr Zelensky is a terrorist leader who is killing his own people

Ukraine's attacks on Russian territory show the terrorist nature of the Zelensky regime, according to pro-Kremlin media, citing Maria Zakharova.

Marin Gherman
13 Nov 2024
DISINFORMATION: Ukrainians live on the historical territory of Russia
DISINFORMATION: Ukrainians live on the historical territory of Russia

The territories of modern Ukraine are historically Russian, and Ukrainians and Russians are the same people, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
12 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU has ruined Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: The EU has ruined Ukraine

The EU is destroying Ukraine by funding the war, it has done nothing to help and has ruined its economy, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
07 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the West
WAR PROPAGANDA: Peace in Ukraine depends on the West

According to Russian propaganda, peace in Ukraine depends on stopping Western military aid to the terrorist regime in Kyiv.

Marin Gherman
04 Nov 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy prolongs the war at the West’s behest
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy prolongs the war at the West’s behest

The war in Ukraine is not ending because of Zelensky, who extended martial law at the behest of Western leaders, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
30 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians want to kill the UN Secretary General
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians want to kill the UN Secretary General

According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, after meeting with Putin in Russia, the UN Secretary General, who is on a terrorist “black list”, will be killed by Ukraine .

Marin Gherman
28 Oct 2024
DISINFORMATION: Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova – Western colonies led by dictatorial regimes
DISINFORMATION: Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova – Western colonies led by dictatorial regimes

Запад контролирует Украину и Молдову как свои колонии, поддерживая диктаторские режимы Санду и Зеленского, утверждает прокремлевская пропаганда.

Marin Gherman
25 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians are leaving the EU, preferring to move to Russia
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainians are leaving the EU, preferring to move to Russia

Ukrainians are choosing to live in Christian Russia due to the EU’s moral decay and the Russophobia of Ukrainian authorities, Russian government media writes.

Marin Gherman
21 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not want peace in Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not want peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is an obstacle to peace and should resign in order to put an end to the war in Ukraine, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
18 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Europe threatened by a new wave of Ukrainian refugees
WAR PROPAGANDA: Europe threatened by a new wave of Ukrainian refugees

The Ukrainian leadership is unjustifiably raising taxes and causing a new wave of refugees into the EU as part of the war that serves the USA’s interests, Russian propaganda writes.

Marin Gherman
15 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's leaders stole $240 billion provided by the EU and the US
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukraine's leaders stole $240 billion provided by the EU and the US

According to a pro-Russian politician, quoted by the pro-Kremlin propaganda, the Ukrainian elites stole the money provided by the EU and the US and are willing to sacrifice more and more soldiers just to get richer.

Marin Gherman
11 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Stoltenberg will be held criminally liable for the war in Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: Stoltenberg will be held criminally liable for the war in Ukraine

The former NATO Secretary General is responsible for starting the war in Ukraine and will be sentenced to life imprisonment, according to a Belgian lawyer quoted by Russian propaganda.

Marin Gherman
07 Oct 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Unlike Israel, Russia is waging a just and ethical war
WAR PROPAGANDA: Unlike Israel, Russia is waging a just and ethical war

Russia is waging a just war on the territory of Ukraine and protecting civilians, unlike Israel, a country supported by the West, pro-Kremlin media writes.

Marin Gherman
04 Oct 2024
DISINFORMATION: The
DISINFORMATION: The "reunification" with Russia brought prosperity to Donbas

According to the pro-Kremlin media, after the reunification of the Donetsk region with Russia by referendum, investors have entered the area and tourism and the economy have been growing.

Marin Gherman
30 Sep 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West wants to destroy Ukraine and the Orthodox Church
WAR PROPAGANDA: The West wants to destroy Ukraine and the Orthodox Church

The West wants to destroy Ukraine by dividing its Church, says the Russian propaganda, quoting a former Ukrainian prime minister, now a fugitive in Russia.

Marin Gherman
25 Sep 2024
DISINFORMATION: EU is arming itself to attack Russia just like Nazi Germany did
DISINFORMATION: EU is arming itself to attack Russia just like Nazi Germany did

The EU is Russophobic, supports Nazism in Kyiv and is arming itself to attack Russia, according to a false narrative promoted by pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Marin Gherman
20 Sep 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian soldiers kidnap children in Donbas
WAR PROPAGANDA: Ukrainian soldiers kidnap children in Donbas

According to Russian propaganda, citing a self-proclaimed leader in Donetsk, civilians in eastern Ukraine are hiding their children to avoid being kidnapped by the Ukrainian soldiers.

Marin Gherman
17 Sep 2024
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia is bombing only Ukraine's military infrastructure
WAR PROPAGANDA: Russia is bombing only Ukraine's military infrastructure

Russia attacks only those Ukrainian energy facilities that supply military targets, according to a false narrative promoted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Marin Gherman
13 Sep 2024
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