In April 2022, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center began monitoring the spread of fakes about NATO in the occupation media of the peninsula, and in June of the same year, it began the column NATO in the media of occupied Crimea, in which experts are already refuting this information.
We remind you that the Russian Federation has been intimidating the population of the peninsula for years, identifying the Alliance with fascism and saying that it wants to trample Ukraine. And since 2014, the Russian authorities began to openly call NATO an enemy and accuse it of threats and unfriendly actions. Since that moment, the Russian Federation has been actively disseminating Putin’s propaganda that NATO is entering Russian borders, the continued existence and expansion of NATO poses a threat to Russia, NATO wants to draw Ukraine into its ranks, and the like.
We want to share with you the main trends in the spread of fake information on the peninsula about the values, goals and current activities of the Alliance for July-October 2023.
What changes were visible in the rhetoric of the occupiers during this time?
You can find out about this by reading our infographics.
