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DISINFO: Ukraine is ruled by a Nazi junta
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
Outlet:
radiovesti.ru
(
archive #1 , archive #2 , original
)
Date of publication:
October 26, 2021
Article language(s):
Russian
Countries / regions discussed:
Ukraine, Russia
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Junta
Nazi/Fascist
War against Ukraine
Donbas
Eastern Ukraine
DISINFO: Ukraine is ruled by a Nazi junta
SUMMARY
Russia must force the Nazi junta ruling Ukraine to stop the Donbas war.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative painting the post-2014 Ukrainian leadership as a Nazi/Fascist " junta ," which allegedly came to power following a violent coup d'etat .
Ukraine is not governed by a junta. Democratic, competitive and generally well-organised presidential and parliamentary elections were held in 2014 and local elections in 2015. The EU welcomed this progress. The OSCE, which observed all these elections on the ground, characterised the presidential elections as showing the "clear resolve of the authorities to hold what was a genuine election largely in line with international commitments and with a respect for fundamental freedoms." The 2019 early parliamentary elections, according to the preliminary statement of the OSCE , were efficiently run and respected fundamental freedoms. The European Parliament election observation delegation to Ukraine said in a statement that notwithstanding the fact that the elections were taking place a few months earlier than planned, one can undoubtedly say that they were competitive, well-administered and managed in an efficient way.
The demonstrations which began in Kyiv in November 2013 – called "Maidan", or "Euromaidan" – were a re
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