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WORLD NEWS MARCH 18, 2020 / 5:28 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a significant disinformation campaign against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters.
The Kremlin denied the allegations on Wednesday, saying they were unfounded and lacked common sense.
The EU document said the Russian campaign, pushing fake news online in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French, uses contradictory, confusing and malicious reports to make it harder for the EU to communicate its response to the pandemic.
A significant disinformation campaign by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin outlets regarding COVID-19 is ongoing, said the nine-page internal document, dated March 16, using the name of the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-disinformation/russia-deploying-coronavirus-disinformation-to-sow-panic-in-west-eu-document-says-idUSKBN21518F
Putin .................................
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Botany
(70,522 posts)n/t
intrepidity
(7,307 posts)That's where most of the disinfo has come from.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)"RUSSIA, if you're listening...we are calling it THE TRUMP VIRUS. Tell that to your dictator-for-life. I am sure he will invite you in for a cup of tea!"
«РОССИЯ, если ты слушаешь ... мы называем это ВИРУСОМ ТРУБА. Скажи это своему пожизненному диктатору. Я уверен, что он пригласит тебя на чашку чая!»
«ROSSIYA, yesli ty slushayesh' ... my nazyvayem eto VIRUSOM TRUBA. Skazhi eto svoyemu pozhiznennomu diktatoru. YA uveren, chto on priglasit tebya na chashku chaya!»
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)Russian police raid homes and businesses in search of Chinese people in bid to stop the spread of coronavirus
- Police were ordered to raid homes and businesses in search of Chinese people
- Bus, tube and tram drivers were told to alert officials if a Chinese person boards
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/moscow-targets-chinese-raids-amid-virus-fears-69157387
Moscow targets Chinese with raids amid virus fears
Russian authorities are going to significant lengths to keep the virus in China from surfacing in Moscow
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/19/cossacks-central-russia-chinatown-coronavirus-a69358
Cossacks Patrol Central Russian Chinatown for Coronavirus
http://alugy.com/news/russia-start-cossack-vaccination-patrols-to-search-people-of-chinese-affiliation-and-everyone-who-sneezes/
Russia start Cossack vaccination patrols to search people of Chinese affiliation and everyone who sneezes
GusBob
(7,286 posts)those airplane toilet licking mems going around are russian