Disinfo: Euromaidan was a coup d’état carried out by oligarchs


The events of 2014 are not even Maidan, it was a coup d’état.

We see that the coup d’état was made artificially. It was not a revolution for people, it was just a coup d’état that the oligarchs carried out.


Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives painting the 2013-14 Ukrainian revolution as a coup d'etat that was artificially orchestrated. It was also alleged that the Euromaidan was led by fascists and neo-Nazis and carried out by Western intelligence.




  • Reported in: Issue 186
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 02/03/2020
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Keywords: Coup, Euromaidan, Conspiracy
  • Outlet: News Front time 6:07-6:12; 26:38-26:47
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Hague court sides with Russia on Crimea’s legal status

The decision by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration takes into consideration that Ukraine’s maritime lawsuit against Russia is an attempt to prove Kyiv’s nonexistent sovereignty over the Crimean Peninsula.

The Russian Federation is satisfied [by the fact] that the adopted decision takes into account Russia’s key argument that there is an attempt to prove Ukraine’s nonexistent sovereignty over Crimea behind this lawsuit.


Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative on Crimea.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) could not and did not support Russia's "argument" regarding Crimea or, for that matter, any other argument concerning dry land. Given that the case was commenced under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, any disputes over land territory will automatically fall outside the scope of these proceedings, as confirmed by an earlier PCA ruling (p. 1, para 5).

Russian collusion hoax pushed to excuse for Clinton’s loss, election fraud

Russia did not interfere in the US political system. Allegations of collusion were made up to excuse the election loss of Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, as well as to deflect public attention from instances of election fraud and corruption.


Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative denying Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.


US military might have released the coronavirus to challenge China

Experiments with the most dangerous viruses have been carried out in Wuhan’s Institute of Virology.

According to one version, someone has intentionally staged a provocation, releasing the virus into the natural environment. Experts suggest that the US military could have done so, in order to take revenge on the Chinese for building their own laboratory.


No evidence given. A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative that the US military is behind the spread of the coronavirus.

The current coronavirus (2019-nCoV) comes from a family of viruses that include other viruses such as SARS and MERS. It was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in central China and has been rapidly spreading with new cases being reported in the Asian-Pacific region as well as Europe, North America and the Middle East.