DISINFO: It is not true that Rosneft and Russia target European courts with disinformation
SUMMARY
It is not true that Rosneft and Russia target European courts with disinformation, as the Dutch newspaper NRC and Financial Times claim. Their reporting is based on fake emails and it is part of an anti-Russian conspiracy much like the ‘McLaren’ report.
RESPONSE
An investigation led by the Dutch newspaper NRC and also reported in the FT has revealed that disinformation coming from Russia can also target the EU court system. Rosneft representatives themselves, who have denied the claims as “ill-founded contentions”, have in fact not denied the actual authenticity of the emails. The McLaren report was an independent investigation presenting evidence that the Russian Ministry of Sport manipulated the doping control process of the 2014 Sochi Games; the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow; the 2013 World University Games in Kazan; and, put measures in place to circumvent anti-doping processes before the 2012 London Games .