DISINFO: Lithuania and Czechia are playing out an anti-Russian scenario imposed from outside

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DISINFO: Lithuania and Czechia are playing out an anti-Russian scenario imposed from outside

SUMMARY

Lithuania's statement about the possible expulsion of Russian diplomats is part of a joint anti-Russian scenario that is imposed for Eastern Europe from the outside. The people of Lithuania, Czechia, and other states of Eastern Europe want to have good relations with Russia. But pro-Western elites are providing unfriendly agenda on Russia.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative presenting countries of Eastern Europe as puppets of some anti-Russian countries.

Lithuania has expelled two employees of the Russian Embassy in solidarity with the Czech Republic.

Earlier Czechia expelled 18 Russian envoys, accusing Moscow of ammunition depot blast. It also called for solidarity in the expulsion of identified members of Russian intelligence services from EU and NATO member states.

Pro-Kremlin disinformation trying to represent all mentioned events as coordinated anti-Russian action in which states of Eastern Europe are participating as supporting actors.

See similar cases when Poland was presented as an American slave, Ukraine - as the colony of the US, and Lithuania was accusing of activating Russophobia to please Washington and Brussels.

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