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DISINFO: Plans for ethnic cleansing in Latvia

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ethnic cleansing ethnic tension Ethnic Russians NATO Baltic states

DISINFO: Plans for ethnic cleansing in Latvia

SUMMARY

American special operations forces will carry out ethnic cleansing of Latvians that are native Russian language speakers during a military exercise that begins on May 12.

RESPONSE

No evidence given. No NATO exercise is scheduled to take place in Latvia during that time, nor is any U.S. Army Europe-led exercise. This is playing into a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative aimed at alienating the Russian speaking minority in Latvia euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=Latvia&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77163&date=, For an in-depth analysis of the story, see the DFRLab.

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