DISINFO: At the instigation of the US, the EU brought itself closer to final degeneration
SUMMARY
Having decided, at the instigation of the US, to become the worst enemy of [Russia], Europe has brought itself very close to final degeneration. The great powers will sooner or later agree on how they will live in the foreseeable future under the new conditions. Washington cannot escape Russia, China, and the countries of the global South.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narratives about the alleged disintegration of the EU, and lost sovereignty of the EU and its member states (more examples).
Pro-Kremlin outlets regularly portray European states as vassals, puppet states or colonies of the US and NATO. See our analysis of the Kremlin's claims about the EU's lost sovereignty.
The EU is not the enemy of Russia. But bilateral relation are affected by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The European Council has adopted 11 packages of sanctions against Russia and Belarus. These restrictions are aimed at weakening Russia’s ability to finance the war and specifically target the political, military, and economic elite responsible for the invasion. By imposing sanctions on Russia, the EU aims to send a strong signal of resolve and unity to the Kremlin and degrade Russia’s ability to wage war.
Read similar disinformation cases claiming that EU and NATO member states are subordinate to the US, while the US has long regarded the EU as a kind of protectorate, that lined up with the US, the EU never took independent decisions, that Europe is a colony of the United States, that When the US orders, the EU complies.