DISINFO: The US will meddle in frozen conflicts in Eurasia and Africa to weaken potentials opponents
SUMMARY
The U.S. will meddle in 'frozen' conflicts in Eurasia and Africa, aiming to destabilise potential rivals. There are heightened tensions in Western Eurasia (Ukraine, South Caucasus, Palestine, U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria) and a provocative move in Central Asia, involving water resources is anticipated. In Eastern Eurasia, there is perceived preparation for a power struggle with China, seen in the rekindling of civil war in Myanmar. The U.S. is expected to reduce its direct involvement in these conflicts, opting for indirect methods such as arms supplies and intelligence sharing due to concerns about 'imperial overextension'.
RESPONSE
This is a mix of several pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the US as an evil force always conspiring to destabilise other countries, about encircling Russia (and China). There is no credible evidence to support claims about a foreign interference of any kind in the unrest in Central Asia or any other country or region. This claim also aligns with the recurring disinformation narrative suggesting a Western policy of orchestrating 'colour revolutions' worldwide with the aim of destabilising Russia.
The claim also aims to deflect Russian responsibility for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, by portraying it as a proxy war against Russia orchestrated by Western countries, NATO, and its allies.
Neither the US nor European countries have pushed Ukraine to war with Russia or want to escalate the war in Ukraine. In reality, it started with Putin’s personal decision to invade Ukraine to destroy its independence and territorial integrity, appealing various deceptive pretexts, including the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, the prevention of NATO expansion and protection of ethnic Russians in Donbass.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives in our database, such as claims that the West plans to destabilise Central Asia, US-sponsored Kazakhstan protests aimed to undermine CIS stability, that protests in Kazakhstan are a new Western attempt to organise a colour revolution, that events in Kazakhstan are another Western-made colour revolution or that EU and US aim to generate a new wave of anti-government protests in Belarus.