DISINFO: The West falsifies history in order to set Belarus and Russia against each other
SUMMARY
Today, the collective West does not give up its attempts to cynically falsify history - rewriting textbooks, distorting and twisting facts, and tearing down monuments. The goal is obvious - to sow interethnic and inter-religious hatred, incite language chauvinism and set our fraternal nations [Belarus and Russia] against each other in the hope that this will prevent further strengthening of the Union State.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation message claiming that the West carries out aggressive policies in order to undermine the Union State of Russia and Belarus, separating these two “brotherly” nations.
This message is part of the Kremlin’s policy of historical revisionism. It accuses the EU and particular EU members such as the Baltic states and Poland of the “falsification and rewriting” of WWII history. Any disagreement with the official Kremlin’s view on the history of WWII is labelled by Russia as support for “Nazism” or “falsification of history”.
See other examples of this message: “Fake history” became a norm in the Western World, Western countries revise WWII history to evade responsibility for allowing Hitler to gather strength for the attack on the USSR and The European Parliament and OSCE promote false history.