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Category: Myth breaker
Estonia agrees a new coalition, but pro-Kremlin influencers spin it very differently
Pro-Kremlin influencers online are pushing the narrative that the Estonian Prime Minister has resigned due to her support for Ukraine. The truth is very different.
Fact check: Russia falsely claims EU sanctions are ‘blockading’ Kaliningrad
Not for the first time, the Kremlin accuses others of what it is itself doing. We fact checked the key claims about the “Kaliningrad blockade” (that isn’t a blockade).
Here’s what happens when you listen to Russian speakers in Estonia
Both the BBC and NPR recently visited Estonia to listen to the perspectives of local Russian-speakers. Their stories puncture Kremlin propaganda narratives.
Russia’s Embassy in Estonia claims Russia is the real victim of Russia’s sexual violence in Ukraine
The Kremlin referred to a group of women in Estonia protesting sexual violence as ‘Russophobes’. We explore the history of the term and why the protest took place.
No, the Baltic nations were not in a “collective security arrangement” prior to NATO
The Warsaw Pact invaded its own members. It is not comparable to NATO as a defence alliance that sovereign states like Estonia chose to join.
6 clichés to avoid when reporting about Estonia
A helpful guide for international journalists writing about Estonia, the “tiny ex-Soviet state” that is neither tiny nor an ex-Soviet state. We’ve included an infographic you can share.
Why there’s no ‘flood’ of Ukrainian refugees
Autocratic regimes promote metaphors to shape perceptions, such as by portraying Ukrainian refugees as a “flood” into Europe. Yet this metaphor best describes what they are fleeing.
A Greek media mogul tried to spread false claims about Estonia. It did not go well
An influential media mogul in Greece who made false claims about Estonia was widely ridiculed by Greek internet users this week after Russian speakers in Estonia – who he claims are oppressed – bombarded him on Twitter with corrections.
Myth breaker 7: Tallinn was not liberated it was conquered and occupied
Kremlin propaganda continues to spread the myth that Tallinn was liberated on September 22, 1944. Actually in fact, a new Soviet occupation of the Estonian Capital began on that day. Read more!
Myth breaker 4: The economy of Estonia is in bad shape
In this article, we are rebuking the propaganda media’s widely used incorrect statement, that Estonia is an economically failed state.
