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Dutch referendum on EU association agreement with Ukraine set for April 6
On January 18, a provocative video was posted on YouTube featuring several unidentified gunmen who, allegedly, on behalf of Ukraine’s Azov battalion, threatened violent retaliation against The Netherlands as well as Dutch nationals in Ukraine.
The attack on Ukraine happened ahead of the non-binding Dutch vote on Ukraine’s association agreement with the 28-nation bloc set for April 6.
Ukrainian officials condemn the fake video, which they claim could possibly have been produced in Russia.
January 21, 2016
21:20 Reaction to Provocation: Azov’s lawyer discusses the fake video and its impact
Ukraine Todays Viewpoint is joined by Yevhen Komisar, Azov Regiment Chief Legal Counsel, to discuss the most recent information attacks on Ukraine.
14:20 ‘Russia is interested in ruining Ukraine’s image ahead of Dutch referendum’ – Fedchenko
Ukraine Todays Viewpoint is joined by the director of Mohyla School of journalism, one of StopFake.org website founders, Professor Yevhen Fedchenko, to discuss the most recent information attacks on Ukraine.
Yevhen Fedchenko: “Actually, StopFake was one on those many media organizations which paid a great attention to this information and finally it appeared to be fake. We were researching to this story and we have found a lot of evidences why this story is fake. This is just one of examples of false flag operation, part of the active measures against Ukraine and we definitely can track it back to the country which must be very interested in bringing this story up and trying to spoil the image of Ukraine again because of the upcoming referendum. So, this is just one of those many story which would connect now Ukraine to the Netherlands and I think that we would see many others to come”.
January 20, 2016
18:39 Referendum in the Netherlands: Scenarios and implications for Ukraine and EU
This is a translation of a story published by Yevropeiska Pravda on January 19, written by Bert Maan and Kateryna Zarembo.
On April 6, 2016, Dutch citizens for the first time will be able to test the long-awaited “direct democracy” tool they obtained last year – a referendum on legislative decisions.
As some may know, the subject of the referendum has become the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Although, the Netherlands claim it is not about Ukrainian interests, but about the Dutch Euroscepticism.
Anyway, the referendum results will have a direct impact on the Agreement’s fate. The Institute of World Policy (IWP) tried, without fear or favour, to figure out what the Dutch law says about the referendum and what could be its legal consequences.Full story
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18:22 Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine made their statement
“We have been informed that this video is fake. The Netherlands embassy has spoken with the Ukrainian ministry of Internal Affairs and understand that the source of this video will be investigated.”
16:38 ‘Fake video was created outside of Ukraine – possibly in Russia’ – Avakyan
Ukraine Today has an exclusive interview with deputy internal affairs minister for European integration Mr. Tigran Avakyan to talk talk about the dangers of information attacks on Ukraine.
Tigran Avakyan: This meeting was yesterday in the morning. It was a very important meeting and the ambassador of the Netherlands thanked us for rapid action. I would like to tell (you) that we spoke about this fake attack, about this fake video that was created against Ukraine, Ukrainian integration into the European Union.. it was really against – I use this word. But, our enemies did not consider that we share the same values with Dutch people – that we are Europeans, and that nobody in Europe will analyze and adopt such opinion about Ukraine and nobody will believe that it’s reality. We analyzed the video and the sources of this video and we found out that this video based on the preliminary information was created outside of Ukraine… Where? We think in Russian Federation.
January 19, 2016
18:35 Ukraine slams fake video threat issued to The Netherlands on behalf of Azov battalion
The Ukrainian government responded to a fake video threat issued to The Netherlands on behalf of the Azov battalion.
Ukraine’s deputy minister of internal affairs for European integration says it’s all provocations aimed at discrediting the battalion and destabilizing relations between the two countries at a crucial time for Ukraine.
11:34 Ukraine’s Azov battalion denounces video calling to violence against The Netherlands
Deputy Commander of Azov condemned online provocation saying the video is a fake.
Andriy Diachenko says “video is a pathetic provocation and a poor-quality fake that has nothing to do with our battalion.”
“Azov stands for the pro-European position, and not threatens civilians of Europe or gets engaged in circuses like the burning of flags of civilized states,” he added. According to Diachenko, the video was posted on the newly-created fake account aiming to discredit Azov’s reputation.
The battalion’s deputy commander stresses all video addresses of Azov are posted exclusively on the Azov’s official media account. Ukrainian fact-checking project StopFake has published a press release debunking fake video which is spread on the internet. Read the press release here.
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