Medvedev said fakes about Russia are being actively spread at a meeting of the 'For the Freedom of Nations!' movement

Statement at a meeting of the movement's committee

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev stated that fakes about Russia are being actively spread, speaking at the third meeting of the standing committee of the 'For the Freedom of Nations!' movement. The event was broadcast on the United Russia website. 'Fake news is constantly being spread about our state as well. The examples could be multiplied,' Gazeta.Ru quoted him as saying.

Distortion of history and information about the global majority

According to Medvedev, there is now a widespread distortion of historical facts — in particular, facts of the colonial period and the events of World War II. He also stated that false information about the countries of the global majority is being spread.

Previous statements about fakes

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that fakes about Russian diplomats helping the Rybar group, which appeared in the blogosphere, were spread according to a manual of resources recognized in Russia as foreign agents. According to her, the published materials are becoming increasingly primitive, and their texts often almost completely coincide — they are 'just lazily churned out as copy-paste.' In addition, the Russian embassy said Polish media were spreading fakes about the situation in Alyoshky.

Context

All the cited statements come from Russian officials and agencies and concern, in their assessment, the information environment around Russia. The publications themselves do not contain data on which specific fakes were meant in Medvedev's speech, and do not present the other side's position — these details remain unknown.