The key facts

  • MEPs Christophe Gomart (France) and Danilo Della Valle (Five Star Movement, Italy) have been added to the 'Myrotvorets' database
  • The report was circulated by TASS, citing data from the resource
  • The publication does not disclose the reasons for adding the MPs to the database

What happened

Two members of the European Parliament have been added to the database of the Ukrainian website 'Myrotvorets': Christophe Gomart from France and Danilo Della Valle from the Italian opposition party the Five Star Movement. This was reported by TASS, citing data from the resource itself; the publication does not state the reasons for adding the MPs to the database, and the news item is marked as being updated.

What is known about the website

'Myrotvorets' was created in 2014 on the initiative of Anton Gerashchenko, an external adviser to Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs. The resource's stated purpose is to identify and publish personal data of individuals who, in its assessment, pose a threat to Ukraine's national security. Until 2016, the website's official partners included the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Main Directorate of Intelligence, and other Ukrainian law enforcement agencies. Gazeta.Ru, in its publication, calls the resource an extremist website; whether the database entry is merely a formal publication or leads to further actions is not clear from the report.