Russia spreads fake about hunger in Lithuania/Channel 24 collage
One of the pro-Kremlin propaganda portals showed a video clip where Lithuanians allegedly eat up leftover food. A false video claiming that Lithuanians are allegedly in danger of starvation is trying to distract Russians from their own crisis.
The manipulative video of the Baltnews portal shows that Lithuanian citizens are allegedly eating up the leftover food in stores empty, and Lithuanians will soon face hunger. The Center for Counteracting Disinformation of Ukraine reports that the video is a manipulative fake.
The pro-Kremlin channel claims that about a fifth of Lithuanians are below the poverty line, old stocks are being sold in Lithuanian stores, and due to sanctions against Russia, more allegedly inflation could increase from 7 to 12 percent.
The CPI said that the resource is engaged in manipulations and distortion of facts.
Empty shelf shots – January story Reuters on how the coronavirus is affecting the supply of goods to EU stores. Supermarket labels are in English. The EU is not threatened by food shortages. Its participants are self-sufficient in most types of agricultural products,” the Center for Counteracting Disinformation wrote.
In addition, the department noted that with such videos Russia is trying to distract its citizens from the crisis of its own economy due to sanctions – at the beginning of 2022 inflation reached 16.7%, and will rise to 20% by the end of the year.
