Australia Sanctions Media for Reporting about Ukrainian Nazis (Twitter Storm)

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RT: Australia has brought new sanctions against Russians accused of spreading “disinformation” about the conflict in Ukraine, including claims about “Nazis” in the country and civilian deaths in the Donbass region.



Canberra announced the decision on Tuesday afternoon, with Foreign Minister Marise Payne noting the new penalties will also target senior commanders in the Russian military in addition to those said to be purveying “propaganda.”

“Today Australia imposed new sanctions on key military figures, the Russian Armed Forces & those responsible for driving and disseminating Russian propaganda,” Payne said, adding that the move followed earlier penalties on key Russian banks.

It remains unclear exactly how the Australian government will define ‘disinformation’, but it said it would continue to “work with digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google to take action to suspend the dissemination of content generated by Russian state media within Australia.”

While the Foreign Ministry did not release the names of those targeted, it said “10 people of strategic interest to Russia” would be sanctioned for “their role in encouraging hostility towards Ukraine and promoting pro-Kremlin propaganda” regarding Moscow’s assault on the country in late February.

“This includes driving and disseminating false narratives about the ‘de-Nazification’ of Ukraine, making erroneous allegations of genocide against ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine, and promoting the recognition of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic as independent,” the ministry went on.

In announcing what he called a “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the mission would aim to “denazify” the country and prevent further attacks on the Russian-speaking population in the two breakaway republics recently recognized by Moscow, which Putin characterized as “genocide” in progress.

The president’s remarks about ‘Nazis’ likely refer to a number of prominent ultranationalist factions in Ukraine, some of which have received official endorsement by the government in Kiev, and have even been directly integrated into the country’s armed forces.

According to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), thousands of civilians in the Donbass region have been killed in fighting between Ukrainian and separatist forces since hostilities broke out in 2014.

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  1. It should be our foreign policy position, that Australia and Canada and the other realms, be considered one and the same as UK. Therefore, the entirety of UK should be allotted one ambassador for the UK. Texas does not get their own ambassador from UK, and neither should they. Realm – “a kingdom”, and should not be confused with “commonwealth” though that is just another monarchy trick. The invasion of US press by a foreign monarchy, has culminated with their “prince” living on our shores in privilege, and directly contracting with media based on our soil. The old bag, (queen) is on the front page of every US MSM outlet every day. Think about it.

    • Yeah, you’re right, straightforwardly said it is still the British Empire! (Commonwealth my a$$!) Australia, Canada and various other Empire territories are not independent countries. After the Freedom Convoy in Canada people posted videos of Justin Turd-eau/Castro taking his Prime ministerial vows – to the Queen!!!

    • Another thing – when the Ukrainian investigators were talking about Burisma, Biden, and all the shenanigans that occurred, they used an interesting term, they talked about how they had evidence of EXTERNAL GOVERNANCE of Ukraine! I do think many countries should look very closely at this issue of external governance and make up their minds about the compatibility or not of external governance and the meaning of sovereignty.

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