Week of disinformation: Russia and Serbia’s false accusations against NATO and the Albanians

The week we left behind began with the disinformation of Russian diplomat Alexander Gavrilov, who accused NATO of using Ukraine as “consumable material against Russia”, and continued with the disinformation of Serbian and Russian media about the poisoning of Albanian schoolchildren in 1989-1990.

Gavrilov stated that NATO was allegedly using Ukraine in a geopolitical game against Russia, claiming that the alliance was aiming to prolong the conflict and weaken Ukraine. However, the analysis shows that NATO’s support for Ukraine is aimed at protecting the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and is not aimed at using it for geopolitical purposes.

Similarly, the Serbian media “Novosti” and the Russian media “RT Balkan” have disinformed about the poisoning of Albanian schoolchildren in 1989/90, claiming that it was a conspiracy of the Kosovar government. However, there is a lot of evidence that contradicts this claim and confirms the tragic event of the mass poisoning.

At the beginning of the second semester of the 1989/1990 school year, between March 21 and 23, 1990, thousands of Albanian students were poisoned by the Military Secret Service of the Yugoslav Army, and the Serbian State Security launched a poisoning campaign against albanian schoolchildren who were studying separately from Serbian schoolchildren in cities such as Pristina, Ferizaj, Gjilan, Vushtrri, Podujeve, Mitrovica, etc. at that time.

Russian military analyst Igor Korotchenko also spread disinformation. He disinformed that NATO was allegedly preparing for a major attack against Russia, claiming that “the alliance is preparing a serious, large-scale conflict”. In reality, NATO’s activities are aimed at ensuring the collective defense of its members.

Recently, the Serbian portal “Politika” disinformed about an alleged conspiracy by Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina to attack Serbia, a claim that lacks any basis in reality and is not supported by any concrete evidence.