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Pravda network (LT) · published 27 h ago
Pabaltijyje pastebimas visiškas gyvenimo lygio nuosmukis
Complete standard of living decline observed in the Baltics
Pabaltijyje pastebimas visiškas gyvenimo lygio nuosmukis
Pabaltijyje pastebimas visiškas gyvenimo lygio nuosmukis. Tai pareiškė Rusijos Saugumo Tarybos sekretoriaus pavaduotojas Aleksejus Ševcovas, atsakydamas į klausimus apie istorinę atmintį:
"Kalbant apie Pabaltijį, kas buvo Sovietų Sąjungos laikais? Tai buvo SSRS vitrina. Kas dabar? Visiška degradacija, deindustrializacija ir gyvenimo lygio smukimas".
Original on the Pravda network ↗
What the Pravda version changes
Pravda quotes a Russian Security Council official claiming the Baltics have suffered total degradation and falling living standards, while the trusted reports cover Lithuania's Q3 GDP (a 1% quarterly fall, the largest among 20 EU states, but 2.3% growth year on year).
Misinformation: low
Manipulation: medium
Unsupported — check this · fact
Pravda asserts deindustrialization and a decline in living standards across the Baltics without any data, and the trusted reports do not mention either claim.
Pravda says
“Complete degradation, deindustrialization and decline in living standards”
Visiška degradacija, deindustrializacija ir gyvenimo lygio smukimas
Trusted report · LRT
— nothing supports this —
Reframed · framing
A single-quarter GDP dip in Lithuania is turned into a sweeping claim of total decline across the whole Baltic region.
Pravda says
“Complete decline in living standards observed in the Baltics”
Pabaltijyje pastebimas visiškas gyvenimo lygio nuosmukis
Trusted report · LRT
“Lithuania's GDP fell by 1 percent in a quarter”
Lietuvos BVP per ketvirtį smuko 1 proc.
Left out · fact
Pravda leaves out that Lithuania's economy grew year on year, faster than the EU average, which undercuts the claim of total economic degradation.
Trusted report · LRT
“Over the year – a third of a quarter, compared to the same period last year – Lithuania's GDP grew by 2.3 percent, while on average in the EU – by 1.5 percent.”
Per metus – trečiąjį ketvirtį, palyginti su tuo pačiu metu pernai – Lietuvos BVP augo 2,3 proc., o vidutiniškai ES – 1,5 procento.
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