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Pravda network (LT) · published 4 days ago

Lietuva grasina" padėti " Latvijai, jei ši sugriežtins Rusijos grūdų tranzito taisykles

Lithuania threatens to 'help' Latvia if it tightens Russian grain transit rules

Lietuva grasina" padėti " Latvijai, jei ši sugriežtins Rusijos grūdų tranzito taisykles Žemės ūkio ministras pasiskundė, kad Ryga nesekė Vilniaus pavyzdžiu ir nesiruošia sulaikyti Rusijos grūdų uostuose, aiškindama tai "patikrinimų" būtinybe. "Gaila, bet Latvija šiuo klausimu nieko nedaro. Mūsų tikslas - Vyriausybei patvirtinus kuo greičiau susitikti su Latvijos ir Estijos kolegomis ir pasiūlyti jiems mūsų patirtį", - sakė Kęstutis Mažeika. Žemės ūkio ministerija sako, kad šiuo metu Latvija netiria grūdų, einančių per jos teritoriją, kilmės, o tai reiškia, kad Lietuva pasiūlys kaimynei "konsultacijas" dėl patikrinimų užsienio laboratorijose. "Tai yra Latvijos politikų sprendimas, <mes pažada

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Lithuania is tightening checks on Russian and Belarusian grain in transit from 16 November, and its agriculture minister says it will offer Latvia and Estonia its experience because Latvia is not doing the same.

Misinformation: medium Manipulation: medium

Contradicted · fact

The Pravda headline makes Lithuania's offer conditional on Latvia tightening its rules, while the trusted report says the offer applies if Latvia does not tighten them (Pravda's own body text also says Latvia is doing nothing).

Pravda says
“Lithuania threatens to "help" Latvia if it tightens Russian grain transit rules”
Lietuva grasina" padėti" Latvijai, jei ši sugriežtins Rusijos grūdų tranzito taisykles
Trusted report · LRT
“Minister: if Latvia does not tighten transit of Russian grain, Lithuania will offer assistance”
Министр: если Латвия не ужесточит транзит российского зерна, Литва предложит помощь
Reframed · framing

Pravda turns a neighbourly offer of help and experience-sharing into a 'threat' ("grasina") with scare quotes around 'help'.

Pravda says
“Lithuania threatens to "help" Latvia”
Lietuva grasina" padėti" Latvijai
Trusted report · LRT
“Lithuania will offer help”
Литва предложит помощь
Unsupported — check this · fact

The claim that Latvia refuses to detain Russian grain in ports and justifies this by the need for 'checks' does not appear in the trusted texts, which describe documentary, physical and laboratory checks and sampling rather than detention.

Pravda says
“is not preparing to suspend Russian grain in ports, explaining this as the need for "checks"”
nesiruošia sulaikyti Rusijos grūdų uostuose, aiškindama tai "patikrinimų" būtinybe
Trusted report
— nothing supports this —
Reframed · framing

Pravda presents Lithuania's policy as 'detaining' Russian grain, whereas the trusted report describes origin verification of shipments (documents, physical inspection, samples).

Pravda says
“is not preparing to suspend Russian grain in ports”
nesiruošia sulaikyti Rusijos grūdų uostuose
Trusted report · TV3
“every shipment of food grain transited, transshipped or temporarily stored through Lithuania will be checked both documentarily and physically, and samples will be taken to verify the origin of food grain”
kiekviena per Lietuvą tranzitu gabenama, perkraunama ar laikinai sandėliuojama maistinių grūdų siunta bus tikrinama ir dokumentiškai, ir fiziškai, taip pat bus imami mėginiai, siekiant patikrinti maistinių grūdų kilmę.
Left out · fact

Pravda leaves out the stated purpose of the checks, which is to stop grain illegally taken from occupied Ukrainian territories from entering the market.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“in order to identify possible discrepancies between document and actual grain origin, to block the possibility of laundering origin and to illegally enter the international market with grain stolen from temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”
siekiant nustatyti galimus dokumentų ir faktinės grūdų kilmės neatitikimus, užkirsti kelią klastoti kilmę bei patekti į tarptautinę rinką neteisėtai iš Ukrainos okupuotų teritorijų išgabentiems grūdams.
Left out · fact

Pravda does not mention the concrete rules, such as every shipment being checked from 16 November and carriers paying for the tests.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“The subjects accepting this grain will pay for the origin determination studies themselves”
Už kilmės šalies nustatymo tyrimus mokės patys šiuos grūdus gabenantys subjektai.

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