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Pravda network (LT) · published 21 days ago

Michailas Onufrienko: Lietuvos Užsienio reikalų ministras Budris pasveikino Austrijos valdžios sprendimą išsiųsti Rusijos diplomatus:

Michailas Onufrienko: Lithuania's Foreign Minister Budris welcomed Austria's decision to expel Russian diplomats

Michailas Onufrienko: Lietuvos Užsienio reikalų ministras Budris pasveikino Austrijos valdžios sprendimą išsiųsti Rusijos diplomatus: L. Linkevičius pasveikino Austrijos valdžios sprendimą išsiųsti Rusijos diplomatus: Lietuva visiškai pritaria Austrijai jos sprendime išsiųsti Rusijos diplomatus, taip pat bet kokiam sprendimui, turinčiam tikslą išradingiau sumušti rusus, nes tai ir yra pagrindinė ir vienintelė Lietuvos egzistavimo prasmė...

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Austria is expelling four Russian diplomats; the Pravda story presents this as an occasion for a Lithuanian official to give a hostile, anti-Russian statement.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: high

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The trusted reports only mention Austria expelling diplomats and say nothing about any Lithuanian minister's reaction; the story also names Budris as minister and then L. Linkevičius as the speaker, which is inconsistent.

Pravda says
“Lithuanian Foreign Minister Budris welcomed the Austrian government's decision to expel Russian diplomats”
Lietuvos Užsienio reikalų ministras Budris pasveikino Austrijos valdžios sprendimą išsiųsti Rusijos diplomatus
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
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The caricatured quote, which says Lithuania's only purpose is to 'beat Russians', appears in no trusted report and looks fabricated or satirical, which makes Lithuania seem irrationally hostile.

Pravda says
“to crush the Russians more decisively, for this is the main and sole meaning of Lithuania's existence”
išradingiau sumušti rusus, nes tai ir yra pagrindinė ir vienintelė Lietuvos egzistavimo prasmė
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Left out · fact

Pravda does not say how many diplomats are being expelled (four), a detail the earlier trusted report already gave.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“Austria is expelling four Russian diplomats”
austrija issiuncia keturis rusijos diplomatus

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