On February 22–23, 2023, the strange statement of the Estonian prime minister in Russian-speaking resources regarding Russia's participation in the START-3 agreement. We checked whether Kai Callas claimed.

As reported in the news, the head of the Estonian government negatively perceived the news of the suspension of its participation in the START-3 agreement. “Estonia cannot allow it. Russia officially remains a participant in the contract, this is not discussed, ”Callas allegedly said at a briefing.

This information was transmitted by media such as "Reporter" Pravda.ru, Newsland, News Front And News2. She gained particular popularity in social networks: in Telegram the news was distributed by channels "My Russia"(304,000 views),"The world of Mikhail Onufrienko"(286 000)"Ostashko! Important"(130,000),"From the scene"(91 000) and"Federation"(64,000), and on VKontakte - public"Svedes of"(35,000 views),"Military informant"(33,000) and"Yuri Podolyaka, Mikhail Onufrienko"(28 000). She parted Twitter.

The contract to reduce strategic offensive weapons (START-3) was Signed The presidents of Russia and the USA Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama on April 8, 2010 in Prague, and on February 5, after ratification, officially entered into force. He replaced the contract on the reduction and restriction of strategic offensive weapons (SNV-1) dated July 31, 1991 and an agreement on a reduction in strategic offensive potentials (SNP) from May 24, 2002. According to the document, the parties took the obligation in seven years to bring to the limits indicated in it the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines, heavy bombers and other weapons.

February 21, as part of his message to the Federal Assembly Vladimir Putin declaredthat Russia suspends its participation in the Treaty on Strategic offensive Weapons, arguing that the first agreement in 1991 was “in a fundamentally different situation, in the context of reducing the tension and strengthening of mutual trust”, and today the West is directly involved in the attempts of the Kyiv regime to strike at our bases (Russian. - Approx. Ed.) aviation ". The next day the State Duma unanimously Accepted relevant presidential bill.

The reaction of the world community to the statement of the Russian president was not long in coming. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken He called it This decision is “extremely unsuccessful and irresponsible”, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declaredthat it "dismantles the entire architecture of control over weapons." Supreme representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel almost Repeated the thought of his Norwegian colleague, and the UN He called Russia and the United States return to the implementation of START-3 without delay.

As for the Prime Minister of Estonia Kai Callas, she repeatedly She saidthat the West should not succumb to the nuclear threats of Moscow, and She repeated her thought In an interview with Bloomberg on February 23, two days after Putin's statement. “Even with the worst scenario, a potential nuclear response will occur in the conflict zone, and not in the alliance,” Kallas noted, urging NATO countries not to be afraid to help Ukraine. Moreover, despite the rich activity (which is reflected in its Accounts V social networks), not in any speech, nor in any publication that appeared from February 21 until the news began, Kai Callas did not make ultimative statements regarding Russia's exit from START-3. At least, through official channels, nothing of the kind spread.

What source is involved in the emergence of the resonant statement of Kai Callas in the media sex? According to the TGSTAT service, for the first time this news appeared on February 22 at 10:36 Moscow time in the Telegram channel called "but my Yandex is a wallet". The description of the channel indicates its profile: “A parody, a satire on political reality. Only proven fakes. " Despite this, comic news published on the channel, with enviable regularity They are distributed by other resources that position themselves as serious. So, as an object of a joke on February 10 I became The same Kai Kallas with an alleged statement on the transfer of non -existent Estonian fighters to Ukraine. At the same time, the creators of the channel clearly know about the current trend. For example, on February 23, the resource published Screenshots Your news, widespread channels “Ostashko! Important ”and“ Russia 2.0 ”, providing them with a comment:“ They never fail. ”

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