Lithuania looking for source of false accusation of rape by German troops

by Dramelin 7:30 AM 0 comments

VILNIUS Lithuanian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into a false report of rape by German soldiers stationed there as part of NATO a mission to deter Russia. German media reported last week that the BND foreign intelligence agency had found no proof of a Russian misinformation campaign against the government in a study. "It is likely that the false report was spread in order to discredit the presence of the NATO forces in Lithuania," the spokeswoman of the speaker of Lithuanian`s parliament was quoted by news wire BNS. "A NATO diplomat told German newspaper Spiegel that he viewed the incident as a Russian attempt to undermine the new NATO mission and to turn sentiment against the alliance. The investigation comes among fears that Russia is using misinformation campaigns to influence opinion and elections in the West.