Pseudo-History as a Weapon: How russia Rewrites the Past of Its Neighbors
russia continues its large-scale campaign to falsify historical memory and use pseudo-history as a tool of pressure against its neighbors.
▫️Analysts from EUvsDisinfo draw attention to a 400-page “History of Lithuania” published in 2025 by the moscow state institute of international relations, with a foreword by sergey lavrov. This so-called academic study is in fact yet another product of Kremlin propaganda, through which russia attempts to undermine the very existence of Lithuanian statehood and justify its aggressive behavior.
▫️The book ignores soviet crimes, claims that Lithuania “was never independent,” that its occupation by the ussr was “beneficial,” and that the restoration of independence in 1991 was “undemocratic.” Current Lithuanian politicians are portrayed as “russophobic radicals.”
▫️The book is part of a series. Earlier, the institute published a “History of Ukraine” filled with the same falsifications that underpin putin’s manifesto on the “historical unity,” which the kremlin used to justify the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
▫️The main author of both books is maksim grigoryev. He is not a historian but an active participant in kremlin information operations against Ukraine.
Pseudo-historical publications are a tool of moscow’s systemic policy. The kremlin rewrites the past whenever reality contradicts its imperial ambitions.
