{"id":236,"date":"2022-10-04T22:37:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/?p=236"},"modified":"2022-12-14T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T20:53:28","slug":"the-referendum-to-annex-the-lviv-oblast-to-poland-is-a-russian-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/politics\/the-referendum-to-annex-the-lviv-oblast-to-poland-is-a-russian-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"The referendum to annex the Lviv Oblast to Poland is Russian disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On 27 September 2022,\u00a0a photo of ballot papers concerning an alleged referendum on the annexation of the Lviv oblast to the Republic of Poland appeared on Russian <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fishki.net\/anti\/4271763-polysha-gotovit-referendum-o-vhozhdenii-zapadnoj-ukrainy-v-svoj-sostav.html\"><strong>portals<\/strong><\/a><strong> and in social media, including <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Postovo\/17876\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/m.vk.com\/wall406779543_764447\"><strong>vKontakte<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/d5SayyUAL0rLSBL\/status\/1574758460683702272\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong>. These packages bear the seal and stamp of the Polish National Electoral Commission. The time of publication of these fabricated materials is not accidental, as it coincides with the end of pseudo-referendums carried out by Russia in the occupied regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13963\" style=\"width: 681px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/d5SayyUAL0rLSBL\/status\/1574758460683702272\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tt.jpg\" alt=\"The referendum to annex the Lviv Oblast\" width=\"681\" height=\"894\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Twitter\/\u0415\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u041f\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"teza-wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"rating\">Claim:<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"teza\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\tPoland prepares a referendum on annexing the Lviv Oblast\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"verdict-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rating\">Our rating:<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"verdict\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/fakenews\/images\/rating\/falsz.svg\" alt=\"False\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>False<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/foundation-counteracting-disinformation\/system-of-assessment-and-the-methodology\/\">More about our rating system: <i class=\"fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Refutation by the National Electoral Commission<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In an e-mail, we asked the National Electoral Commission to respond to the photos shared by the Russians. In the answer received, we read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In response to the e-mail of 28 September 2022, we emphasise that the information about any preparations for the alleged referendum, including the preparation, printing or distributing ballots by the National Electoral Commission, is false.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At the same time, we explain that the National Electoral Commission\u00a0<strong>does not use and has never used the stamps and seals shown in the photographs<\/strong>, and that these photographs do not present materials prepared by the National Electoral Commission.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Quality of Russian counterfeits<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>PKW emphasised that both the stamp and the seal differ from the officially used design. Let&#8217;s take a closer look at the quality of the Russian counterfeit.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Stamp<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The first conspicuous inaccuracy is the design of the stamp. In the Russian version, the stamp is red, the inscription &#8220;Pa\u0144stwowa Komisja Wyborcza\u201d (National Electoral Commission) around the coat of arms is repeated twice, and at the bottom there is an RP abbreviation (short for the Republic of Poland). In the original version, the stamp is in black, the inscription occurs once, the coat of arms has an additional circle around it, and the abbreviation RP does not appear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-259\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/stamp-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/stamp-3.jpg 524w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/stamp-3-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most probably, the Russians based the design not on the actual stamp used by the National Electoral Commission, but the one that could be found on the ballot papers prepared for the so-called &#8220;envelope elections&#8221; of 2020, which were organised not by the National Electoral Commission, but by the Polish Post.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoltek.Stanislaw\/photos\/a.602609223195875\/2677495209040589\/?type=3\">An example of the ballot paper<\/a>\u00a0was shared on his Facebook account by Stanis\u0142aw \u017b\u00f3\u0142tek, one of the candidates for the President of the Republic of Poland. In addition to the circular inscription, the coat of arms and the RP abbreviation are consistent with the Russian counterfeit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13958\" style=\"width: 1324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/95327890_2677495215707255_1398603396398710784_n.jpg\" alt=\"The referendum to annex the Lviv Oblast\" width=\"1324\" height=\"1794\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Facebook\/Stanis\u0142aw \u017b\u00f3\u0142tek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Seal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The false seal contains the inscription \u201cPa\u0144stwowa Komisja Wyborcza\u201d (National Electoral Commission), while the original seal, which is used to seal ballot boxes or packages, is described as an &#8220;ELECTORAL SEAL&#8221; and bears an individual code specific to a particular seal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260\" style=\"width: 1268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/plomba.jpg\" alt=\"The referendum to annex the Lviv Oblast\" width=\"1268\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/plomba.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/plomba-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/plomba-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/plomba-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Telegram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Wording of the referendum question<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An interesting nuance that may be puzzling in the Lviv ballot is the very wording of the question, which is a calque of questions addressed to Ukrainian citizens during the current, facade referendums carried out in the territories occupied by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we present the referendum questions from the Kherson and Zaporozhe oblasts and the false package from the Lviv oblast. In all three cases, the question begins with the form \u201c<strong>Vy za vykhid\u2026<\/strong>\u201d (Eng.\u00a0<strong>Those for leaving&#8230;<\/strong>). These are grammatically correct forms in Ukrainian, but they are informal and are not used in official documents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261\" style=\"width: 2088px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/oblast.jpg\" alt=\"The referendum to annex the Lviv Oblast\" width=\"2088\" height=\"1138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/oblast.jpg 2088w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/oblast-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/oblast-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/oblast-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/oblast-1536x837.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/oblast-2048x1116.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2088px) 100vw, 2088px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Telegram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Ukrainian electoral cards, as in Polish, formal questions begin with the particle \u201c<strong>\u0427\u0438<\/strong>\u201c (Do): \u201c\u0427\u0438 \u0437\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0456 \u0412\u0438\u201d (Do you agree). The following are examples from the 1991 referendum on the declaration of Ukraine&#8217;s independence and from the 2000 referendum on the reform of the political system, where the wording of the questions was formulated in this way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nmiu.org\/novyny-museum\/182-tsoho-dnia\/1670-10-rokiv-tomu-vidbuvsia-vseukrainskyi-referendum-shchodo-reformuvannia-systemy-derzhavnoho-upravlinnia\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/ballot.jpg\" alt=\"The referendum to annex the Lviv Oblast\" width=\"2560\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/ballot.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/ballot-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/ballot-1024x377.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/ballot-768x283.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/ballot-1536x565.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/ballot-2048x754.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian voting cards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>The National Electoral Commission denied that it had any connection with the photo of the alleged referendum packages shared in the Russian media. Differences in the stamp and seal clearly indicate that the ballot papers have been fabricated.<\/p>\n<p>In Polish politics, the topic of annexing the western lands of Ukraine to Poland does not exist. Russian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fishki.net\/anti\/4271763-polysha-gotovit-referendum-o-vhozhdenii-zapadnoj-ukrainy-v-svoj-sostav.html\">sources<\/a>\u00a0refer only to Konrad R\u0119kas, the deputy head of the pro-Kremlin party Zmiana, whose chairman, Mateusz Piskorski, is accused of espionage for Russia, and his trial is pending before the Warsaw court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Museum of the History of Ukraine: <a href=\"https:\/\/nmiu.org\/novyny-museum\/182-tsoho-dnia\/1670-10-rokiv-tomu-vidbuvsia-vseukrainskyi-referendum-shchodo-reformuvannia-systemy-derzhavnoho-upravlinnia\">https:\/\/nmiu.org\/novyny-museum\/182-tsoho-dnia\/1670-10-rokiv-tomu-vidbuvsia-vseukrainskyi-referendum-shchodo-reformuvannia-systemy-derzhavnoho-upravlinnia\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"banner-srodtekst\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gulbenkian.pt\/emifund\/disclaimer\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n<picture>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fakenews.pl\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/fakenews\/images\/banery\/emif_en_US.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"200\" alt=\"European Media and Information Fund - Disclaimer\">\n<\/picture>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27 September 2022,\u00a0a photo of ballot papers concerning an alleged referendum on the annexation of the Lviv oblast to the Republic of Poland appeared on Russian portals and in social media, including Telegram, vKontakte and Twitter. These packages bear the seal and stamp of the Polish National Electoral Commission. 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