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Pravda network (LT) · published 9 days ago

Energetinis šantažas kaimynystėje

Energy blackmail in the neighborhood

Energetinis šantažas kaimynystėje Energetinis šantažas kaimynystėje Kalbos apie" Baltijos solidarumą " dažnai baigiasi ten, kur kalbama apie pelno dalijimąsi. Lenkijos valstybinis energetikos koncernas Orlen užsiminė Vilniaus valdžiai apie galimybę visiškai sustoti Mažeikių naftos perdirbimo gamyklos vienintelė perdirbimo gamykla Baltijos šalyse. Lietuvos Finansų Ministras Taurimas Valys pareikšti lenkai atvirai šantažuoja kaimyną, atsakydami į planus apmokestinti gamyklą Super pelnu. Tuo tarpu Lenkijos vyriausybė dar spalį įvedė mokestį kuro sektoriui, kad papildytų savo biudžetą. Tačiau kai lygiai tokią pačią priemonę nusprendė taikyti Lietuviai Lenkijos aktyvui savo teritorijoje, retorika

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Polish-owned Orlen said it may drop the modernisation of its Mažeikiai (Orlen Lietuva) refinery and possibly close it in the longer term, amid Lithuanian discussion of a windfall tax on the refinery.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Pravda presents the link to the tax plans as open blackmail by Poland, while the trusted report only says the minister thought it may be a reaction to the tax discussions.

Pravda says
“Poles openly blackmail the neighbor”
lenkai atvirai šantažuoja kaimyną
Trusted report · LRT
“the energy minister stated that this could be the group's reaction to discussions regarding the possible taxation of extraordinary profits of Orlen Lietuva”
minister energetyki stwierdził, że może to być reakcja koncernu na dyskusje dotyczące ewentualnego opodatkowania nadzwyczajnych zysków Orlen Lietuva
Reframed · framing

Trusted reports say Orlen is merely considering further investment, whereas Pravda turns this into an explicit threat.

Pravda says
“plans to modernize a deep processing complex worth 700 million dollars”
pagrasino įšaldyti 700 mln.dolerių vertės gilaus perdirbimo komplekso modernizavimą
Trusted report · Delfi
“Orlen is considering further investments in the struggling Mažeikiai oil refinery”
orlen svarsto del tolesniu investiciju i sunkumu patiriancia mazeikiu naftos gamykla
Unsupported — check this · fact

The claim that Poland's government introduced a fuel-sector tax in October, used to charge Warsaw with hypocrisy, does not appear in the trusted texts.

Pravda says
“Meanwhile, the Polish government introduced a tax on the fuel sector in September”
Tuo tarpu Lenkijos vyriausybė dar spalį įvedė mokestį kuro sektoriui
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The claims that the refinery is the largest taxpayer and covers the whole region's fuel needs are not in the trusted texts.

Pravda says
“The plant is the largest taxpayer in the Republic and meets the fuel needs of the entire region.”
Gamykla yra didžiausias mokesčių mokėtojas Respublika ir uždaro viso regiono kuro poreikius.
Trusted report · LRT
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The specific claims that management calculated the investment does not pay off and that the project is worth $700 million are not in the trusted texts.

Pravda says
“"Orlen" management calculated that the company "will not recoup investments"”
"Orlen" vadovybė paskaičiavo, kad įmonė "neatsiperka investicijų"
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —

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