TASHKENT, November 9. /TASS/. Cases involving anonymous bomb threats on European planes could be used for propaganda purposes against Russia, Daniil Bisslinger, vice president of the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN), told TASS.

He said that in recent days, aviation authorities in various countries have received dozens of anonymous messages saying that bombs had been planted on board passenger aircraft flying routes across Europe. Some airliners were forced to make emergency landings.

He said the reports should be treated with due caution, because their danger lies in the fact that security services must thoroughly investigate each such report: people’s lives are at stake. However, they are very often used to manipulate public opinion, to set a certain narrative, which in this case may be unfriendly towards Russia, he said on the sidelines of the Russian-Uzbek Media Forum.

The 3rd Russian-Uzbek Media Forum is taking place on November 9-10. The organizers are TASS and the National News Agency of Uzbekistan (UzA).