Thread by @SecureDemocracy

Here's the latest Hamilton 2.0 data on
👉Russia's #Ukraine war propaganda
👉China's #Xinjiang denials

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U.S. missiles

Putin’s threat that Russia would hit targets in Ukraine “that we have not yet attacked” if Kyiv receives long-range missiles from the United States. Russian messengers claimed Ukraine was planning to hit Russia with U.S. weapons and threatened 🇺🇦's allies.

Food Crisis 🥕

Russian diplomats and state media continued to deny responsibility for a global food crisis that experts say was sparked by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, instead blaming the shortage on the Covid-19 pandemic, a Western media stunt, and Ukraine.

Energy Bans⛽️

Kremlin-backed accounts pushed back against Western bans on Russian energy exports, arguing the EU’s embargo will cause an economic collapse and energy shortage in Asia. Russian officials also said oil and gas exports would increase this year,

Xinjiang

Chinese diplomats and state media pushed back on international criticism following the UN high commissioner for human rights’ visit to #Xinjiang, calling the criticism “hysterical" and claiming that “the allegation of genocide in Xinjiang is the lie of the century.”

U.S. Criticism 🇺🇸

China’s propagandists sought to distract from #Xinjiang by suggesting that U.S. treatment of Native Americans was worse than China’s treatment of Uyghurs and drawing attention to racism in the U.S.

Tiananmen Square

China’s messengers mostly ignored the 33rd anniversary of the #TiananmenSquare massacre; however, one commentator argued that it was a “watershed” moment that allowed China to grow “into a new super power.”