😳Putin spokesman Peskov served up #Russia's #propaganda-lies along with demands on CNN today:
❌NATO "guaranteed no political or military expansion" east
❌2014 "coup" in #Ukraine
❌"Gradual NATO invasion" into Ukraine threatens Russia
❌"No Russian troops in Ukraine or Donbas" Image
Peskov—w/o irony whatsoever—to @FareedZakaria: "You cannot create the security of 1 country at the expense of the security of another"

#Russia is literally demanding dismantling security of 14 COUNTRIES—50% of NATO's 28 European allies—b/c #Ukraine is now an intolerable threat?? ImageImage
@FareedZakaria Zakaria asked the right question: Why now? What's changed? Peskov said it's been building since early 1990s. Well that's not new, so it's not why. What changed is robust democratic movements on Russia's border. Ukraine, even Belarus rose up. Role models threaten kleptocrat Putin. Image
@FareedZakaria Most propaganda has a kernel of truth. Peskov's right that Russia's been angry re NATO for decades. But NATO isn't invading Europe & Russia is—in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova. And if Russia fears NATO invasion, why not seek guarantees NATO won't invade Russia? Why bring in Ukraine? Image
@FareedZakaria #Russia's demands are specifically about #Ukraine. The absurd ones make these less so.

Putin wants Ukraine's strongest ally to dash its NATO hopes—in writing. That serves Russia's core goal: Divide allies, show US as unreliable, democracies as untrustworthy, demoralize Ukraine. ImageImage
@FareedZakaria Peskov admits the core of #Russia's proposal is #Ukraine & NATO. Membership isn't even on the table. But Russians are masters of reflexive control—getting us to offer their ideas. Zakaria states a "possible compromise": a written guarantee that Ukr won't join NATO for some years.
@FareedZakaria Here's where Peskov lies about #Russia's troops. He calls them "peacekeepers" preventing crisis in "fragile" Moldova and Georgia. Then he repeats the big lie about Russian troops in Ukraine. When Zakaria pushes back, Peskov lets out a laugh, as if involuntarily belying his lies😅
@FareedZakaria Watch Peskov's intense gaslighting about #sanctions. He says sanctions never solve problems. Says sanctions actually boosted #Russia's economy. But threatens to break ties if Putin & Kremlin officials—including him!—are sanctioned. Pretty clear Peskov fears new tougher sanctions.

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Jan 10,
Shocker: Putin Sets No Deadline For Withdrawal of Russian Troops From #Kazakhstan - raising the specter of #Russia’s forces staying indefinitely in yet another former Soviet country
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#Kazakhstan says order is restored and foreign forces will "probably" be gone in a week.

"But Russia has a record of sending 'peacekeepers' who do not leave. Troops it sent three decades ago to the breakaway region of Moldova and the Abkhazia region of Georgia remain there."
Never missing a propaganda opportunity, Putin likened #Kazakhstan protests to #Ukraine, spewing familiar Russian lies blaming the West for fomenting "color revolutions"—his term for democracy movements—by "well-controlled militants…apparently trained in terrorist camps abroad"🙄
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Jan 8,
Disappointing CNN re Ted Cruz groveling. It’s not that Tucker Carlson was right & Cruz used “terrorism” many times. It’s that GOP said terrorist early on b/c their initial #propaganda was that Pelosi allowed a terrorist attack on Capitol. GOP was literally blaming Dems for #Jan6.
@FWhitfield Ted Cruz-Tucker Carlson exchange is about the evolution of GOP #propaganda—lies—about #Jan6. GOP acknowledged terrorism but blamed it on antifa, then Dems/Pelosi. After the gaslighting & whataboutism failed, they began rewriting the facts, erasing history. That's #fascism, folks.
@FWhitfield Blaming Ds failed so Rs began rewriting #Jan6, fed by Fox propagandists. Tucker Carlson explains the propaganda, shoving it down Ted's throat: "By no definition was it a terrorist attack. That's a lie…Why do u use that word? You're playing into the other side's characterization"
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Jan 2,
Reporters still processing #January6 terrorist attack; open up about trauma, PTSD, flashbacks

-It was worse than it looked on TV
-Some Capitol Police are still out with injuries
-We didn't realize how bad it was at time
-Series of small miracles prevented even worse disaster
🔥Frum: Trumpism Is Becoming Fascism. Those minimizing January 6 justify violence to overthrow democracy. We used to say "This is not normal." Truth is, THIS IS NOW NORMAL. Citizen involvement is the solution. Not just voting, but not accepting lies as legitimate in politics.🎯💥
@davidfrum @brianstelter This stmt of Frum's is key: Don't accept lies as legitimate. Lies are the heart of Trumpism. They must not only be debunked as pieces of disinformation. GOP lies must be viewed as illegitimate political strategy. That's where pro-democracy media must do its part against fascism.
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Dec 28, 2021
🚨#Russia Orders Liquidation of #Memorial—revered human rights NGO formed by Soviet dissidents to chronicle political repression

Memorial was a symbol of Russia’s post-USSR democratization. It’s shuttering is a symbol Putin’s power needs Soviet repression nytimes.com/2021/12/28/wor…
#Russia banning #Memorial is Putin admitting he’s a repressive Soviet autocrat erasing memory & history. Prosecutors said Memorial misinterpreted history—“creating a false image of the USSR as a terrorist state” & criticized the state. Putin is the state. And Puti fears criticism
🇷🇺#Memorial: “Our country needs an honest and conscientious reflection on the Soviet past.…The entire Russian society needs to remember the tragedies of the past. And not only Russian: the memory of state terror unites all the former Soviet republics.” @MemorialMoscow #Russia
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Dec 11, 2021
🔥Retired US Army colonel who circulated coup plot PowerPoint (proposing Trump declare a national security emergency & seize ballots) said he visited White House after election, spoke w/ Meadows 8-10x, & briefed several members of Congress on eve of #Jan6. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
The retired colonel election denier was Philip Waldron. He worked with Trump’s outside lawyers, including Giuliani, and on the “team” that “briefed” GOP members of Congress on the coup outlined in the PowerPoint. Waldron contributed to the “foreign interference” part of the plot.
Ret.Col.Waldron was brought in when the plotters turned to an election hacking plot. As the “cybersecurity consultant,” Waldron gave Meadows a list of IP addresses, servers & data to investigate “using the powers of the world’s greatest national security intelligence apparatus”😳
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Dec 7, 2021
"Things we didn't do in 2014, we are prepared to do now."—NSA @JakeSullivan46 on today's Biden-Putin video call about #Ukraine, and #Russia's massive military buildup on its border.
NSA Sullivan: Russian gas isn't flow through Nord Stream 2. If Vladimir Putin wants to see gas flow through that pipeline, he may not want to risk it by invading Ukraine. Biden spoke with European allies after the call with #Russia's Putin, and they are "in lockstep" on #Ukraine.
Besides stiff economic #sanctions, Sullivan said US would provide more defensive material to Ukraine & would fortify @NATO’s eastern flank allies with additional capabilities, if #Russia were to further invade #Ukraine.
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