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Jun 9 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Russian disinformation & propaganda created a kind of "alternative reality" (thread)🧵

Russia is always a victim but also a superpower🖊️

NATO = threat for Russia but 🇷🇺military=superior🖊️

Russia is always right & never did anything wrong🖊️

Ukraine/EU/USA = evil🖊️
Russian & Soviet history:

Historical revisionism is a main part of Russia's propaganda policy: Critical historical reviews are banned and archives are protected by FSB officers to cover the truth about RU/USSR history - it's all about the glorification of 🇷🇺 no self-criticism
Historical revisionism is also part of the Hybrid War against #Ukraine🇺🇦

"Ukraine has not history of statehood"
"Ukrainians are Russians"
"Ukrainian is not real language"
"Ukrainian statehood is a product of Lenin"

Kremlins genocidal narrative against Ukraine is based on this
Russia has its own version about more recent events too: Russian aggression against🇺🇦since 2014 (Donbas) is according to🇷🇺 "a civil war by the Kyiv regime against Russian speaking locals in Donbas"---> Russian warlords like Girkin, Borodai & official🇷🇺 military prove the contrary
In Russia's propaganda reality, "the West" or what they think is the West is "in decay" and "only Russian civilisation can save the world from collapse"

Take a look at this article by @EUvsDisinfo

euvsdisinfo.eu/report/west-is…
Historical revisionism - the latest highlight: "Lithuania is not really independent"

"Russia’s Duma mulls revoking recognition of Lithuanian independence"

lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…
Let's go back to the 20th century: The "Molotov Ribbentrop Pact"? Russian version of the Soviet-Nazi cooperation is different than what we learned:

1) we do not talk about it at all
2) it was necessary to "buy time to beat the facists"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E…
We should also not forget about #Memorial

"Russia shuts down human rights group that recorded Stalin-era crimes"

abcnews.go.com/Politics/russi….

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Dietmar Pichler 🇪🇺🇺🇦 Profile picture
Jun 6
Russia wants to dominate the territory of the former Soviet Union. Either you comply or you got attacked by disinformation, propaganda and military force.

The idea that the Kremlin "just" wants "some territory" of Ukraine is dangerous and wrong. (thread) 🧵
Russian aggression against Ukraine (since 2014) is not about Donbas. It is a hybrid war (military, hacking & disinformaton) to destabilize a neighboring country because it chose the path of democracy, reforms and European integration. Russia is afraid of that example.
Russian officials expect Ukraine to be a submissive "little brother" again. The idea that🇺🇦could be more successful than🇷🇺makes them crazy.

We can't ignore all these facts, that are well known by everybody who observes the Kremlins policy and Media...
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Jun 1
Impact of Russian disinformation:
How does it affect our societies and political leadership? #Ukraine 🧵

Politicians care about public opinion ----> they want to get elected or re-elected...if you are able to influence public opinion, you influence political decisions.
Russian disinfo (like the denial of war crimes) leads to a lack of empathy with Ukrainians ---> means less pressure on politicians to help Ukraine.

Disinfo-infected people pressure on politicians to support Ukraine less or even normalize relations with Russia.
Our democratic societies are based on freedom of speech, which makes them vulnerable to disinformation campaigns.

We are almost not prepared: There is not enough awareness about Russian disinformation, even if we know about it since decades...
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May 31
Russian version vs. reality🧵

"Russia was afraid of Ukraine joining NATO cause of its security"---> truth: Kremlin was afraid to lose military access to Ukraine

Genocide against Russian speaking people --> truth: Russia is killing thousands of them in Mariupol and other cities Image
"Russian language is banned in Ukraine"-->Ukrainian language was suppressed by Russian & Soviet authorities for decades, on the other hand, Russian language is still used in all regions of Ukraine and for instance in Zelenskyy's TV series "Servant of the People" or other TV shows
"Separatists in Eastern Ukraine were defending themselves"---> the Russian proxy republics are created by Russian nationalists like Igor Girkin and Aleksander Borodai, orchestred and financed by Russia, mercenaries (Wagner) and Russian soldiers and radical groups "on vacation" ImageImageImage
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May 22
I have only one wish🙏:

I would love that every journalist in the world would know, who Igor Girkin and Aleksander Borodai are, and what their role in the Russian aggression against Ukraine 2014 was 🧵

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Girk…
- Russian nationalists from Moscow
- Warlords
- Borodai is a Duma member for Putin's party "Yedinaya Rossiya"

You can find additional information, interviews and articles on their wikipedia pages
One could mention that Pushilin is local: Yes, he was already quite famous, because he was involved in a finance fraud (pyramid scheme) by a former Russian Duma member (Sergei Mavrodi, from Moscow)
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May 22
Die von den scharf kritisierten Corona-Ringvorlesungen bekannte Frau Komlosy spricht bei #ServusTV fälschlich vom "Bürgerkrieg 2014" und "Aggression der ukrainischen Armee gegen Donbas-Bevölkerung"
Kein Wort zu den Moskauer Initiatoren Girkin, Borodai etc.dafür viel EU Bashing🧵
Die EU träge mit dem EU-Assoziierungsabkommen Schuld und man hätte der Ukraine die "Brückenbauerfunktion" nicht erlaubt. Welche Brückenbauerfunktion? So wie Belarus vielleicht?
Sie erwähnt auch explizit "russischsprachige Bevölkerung" im Donbas, was die Mär vom Krieg der ukrainischsprachigen Ukrainer gegen russischsprachige Ukrainer nährt. Tatsächlich sind aber viele Städte außerhalb vom Donbas mehrheitlich oder mind. 50% russischsprachig, sogar Kyiv...
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May 19
Russian disinfo-machine works like a foxy criminal attorney, defending a gangster who did terrible crimes:

It is all about perverting the truth until people are so confused that they don't know what to believe anymore.(thread)🧵
Many of us Westerners want to believe Russian lies, cause the harsh reality of war crimes, torture and rape is too much for our calm European mind. Russian disinfo gives us an excuse not to think about it anymore, to care less, to lose empathy and to continue our normal life.
We go full #falseequivalence and #falsebalance and speak about "both parties" instead of aggressor against defender, attacker & victim...Russian disinfo gives us also a reason not to help Ukrainians, not to deliver more weapons, to justify our decision to appease the aggressor.
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