Russian propaganda has been creating a fake reality where "the West is freezing" without Russian energy.
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Threats and narratives about "Ukraine and the West depending on Russian oil and gas" have been used in Russian propaganda for years to convince that Russia is a powerful country that graciously supplies the whole world with oil and gas.
After the adoption of new sanctions packages Russia resurrected this narrative to convince that Europe "will suffer from sanctions and freeze without Russian energy".
It was done to decrease support of Ukraine in Europe and keep the narrative about "strong and powerful state that doesn't care about sanctions".
This narrative was shared in different channels and even by the President Vladimir Putin who claimed that Europeans "are sticking up on wood" because of the lack of Russian gas.
Russian propaganda also claimed that "European economy was stable because of cheap Russian gas and resources" and that Europeans come to Russia to "overwinter". Everything to portray Russia as a "powerful state that controls the world's wellbeing".
This narrative re-enforces the general anti-Western narrative inside Russia and targets European audience. However, everything that Russia gets is the illusion about "the victory against the West".
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