#Putin’s speech commemorating the Soviet forces’ breaking of the siege of #Leningrad signaled that he remains uncertain about his ability to significantly shape the #Russian information space.
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2/ #Putin’s speech is likely part of a larger informational effort to wrap the "special military operation" inside the greater Russian national mythos of the Great Patriotic War (the Second World War) to increase Russian support for a protracted war and mobilization.
3/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei #Lavrov augmented these efforts to increase Russian support for a protracted war by explicitly and ludicrously claiming that #Ukraine and the West are pursuing the genocide of the Russian people.
4/ Both #Putin and #Lavrov continue to deny Ukrainian sovereignty and outright reject direct negotiations with #Ukraine. isw.pub/UkrWar011823
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