The widespread belief in narratives like "NATO provoked Russia" or "Ukraine attacked Donbas" is a huge success for the Kremlin
Russian propaganda demonizes Ukraine to diminish support for 🇺🇦 this is how it works⬇️
Subtle propaganda is more effective than the sensational stories we encounter on Russian TV. Only a limited audience is receptive to claims of 'Bioweapons in Ukraine' or 'Satanists', but ideas like 'NATO expansion' and 'Western Imperialism' resonate with much larger crowds
Certain "Western Intellectuals," "Scientists," can play a significant role in the spreading of subtle propaganda. These individuals even condemn the Russian invasion (superficially) before they start blaming Ukraine, "the West," Biden, anybody else than the Kremlin.
Similar arguments we can hear from huge parts of the so-called "peace movement." They defend Russia and criticize Ukraine as much as possible without getting easily spotted as pro-Russian propagandists.
What these people have almost always in common is that they never mention the occupation regime.
They never mention looting, rapes, reeducation, Russification, deportation, torture etc. because this contradicts their false narrative of "no fighting - no suffering."
Russian narratives about the events in 2014 in Donbas are widespread. Terms like "ethnic conflict" "civil war" were even used by mainstream media. A society that understands the "big picture" about what actually happened in 2014 is important to create resilience against 🇷🇺disinfo
For some reason, many of us refuse to acknowledge reality as long as these individuals, at the very least, superficially condemn the invasion or make statements like "I am against any kind of war" without even mentioning the aggressor.
Propaganda isn't just about what people say; we must also note what they leave out.
The occupation regime, genocidal rhetoric on Russian TV, or, in the case of some left-wingers, their failure to address Kremlin collaboration with the far right and the facist nature of modern🇷🇺
The year 2014 plays a significant role. Since then, Russia has been spreading false narratives about Ukraine to the world, and we not only failed to counter them but also ignored the importance of this matter entirely. Now, this is backfiring significantly.
As mentioned before, I believe that blunt, ridiculous propaganda statements like "Ukrainian satanists" are not only aimed at the domestic audience; they also serve the purpose of diverting our attention from more subtle, intricate propaganda that isn't as easily noticeable.
Russian propaganda is more than just fabricated content, trolls, and "Z" symbols. There are several tailored "storylines" for each target group, and it appears that we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg.
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The downing of the passenger airliner #MH17 in the Russian-controlled Donbas was not just a tragedy that claimed 298 lives, it is also the most important case study for understanding how Russian disinformation campaigns work.🧵
The Russian intelligence officer T warlord Igor "Strelkov" Girkin posted on Social media about the crash, believing it to be a Ukrainian military plane (AN-26). Russian media reported the same before.
After it became clear that it was a civilian airliner, the attack was not only denied but various alternative "explanations" were spread worldwide by Russia
"Ukrainian fighter jet"
"Bomb on board"
"Plane full of dead bodies"
"Ukrainian SAM"
"Putin's plane was the actual target"
Abgesehen davon, was hier zur Ukraine steht, das habe ich schon oft thematisiert, ist mir noch etwas aufgefallen: Die erzreaktionäre, kremltreue, nationalistische pro-Kriegspartei "Gerechtes Russland" wurde hier tatsächlich als "die Sozialdemokratische Partei" bezeichnet..🧵
Auch die kommunistische Partei KPRF wird im Artikel nicht eingeordnet. Sie ist nicht nur voll für den Krieg, sie agiert außenpolitisch auch im Sinne des Kremls, hat vor 8 Jahren schon eine erzreaktionäre, rassistische Politik betrieben, wollte Einreiseverbote für alle Muslime
Es stellt sich die Frage, wie wenig hier eigentlich zum Thema Russland bekannt ist. Es werden im Artikel auch nicht die unzähligen nationalistischen, teilweise offen neonazistischen Organisationen erwähnt, welche von Russland 2014 in den Donbas geschickt wurden.
Es geht nicht nur um die Zelensky Rede:
Seit 2014 beobachte ich die 🇦🇹Außenpolitik in Hinblick auf die Ukraine sehr genau. Betreff NR-Parteien wurde nur in der FPÖ wurde mehr geschwurbelt, da ist sehr sehr viel zu tun und man solle sich das endlich ehrlich eingestehen. 🧵
2014 haben SPÖ Abgeordnete, die immer noch im Dienst sind, sogar MH17 Geschwurbel und Fakes über ukrainische Massengräber verbreitet, es gab nie eine richtige Aufarbeitung.
Wenn heute ein SPÖ Funktionär Ganser, Russia Today, russische Botschaft und Fakes über ukrainische Hitlergrüße im 🇦🇹Parlament teilt und die SPÖ nichts dagegen tut, klingt die angebliche "klare Haltung" wie eine Verhöhnung.
" Sachs stand darüber hinaus im Dezember 2022 dem russischen Fernsehmoderator und Kriegsbefürworter Wladimir Solwjow Rede und Antwort. Solowjow hat öfter dazu aufgerufen, auch Deutschland und Großbritannien anzugreifen."
"Marcus Strohmeier vom internationalen Referat des ÖGB ist davon nicht begeistert. Die Russland-Connections von Organisation und Auftretenden seien "sehr unangenehm", sagt er."
Kherson has no "Russian part"; it is Ukrainian territory. There are parts that are occupied by Russian forces.
Moreover, there is no "mayor" and no "authorities," only an illegal Russian puppet administration set up by the Kremlin.🧵
There is also no "Moscow-backed local government" or anything of the sort, implying a separatist uprising prior to the full-scale invasion, which never existed. This wording was already incorrect in 2014 and remains even more incorrect now.
The people who illegally seized control of Ukrainian territories are Russian military forces, and the criminals of the Russian occupation regime, which was fully initiated by the Kremlin. The presence of certain collaborators does not alter this fact.