Russian Propaganda
| "Russian Propaganda" (propaganda, projection) | |
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| "Russian Propaganda" is much talked about recently by NATO-aligned countries. |
This page is about the charge levelled against Russia by other nation states. Not-to-be confused with actual propaganda by Russia.
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“What's funny about all this is that by constantly warning of the dangers of Russian propaganda, imperial spinmeisters are admitting that they know it's possible to manipulate public thought at mass scale using media. They're just lying about who's doing it to us. In reality, they're not worried about Russian propaganda. "Russian propaganda" is just a spooky story we are told to keep us from noticing that our civilisation is saturated in US propaganda.”
Caitlin Johnstone (31 August 2022) We're Being Trained To Worry About 'Russian Propaganda' While Drowning In US Propaganda [1]
"Russian Propaganda" is a component of the 21st century effort to reboot the Cold War. This page summarises this modern meme, many components of which itself looks increasingly like propaganda. In August 2022, Caitlin Johnstone entitled an article "Russian Propaganda" Just Means Disobedience.[2]
Official narrative
NATO's official narrative is that Russia engages in propaganda, unlike Western countries.Template:Cn
History
The origins of the modern promotion of the concept of "Russian Propaganda" are unclear.
PropOrNot
- Full article: PropOrNot
- Full article: PropOrNot
In 2016, as part of the "Fake News Website" project, an unidentified group set up PropOrNot. This published a list of 200 sites that it claimed were engaged in "Russian propaganda". Some such as RT were Russian run, others (such as this website) have no known Russian connection.
PropOrNot did not claim they were all organised by Russia and specifically included sites which were unknowingly repeating "Russian Propaganda", which it referred to as "useful idiots".
As projection
Purported "Russian Propaganda" may in some instances be in the eye of the beholder - i.e. a psychological projection of the intentions of those who are themselves spreading propaganda against Russia.
Specific rebuffs
US weapons shipments to Syrian
In 2017 Bulgaria journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva received documents from 'Anonymous Bulgaria' pertaining to shipment of US weapons. Her article, which included document scans, suggested that the CIA was using diplomatic flights to transfer US arms to groups such as the Al Nusra Front.
In an August 2018 opinion piece entitled ‘Fake News’ Takes to the Air, Sam Ross for International Policy Digest described Gaytandzhieva as an "overly ambitious reporter who had previously never written in English let alone on matters as intricate as airline diplomacy." He claimed that the story was part of a "‘Black PR’ campaign... to besmirch the reputation of and the relationships hosted by longstanding U.S. military contractors such as Silk Way Airlines". He claimed that the source documents stemmed from a July 2017 "hack made on the Azerbaijani Embassy of Bulgaria, undertaken by ‘Anonymous Bulgaria’ (with IP-address roots linked to Russia)". He cited no sources for his information and did not link to the article concerned.[3]
Exposure
The Integrity Initiative leaks revealed that the UK deep state was engaged in a multi-million pound effort to promote the concept of "Russian Propaganda.