Situationen i Ukraina just nu.

This sampling from one individual indicates that most of the information comes from a few sites. The material can only be described as hate propaganda directed against Ukraine.

1. The content repeats several themes: atrocities are being committed by forces loyal to the Kyiv government; this government lacks broad support in the population; all who support the present government must be removed, even if they have to be slaughtered; Ukraine does not exist as a country; support for Ukraine is support for Nazism.

2. The language is calculated to dehumanize. The government and its supporters are called a junta, swine, amoeba, mongrels, Nazis, Banderites, morons, bitches.

3. An underpinning ideology is articulated by Alexander Dugin, the fascist political thinker who has Putin’s ear. Dugin insists that Ukraine does not exists, has never existed. Dugin calls upon Putin to invade Ukraine. His Eurasianism is a blend of fascism and Stalinism that calls for a revived Russia to extend its borders and to challenge the US and EU. This is now becoming Moscow’s bedrock ideology.
This propaganda is insolent and furious. and is meant to disorient.

It hardly needs to be said that any information in the above reports cannot be verified because no sources are provided. Only unspecified ‘reports,’ ‘inhabitants,’ and ‘witnesses’ are mentioned. In fact, the commentary can easily be disproved when juxtaposed with reports from reputable journalists. It is precisely for this reason that alternative news channels in Russia have being forced off the air or brought under control. A law has now been passed insisting that all bloggers register with the government.

In this kind of propaganda readers will find no attempt to discuss current socio-economic problems, corruption, or even what kind of political solution is envisaged (federalization, separation, annexation by Russia?). There is no mention of the fact that only 15.4% of people in the South-East want to join Russia, while 69.7% do not.