Inhemsk rysk krigspropaganda

I Rossiiskaja Pederastsija har de statskontrollerade TV-kanalerna i ett par månaders tid inte gjort mycket annat än öst hat över Ukraina, västmakterna och alla andra upplevda motståndare till imperiets "storhet". Ett hat av en art som för tankarna till Goebbels och Ehrenburgs mörkaste dagar. När man här på Flashback läser godtyckligt valda inlägg av Putlers pussgurkor, i synnerhet de ånyo ut i kylan förpassade VVPip-pip-pooptin och ÄrrkenötFound404 märker man klart var dessa sluskar tillägnat sig sin debattkonst.

Den franska historikern och sovjetologen Françoise Thom ger oss ett antal exempel på hatretoriken och herrefolksmentaliteten i denna artikel. Jag varnar för att det är fruktansvärt obehaglig läsning. (Haka inte upp er på att vissa personnamn är transkriberade på franskt eller tyskt vis).

Putin: Flirting With Armageddon
https://en.desk-russie.eu/2022/01/28...rmageddon.html

Let’s give some samples of what the Russian viewer heard on the evening of January 16. During Wladimir Soloviev’s program, we witnessed a torrent of hatred against Ukraine, quickly transformed into a call to murder: “Ukraine will be liquidated”.
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Other “russophobes” are not forgotten: first and foremost, Great Britain. Dmitri Evstafiev, professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, rants: “We must compel the United States to force the United Kingdom to denuclearize! Because it sucks!!! Britain is a monkey with a grenade!!!”. And of course the Baltic States: “You can’t even call them [Baltic countries] countries”. Europe attracts the worst imprecations, in the foul language of thugs that now characterizes Russian diplomats and “experts”: “If we want, we will fuck the European Union from behind”. These buffoons only ape their president, who at his annual conference, speaking of the West, said: “To hell with you and your concerns!”

Even more chilling is the obvious elation with which a nuclear strike against the West is evoked by the Kremlin’s choir. Propagandists no longer hesitate to claim that Russia could survive a nuclear war, while Western countries would be vitrified. Hiroshima, the Russian viewer is reminded, is a beautiful city, it has become much better than before the atomic bombing. Soloviev yelps: “Who told you that there can be no winner in a nuclear war? I think there can be a winner — Russia!”

Thom nämner också den putinistiska synen på hur små stater handlar - de är alltid styrda utifrån, deras ledare är verktyg för Soros eller globalisterna eller någon annan ondskefull makt, folket har ingen egen vilja, de som är kritiska till Ryssland lider av "russofåbi", de har blivit "hjärntvättade", "indoktrinerade" eller något ännu värre .. Ett synsätt som FB:s "ryssvänner" anammat till fullo.

Putin’s vision has a blind spot: it leaves no room for freedom, and his entire policy can be deduced from this infirmity of his psyche. If the Ukrainians rebel against their pro-Russian president, it is because they are manipulated by the West. If anti-Putin demonstrators take to the streets, it is because Hillary Clinton has plotted to create a fifth column in Russia.

Just den ryska uppfattningen att Ukraina är "manipulerat" noteras i fler analyser, till exempel i denna från BBC.

Kremlin media: Ukraine preparing to attack, not Russia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60140566

Worrying as tensions with Ukraine are, they are seen by Kremlin-controlled media as part of a wider, more important story - that of a long-running confrontation between Russia and the West.

Ukraine itself is portrayed as nothing more than a failing state incapable of pursuing an independent policy, and is therefore manipulated by the Russia-hating West.

Russian officials and the media have developed their own vocabulary to present their argument: "the collective West" is accused of waging a campaign of "military assimilation" of Ukraine and is "pumping weapons" into the country.

The US and the UK are seen as particularly die-hard adversaries of Russia, and are often referred to as "the Anglo-Saxons".

BBC har för övrigt även en intressant artikel om hur man i Estland utbildar hela folket i medieläskunnighet, och försöker lära medborgarna att redan i ett mycket tidigt skede vara på sin vakt mot propaganda, fake news och manipulation.

The country inoculating against disinformation
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2...disinformation

Last year the tiny nation ranked third in the 2021 Media Literacy Index, compiled by the European Policies Initiative of the Open Society Institute (OSI), behind Finland and Denmark. In the index of 35 European countries, top-rated nations have the highest potential to withstand disinformation and misinformation based on their quality of education, free media and high trust among people, according to OSI.
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Other countries are also trying to learn from Estonia's approach. Ahead of the November 2020 elections, US military officials visited Estonia to learn about combating Russian cyberwar tactics. The UK Parliament also in 2020 heard evidence from Kumpas of the Estonian government to learn about the country's media literacy programs and how they can help its citizens "understand digital propaganda in its position as a near neighbour of Russia".

Ytterligare en belysande artikel om det ryska disinformationskriget står att läsa hos Institute for War and Peace Reporting IWPR. Här kan man läsa om tidigare ryska fejknyheter om Ukraina, till exempel den korsfästa pojken och de fullkomligt dråpliga skrönorna om MH17.
De senaste månadernas truppförflyttningar till Ukrainas gräns hade föregåtts av noga upplagda disinformationskampanjer på ryskt håll.

Ukraine: Russia Mobilises Disinfo Alongside Military
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/ukrai...gside-military[indent]Remarkably, the activity of pro-Kremlin actors online started to increase rapidly in mid-October 2021, two weeks prior to the first reports of a Russian military build-up at Ukraine’s borders. This may indicate that a sudden spike in pro-Kremlin disinformation activity might be a precursor to a military escalation by Russia.
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The narratives included reports that Ukrainian soldiers were responsible for killing civilians in Donbas, ahead of a planned military offensive there including the use of chemical weapons. Other arguments, such as the US was trying to drag the EU into war by supporting Ukraine, or that NATO expansion was a threat to Russia, were also put forward.

“There is no doubt it is a coordinated campaign,” said Maria Avdeeva, research director at the European Expert Association, who focuses on combating disinformation and cyber threats. “Pro-Kremlin disinformation actors now mostly target Western audiences with the goal to persuade them that Russian demands are legitimate.”