But the truth is breaking through
is being born before our eyes. Russia’s military operation in Ukraine has ushered in a new era…Russia is restoring its unity—the tragedy of 1991, this terrible catastrophe in our history, has been overcome. Yes, at a great cost, yes, through the tragic events of a virtual civil war…but there will be no more Ukraine, as the anti-Russia.”
Ria Novosti quietly pulled the celebratory article from its site; there was nothing to celebrate. After five days of war, the Russian military machine was malfunctioning. So Russian state television cloaked it with fiction. Dmitry Kiselev, aanchor often known as “Putin’s mouthpiece” and who also controls Ria Novosti, doubled down during his two-hour long Sunday-night programme, mixing threats againstwith historical Russian claims to Ukraine and fictional stories of Ukrainian outrages.
Videos of Russia’s military losses are explained away as fakes; the destruction its forces are inflicting on cities like, in the east, as having been committed by Ukrainians. “It is hard for those who don’t know the details to make out what is happening,” a reassuring voice from Russia’s state-run Channel One told its audience on February 27th. It is far better to use information from official sources, otherwise viewers risk being told lies, it said.
Unprepared for the scale of the war or its consequences, many Russians, especially middle-class and educated ones, are horrified. Despite the risk of being arrested or beaten with truncheons,have massed and marched in several Russian cities. In the past five days, about 4,000 people have been detained, though most are swiftly released. Anonymous, an international hacking group, has joined the fray.
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