Putin’s Speech on Threats to the West and Nuclear Weapons: Response to Macron and Austin Comments

Putin’s Speech on Threats to the West and Nuclear Weapons: Response to Macron and Austin Comments

The third part of Putin’s speech was devoted to threats to the West, including the use of nuclear weapons. This was the Russian dictator’s response to Macron and Austin’s remarks. “They are going to attack our territory and they are using the best possible forces. But we remember the fate of those who tried to … Read more

The President of Ukraine Expresses Concern Over Potential Russian Victory in Ukraine and Calls for Unity and Support from International Partners

The President of Ukraine Expresses Concern Over Potential Russian Victory in Ukraine and Calls for Unity and Support from International Partners

The President of Ukraine expressed concern that if the war in Ukraine were to be frozen, then countries could begin to ease sanctions and ask why a new package of sanctions and, for example, a tribunal is needed if there is no active hostilities. “If the war in Ukraine is frozen, Russia will have time … Read more

Religious Violence and Ideological Manipulation in Russian Politics: Putin’s Orthodox Christmas Meeting and Missile Attacks on Ukraine

Religious Violence and Ideological Manipulation in Russian Politics: Putin’s Orthodox Christmas Meeting and Missile Attacks on Ukraine

The past week was marked by religious violence on Russian television. Namely, the week started with the constantly praised Russian missile attack on Ukraine in the news broadcasts, which international political analysts and journalists rather call terrorist. Meanwhile, the Russians themselves continued their lie that the strikes were only targeting military infrastructure and factories producing … Read more

Putin’s Press Conference: Ukraine, NATO, and Traditional Values

Putin’s Press Conference: Ukraine, NATO, and Traditional Values

Positioning itself as the most democratic country in the world, which is no stranger to the persecution of dissenters, the propagandists, of course, withheld the news that the well-known writer and playwright Ivan Viripayev, whose plays have also been staged in Latvian theaters and who currently lives in Poland, was sentenced to eight years in … Read more

Russian Rejoice over Wilders’ Victory: Impact on Ukraine and EU

Russian Rejoice over Wilders’ Victory: Impact on Ukraine and EU

Russians are happy for Wilders Kremlin propagandists openly rejoiced at the results of the Dutch parliamentary elections, where the far-right Freedom Party and its leader Geert Wilders won the laurels. The Russians claimed that there was panic in Brussels over this fact, but the group of Russia’s friends, along with Orban’s Hungary and Fico’s Slovakia, … Read more

The Rift Between Russia and Israel: How Propaganda Shapes Perceptions of the Israel-Gaza Conflict

The Rift Between Russia and Israel: How Propaganda Shapes Perceptions of the Israel-Gaza Conflict

Although the propagandists began their talk about the war in Israel with a sentence condemning Hamas’ attacks on civilians, what followed was nothing but lamentations about how terribly Israel is treating the people of Gaza, that Palestinians are being exterminated simply because they are Palestinians. In fact, a person who gets his information only from … Read more

The Complex Task of Russian Ideologues: Creating Coherence between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union while Justifying Actions in Ukraine

The Complex Task of Russian Ideologues: Creating Coherence between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union while Justifying Actions in Ukraine

In general, Russian ideologues have a very difficult task. Since they have declared that there is no page in Russian history to be ashamed of, they must somehow put together such antagonistic formations as the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. This, of course, creates a certain cognitive dissonance, which probably the propagandists themselves are … Read more

Analysis of Latvian Media Space: Priorities and Russian Narratives

Analysis of Latvian Media Space: Priorities and Russian Narratives

Expanding the weekly review of Russian television propaganda analysis “Behind the curtain”, we publish the second monthly analysis of Latvian media space priorities, paying attention to their correlation with Russian narratives. In Latvian news broadcasts in June, apart from economy and security, the Song Festival, the government transformation process, traffic, education, health and other topics … Read more

Russian Propaganda and Accusations: Did Ukraine Really Blow Up the Dam on Zelensky’s Orders?

The Ukrainians allegedly blew up the dam on the orders of Zelensky, who has not the slightest intention of preserving the country’s territory, as his only goal is to destroy Russia. Political scientist, professor of the Higher School of Economics Dmitrijs Yevstafievs went even further. He declared that the Ukrainians were worse than Hitler, because … Read more

Russian Propaganda: The Truth Behind the Unreported Civilian Casualties in Ukraine

The past week passed without surprises on the ideological front of Russian propagandists. Predictably, throughout the week propagandists tirelessly discussed the drone attacks on Moscow and the attacks on the Belgorod region, especially the city of Shebekina. As usual, belligerent threats were made to wipe Kharkiv from the face of the earth, from which the … Read more