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Putin’s Propaganda Campaign
National Review ^
| 04/16/2014
| Jillian Kay Melchior
Posted on 04/16/2014 6:04:01 PM PDT by Siegfried X
Edited on 04/16/2014 6:18:14 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Ivan Yakovina, a Russian foreign correspondent, sat across from me in a Cupid-themed bar not far from Kievs Independence Square, downing mugs of beer and complaining about the evils of Putins propaganda in other words, expressing the views that recently cost him his job.
Reporting the truth in a time of lying is a crime in itself, Yakovina said in perfectly fluent English, one of several languages he speaks. He lives in Lviv, the only city in Ukraine that is remotely tolerable, he insists. Despite his general dislike for the country, he and several of his colleagues at the popular Russian news site Lenta.ru wrote truthfully about recent events there, which didnt go over well in Moscow, Yakovina says.
[Galina Timchenko], our editor-in-chief, was there [in Moscow], and she was told, Keep [your reporters] calm or take them away from Ukraine. . . . [The demonstrations in Kiev] should look like a complete mess: dirt, blood, destruction, mud, Yakovina says, adding that the publication was instructed to rely mostly on the stories from Russias state-run media instead of original reporting. She was a very heroic woman, resisting against this for months.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: putin
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This article talks about Putin's use of propaganda "to rebuild post-Soviet Russia through aggression". This is a long term plan which has been in progress for over a decade in the Ukraine.
To: Siegfried X
Putin ain’t alone in this, nearly every story on the US MSM is filled with government propaganda.
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posted on
04/16/2014 6:08:46 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Four Cokes And A Fried Chicken)
To: Bobalu
Putin aint alone in this
No kidding, its like the 60s have returned.
3
posted on
04/16/2014 6:11:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Siegfried X
Two decades of incredibly corrupt government, and a nation all but controlled by the most violent criminal mafias in Europe, is likely far more responsible for the loss of “identity” than Putin, I think.
Tough to be nationalistic when there isn’t much to be proud of. Just look at the state of Ukraine’s military.
4
posted on
04/16/2014 6:12:14 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
To: Bobalu
5
posted on
04/16/2014 6:14:03 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: tcrlaf
Only dear Vlado can restore the “honor” of the Ukrainians.
6
posted on
04/16/2014 6:15:15 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Siegfried X
Putin has a lot of accomplices who are financing this.
They all do business inside Russia - the evil empire !
Call them up and tell them to pull out of Russia.
32 Advisors LLC
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie
Aerolase Corporation
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Alcoa
Alfa Bank
Alliance Logistics
Almaz Capital Partners
American Chamber of Commerce in Russia
American Councils for International Education
American International Group (AIG)
American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation
American Superconductor Corp
Amgen, Inc.
APCO Worldwide
Apple, Inc.
Argus Limited
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Association of Regional Banks of Russia
Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers, Inc.
Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
Aviahelp Group, JSC
Avon Products, Inc.
BNSF Logistics
BNY Mellon
BP America Inc.
Baker & McKenzie
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Baker Hughes B.V.
Bank of America
Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Baxter
BayRu LLC
Bentley Systems
Berry Moorman P.C.
Black & Veatch Corporation
The Boeing Company
BoKom International Consulting
Boston Scientific
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
CRDF Global
Cameron
Capital Legal Services International LLC
Capital Research and Management Company
Cargill, Incorporated
Case New Holland
Caterpillar Inc.
CDNetworks
Celgene
Center for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
Center for Entrepreneurship
ChemDiv, Inc.
Chevron Corporation
Chrysler Group LLC
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citi
CLAAS North America Holdings
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
The Coca-Cola Company
ConocoPhillips
Council for U.S.-Russia Relations
Cummins Inc.
DHL Express
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Dechert LLP
Deere & Company
Deloitte
Dentons
EMC Corporation
Eagle Consulting International
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Ecolab
Edelman
Educational Testing Service
Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners
E.J. Krause & Associates, Inc.
Emerging Markets Institute, Cornell University
Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc.
EY
Eurasia Foundation
Exxon Mobil Corporation
FWH and Associates LLC
Feldmans Consulting
First International Resources
Fluor Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Fort Ross Conservancy
Fund-Operator of Program to Procure Financial Assistance to the Skolkovo Fund Innovative Projects
Gazprom Export
General Electric Company
General Motors Company
Google
Greville Group N.A., LLC .
Guardian Industries Corporation
Harriman Institute, Columbia University
Hermitage Museum Foundation
Hewlett-Packard Company
Highland Project Logistics, Inc.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies
IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
IPG Photonics Corporation
Institute for Health Policy Analysis
Innovative Pharma - Association of Pharmaceutical Companies
Integrum Worldwide
Interconnect Management Corporation
International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc.
International Paper
International Research and Exchange Board (IREX)
JTI Marketing and Sales
John Tedstrom Associates, LLC
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Day
JPMorgan Chase Bank
KPMG
Kalorama Partners, LLC
Kazan National Research Technological University
Kennan Institute
Ketchum, Inc.
Kidsave International
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
King & Spalding LLP
Law Offices of Ethan S. Burger
Law Office of Daniel J. Rothstein, P.C.
Lawson International, Inc.
Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
LegaLife LLC
Eli Lilly & Company
Lindsay Corporation
Loomis Associates International LLC
MSD Pharmaceuticals
Marchmont Capital Partners
Marks & Sokolov, LLC
Marriott Hotels of Moscow
MARS, Incorporated
McLarty Associates
Medtronic, Inc.
Mercator XXI, LLC
MetLife
Microsoft Corporation
Mid-Atlantic — Russia Business Council
Moscow State Mining University
New Ad Age International, Inc.
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New Sensor Corporation
NUKEM Inc.
Open World Leadership Center
Osnovsky & Associates
PBN Hill+Knowlton Strategies
PwC
Parker Drilling
Partnership for International Business Development
Penetron Russia Group of Companies
PepsiCo, Inc.
Petroleum Advisory Forum
Pettibone International LLC
Pfizer Inc.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Philip Morris Sales and Marketing Ltd.
Procter & Gamble
Progresstech Group of Companies
QUALCOMM Inc.
RB International Finance (USA) LLC
RDO Equipment Company
Rachmaninoff Competitions & Festivals, Inc.
Ramla Benaissa Architects
Renova Group of Companies
The Risk Advisory Group plc
Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
RUSAL
RUSNANO, JSC
Russian Agricultural Bank
Russian American Foundation
Russian-American Business Council
SPP Management, Inc.
Sberbank of Russia
Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical Company (SPbEC)
Schlumberger Limited
Siguler Guff & Company, LLC
Sobolev & Partners Legal Services, LLC
Squire Sanders
State Solutions LLP
Summa Group
T. Thomson & Associates
TD International, LLC
T.D. Williamson, Inc.
TMK IPSCO
Tecom Group Inc.
Transkor Group Inc.
Trans-NET, Inc.
Trident Capital
Trident Group, LLC
UFG Asset Management
UPS
The U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law
USA Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC)
U.S.-Russia Chamber of Commerce (USRCC)
United Technologies Corporation
VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation
VTB Group
Valley Irrigation
Vanga Capital
Visa Inc.
Vnesheconombank
Volga-Dnepr Group of Companies
Vostok Service
The Walt Disney Company
White & Case LLC
White Nights Foundation of America
William T. Robinson PLLC
WorldBusiness Capital, Inc.
WorldTrade Executive, a part of Thomson Reuters.
Xerox Corporation
Zimmer, Inc.
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posted on
04/16/2014 6:23:47 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: Bobalu
Putin aint alone in this, nearly every story on the US MSM is filled with government propaganda.Putin's KGB is the godfather of propaganda. They taught the US media all they know.
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posted on
04/16/2014 6:26:10 PM PDT
by
FreeReign
To: FreeReign
No, actually Ivy Lee invented it, and the USSR didn’t exist yet.
9
posted on
04/16/2014 6:28:28 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: Siegfried X
How will we know Russian Soviet propaganda from regular mainstream US Soviet propaganda?
10
posted on
04/16/2014 6:33:34 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
To: 1rudeboy
What honor, working in the extermination camps, joining the SS, or helping round up and murder Jews?
Come on, they've been down so long it looks like up to them and they'll hop on the bandwagon of whoever is promising them the best deal at the moment.
Vlad doesn't hold a candle to Hitler and hordes of them waited in long lines for their turn to kiss Hitler's rear. Let them and the Russians kill each other til the cows come home and send both sides free ammunition.
It's just another diversion for twits who care more about some other country than the do about fixing the US.
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posted on
04/16/2014 6:37:02 PM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
To: Bobalu
Right. That’s all the “Putinistas” are saying here. The difference is at least Putin seems to be a patriot and has improved the country markedly since taking over, albeit from a low benchmark.
We can’t help but scoff at our often-wrong-on-basic-facts media’s hysterical, moralistic coverage of the issue as much as we laugh about the robotic Russian cant which hilariously parodies our own leaders’ hypocritical drivel about “international law” and “not using force.”
The whole scene is a black comedy.
Somehow, neocons walk into this situation and don’t get the joke.
To: Rashputin
Yup. “Untermensch,” is the term . . . but it’s only ok if the Russians use it.
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posted on
04/16/2014 6:41:15 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Monmouth78
Don’t forget, Putin is a Christian!
14
posted on
04/16/2014 6:42:49 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: PieterCasparzen
Ford, Pepsico, Exxon and Alcoa don’t want heavy sanctions. I suspect they have some pull.
To: Siegfried X
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posted on
04/16/2014 7:02:32 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: 1rudeboy
You know, the contradictions are really, really, funny.
How many days ago was it that people here on FR were saying that Putin warning about anti semitism in the Ukraine was all just propaganda? Not many.
Now, though when it's obvious, the people who said it was propaganda say, "Oh, well, sure those guys who are just like their daddies who served in the SS are anti Semites but they're pro-Russian" Funny, they dress just like the guys who supported putting the new crowd of inept dolts in power so maybe they're just typical Ukrainians who will jump on whatever bandwagon they think is winning at the moment.
So Putin was right when he said there were anti Semitic groups active in the Ukraine and the Jews who are beholden to the current "government" in the capital who said it was all propaganda were wrong.
It's really that simple.
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posted on
04/16/2014 7:08:05 PM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
To: Monmouth78
Boeing sources about 1/3 of its titanium from Russia.
Bank of America, JPM, AIG.
Check out this conference and who’s attending, scheduled for next year:
http://www.bondsloansrussia.com/
at the Ritz-Carlton, Moscow.
Sounds like the old USSR ? Sounds like pure business, Western style.
Except, Russian sovereign debt to GDP has steadily declined for a decade, it’s down to about 8% I think. Ours is over 100%.
We have 10 aircraft carriers, they have 1. Our navy has somewhere around 3,700 planes.
Russia is only a superpower because of their nukes.
Russia is no threat to the US, but is a commerce partner of the US, like every other nation of the world is.
When you look at world commerce and military power combined, we’re the world’s empire, there’s no comparison.
We’re just rejecting God and running with tons of debt thanks to bankster-control by an incestuous little group who has their minions throughout our leadership.
Banksters keep needing more central banks and institutional investors to buy our sovereign debt, otherwise the Fed can’t unwind its portfolio.
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posted on
04/16/2014 7:08:29 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: PieterCasparzen
BTW, my guess is that Russia would be very slow to confiscate property from Western companies. Even the appearance that they might do that could cause flight. More likely they would enlist them in a little regime change action at home; that a flood of corporate cash would inundate if some big bang up with Russia was bad for bidness. Bidness has some pull in American politics.
That’s why most of us laugh at the neocon hysteria over this nonsense. It’s very unlikely that even a hardcore neocon devote like Romney or even McCain would really do anything. If they did, they would get their wings clipped real quick by their paymasters.
To: tcrlaf
You are a Paid Putin Troll.
Putin is a ex KGB evil thug and you peddle his LiES here non stop.
Who are you trying to mislead and fool here,
Putin is the most dangerous Corrupt thug in Eastern Europe !
He oversaw the murder of thousands of Germans trapped behind his Iron curtain.
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posted on
04/16/2014 7:40:44 PM PDT
by
ncalburt
( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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