DISINFO: Russian-language media are an example of objective reporting on WWII events
SUMMARY
Russian language media are an example of precise and objective reporting on WWII events, compared to media in the Baltic States, Poland and some other Eastern European countries who openly distort the truth about the war.
RESPONSE
This case is part of the ongoing Russian disinformation campaign to present the Kremlin’s version of World War II which portrays the Red Army as liberators from the Nazis while ignoring the impact of the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, denouncing references to it as ‘revisionism’. Russian media have been playing a part of this scheme of disinformation on WWII for a long time now.
You can see other examples of this disinformation narratives in our dabatase, such as denounciations of the European Parliament for its alleged attempts to demonise Russia, or accusations of revisionism against Poland and the Baltics which aim to hide their own cooperation with Nazi Germany and the Polish responsibility for the outbreak of WWII with the objective of obtaining economic benefits, or that it does not wish to condemn anti-Semitism, to weaken Russia’s stance on the international stage and ultimately, to destroy Russia.