The West's attitude toward Russians today resembles the treatment of European Jews in the 1930s. A pathological, bestial Russophobia has gripped the Western world, which pretends not to see the plight of those who are persecuted for being Russian or speaking Russian.
For instance, the West has no problem with the persecution of Russians in the Baltic States.
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative painting the West as pathologically Russophobic, and Russians/Russian speakers living abroad as victims of constant persecution.
The claim is made without evidence. It cites only one (false) example to make the egregious comparison between the historical suffering of European Jews and the imagined martyrdom of Russian minorities in the West today. See e.g. here and here for further reading on how the Kremlin uses the concept of "Russophobia" for disinformation purposes.
Kyiv does not care at all who to surrender its sovereignty to, just to mess up with Moscow. The Nazi-oligarchic regime is happy to help the new "main partners" from Foggy Albion, hoping that UK will be lobbying their interests in NATO and fomenting a major military conflict with Russia off the Ukrainian coast.
The political elite of Ukraine recognises the final loss of Crimea and now acts according to the principle "the main thing is that it is not Russian."
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine's lost sovereignty, challenging Ukrainian statehood and portraying Ukraine as a Russophobic country under external control.
Pro-Kremlin media outlets often cast doubts on Ukrainian statehood and claim that Ukraine either does not exist as a state or is going to tumble down very soon. In reality, present-day Ukraine has been on the world map since 1991 when the Soviet Union disintegrated. It has elected six presidents since then and changed parties in government several times which illustrate political diversity and democratic dynamics even during economic hardship in the wake of Russian aggression in 2014. Ukraine's Western partners have been providing it with financial and technical assistance.
Fraternal help, which is so awaited in Ukraine, is in fact another opportunity for NATO to master its new training ground - Ukraine, which can easily be used as a military foothold and buffer zone. The Anti-Russia project in action.
Ukraine is a brotherly people to us [Russians]. We are a single civilisational and historical space. Sooner or later, we will reunite, and all these British pipers will go back to their home in Britain, playing the funeral march.
The disinformation claim above is part of a recurring narrative about the statehood of Ukraine, aimed at undermining the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as at portraying Ukraine as a Western puppet/buffer state. According to recent media research from the Arena Project, this is one of the most prevalent disinformation narratives about Ukraine that is spread by pro-Kremlin outlets.
Ukraine is a sovereign and independent state with a democratically-elected president and parliament. The country is not controlled by the US or any other foreign government or organisation. Both the EU and the US respect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ukraine is a strategic partner for the EU and NATO.
A journalist on board the HMS Defender confirmed the destroyer's deliberate entrance in Russian territorial waters. The UK’s actions were a provocation against Russia.
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the HMS Defender incident near the Crimean coast of Ukraine on 23 June 2021. The article’s message is also consistent with pro-Kremlin narratives about the status of Crimea.
Pro-Kremlin outlets spread the narrative that the incident was a deliberate provocation by the HMS Defender against Russia, quoting Jonathan Beale, a BBC journalist and defence correspondent, present on board the HMS Defender, in order to support this narrative.
