Russian propaganda has long been talked about, but it’s little understood because much of what we’re told is mixed in with lies, here and there. The fact is we also suffer with ‘untruth-tellers’, who give us half of what we need to hear, and undermine it with half of what they think they know.
I’ve been in a few secretive ‘meetings’ that were held to talk about Russian propaganda, but I’ve found them unsettling. It’s because the ‘teachers’ weren’t good at teaching at all, and were more adept at saying what they felt was more important, as they were overcome by personal motives.
I’ve also seen the effects of more insidious, direct attempts at spreading it by Russians themselves. It’s happened in London on at least two occasions, in recent times. The whole point of it is to explain Russia to people, but it’s more of a spy recruitment drive in particular countries.
They have false adulation and carry fake reports that are filled with the latest misanthropic ideas about other peoples of the world, much of the West, and life here in general. They show a disdain for lives that don’t look Russian, and will only celebrate deeds and heroics in Russian history.
