Russian media: Everything is staged

More than two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s propaganda machinery is showing no signs of fatigue. On the contrary, the longer Putin’s war in Ukraine lasts, the more propaganda efforts Russian television makes. There is no sign of de-escalation.

The anniversary of the Allied victory over the German Reich is approaching. While the war in Europe ended in most regions on May 8, with the unconditional surrender taking place at 11 p.m. in 1945, May 09 had already dawned in Moscow at that time. This „Victory Day“ in the „Great Patriotic War“, as it is called in Russia, is of great symbolic importance in Russian society. Therefore, Western experts suspect that on this day, the Kremlin is hell-bent on announcing some kind of success in Ukraine.

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