2y ago

Putin blames antisemitic Makhachkala riot on Ukraine, Western intelligence services

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed that the antisemitic riots in Makhachala were the result of manipulations from Western intelligence services, including those conducted from Ukrainian territory, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported on Oct. 31.

8 comments

This country man. Everything that goes wrong is always the fault of other countries (specially the west) and the few good things that happening are always Pootins success. The mind-gymnastics in the minds of Russians is of Olympic grade. Including the doping and deception.
I, for one, am completely shocked that there’s any hint of antisemitism in Russia.
LOL, came up with that conveniently fast.
Oh someone's spreading misinformation online in your country?
How strange, I can't imagine where they got that idea.
How does Kremlin itself keep track of facts and lies? It should be impossible at this rate. Their intel operations must be chaos.
- its quite simple, invert the truth or blame the west
- I believe that the take is that that's not essential.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood
  The firehose of falsehood is a propaganda technique in which a large number of messages are broadcast rapidly, repetitively, and continuously over multiple channels (such as news and social media) without regard for truth or consistency. An outgrowth of Soviet propaganda techniques, the firehose of falsehood is a contemporary model for Russian propaganda under Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  The immediate aim is to entertain, confuse, and overwhelm the audience, and disinterest in or opposition to fact-checking and accurate reporting means the propaganda can be delivered to the public more quickly than better sources.[1][2] The approach's success flouts the conventional wisdom that communication is more persuasive when it is truthful, credible, and non-contradictory.[1]
When the Russian political elite doesn't like something that happens domestically, it's called the product of foreign influence.

8 comments