#russian propaganda

[swamp-cats-den]

Oh to be a Ukrainian and accidentally check the notes about yet another genocidal act of russians against your people only to discover a tumblr user marxizm4eva reblogged by blorbostalin go at the Ukrainian OP with 'well, actually, here's the truly reliable kremlin source saying poor little russia didn't do it, you uncultured American spy!' because, apparently, anti-american imperialism implies believing that only westerners can post on the internet, there's surely no way those backward wildlings from Eastern Europe could have WiFi and know English!

#Ukraine #russian war crimes #russian propaganda #western left is doing well I see #just about as useless as the UN #a reminder: if you spread misinfo like 'oh but russia didn't blow up the kakhovka hpp' #drown in shit

[ohsalome]

I'm sure that when Karel Havlíček Borovský said "russians call everything russian slavic to call everything slavic russian", he wasn't talking about videogames; but the shoe fits

#ukraine #russia #russian propaganda #videogames #panslavism #russian exceptionalism #stalker #metro #metro exodus #chernobylite #underrail

[i-merani]

This is a WIRED article from 2018 about Russia's propaganda/disinformation campaign on Tumblr.

The thing is, while Tumblr has addressed it in the past, it is very clear that Russia still uses trolls on this site. The list that they've provided of Russia-linked blogs back then isn't available anymore (I can't access it). The reason I'm posting this now is because I see a lot of people posting screenshots of pro-russian users and I want you to know that there's high chance that these users you are interacting with might be a troll spreading Russian propaganda. With the invasion of Ukraine these blogs must have intensified their activities so you can imagine the state of disinformation on this site.

Here's a useful article on how to spot russian bots/shills

#russia #russian propaganda #propaganda #disinformation #politics #ukraine #mine #information war

[suratan-zir]

It's been wild watching how far russia is willing to go to justify the genocide in Ukraine. They are willing to use the tragedy and the cold dead bodies of their own civilians to explain why they are killing us. They aren't even good at lying, but somehow it's always enough to make someone believe.

At first they said the terrorists arrived in a car with ukrainian license plates. Then disproved it. They said the terrorists were moving towards the Belarusian border. Then quickly changed that version to the Ukrainian border instead. Apparently, the citizens of Tajikistan recruited by ISIS worked for Ukraine. When putin shits his pants, it's because the Ukrainians forced him to.

Not even a few hours had passed before the russians got to writing on the shells with which they bomb Ukraine that this is their revenge for the Moscow's Crocus Hall. "To the pigs (that's what they call us) for the Crocus Hall"

This is not surprising in the slightest. But it is still wild to see. Russian society is sick. There is nothing sacred for them. No empathy even for their own. No respect for the victims. Everything revolves around one goal: to justify their hatred and their crimes.

#watching videos of the shooting i realized i do not yet hate the russians as much as i'd like to #despite everything they are doing to us #despite my area being bombed the same night that happened #russian propaganda #war in ukraine #ukraine

[charlesoberonn]

I wish the muskrat was on that plane.

#elon musk #russian propaganda #prigozhin #anti antivaxx #antivaxx lies

[srebrnafh]

Check Before You Reblog advice:

In case of posts about Ukraine, if you see ANTI-WAR rhetoric, always pause and think. What is this post calling for?

stopping Western "involvement in the war"

stopping US/UK/France "support of aggression"

stopping Western "intervention in democratic processes"

If so, think what it translates to.

It mostly translates to "stop giving Ukraine weapons that are Right Now Stopping Russia from rolling over the entire country". It translates to "stop helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia". It translates, in short, to "just fuck off and let Russia do what it wants".

It is a pro-Russian propaganda. And even if it claims it is Just Simply Against All That Violence or Just Against The War In General, it's still a fucking pro-Ruskies propaganda, because that would be the result. If they got what they say, if West (and I mean by it "old NATO countries") stopped providing Ukraine with support, well, that war would be over very quickly. By having all Ukraine overrun by Russians and all Ukrainians dead, kidnapped, raped or beaten into submission.

I'm not saying it would be moments. Days. Weeks even. I'm pretty sure "new NATO countries" would do what they can - pretty certainly our MOD in Poland would scramble whatever half-decent tank they could spare to send, because it is FUCKING NEXT DOOR to us. But that would not have lasted long. You can't defend against missiles with sheer bravery and boldness. Nobody can. Not for long.

And yes, it would end the war. With the outcome favourable only to Russia.

And then, having proven that Western assurances of support mean FUCK ALL (because you know why Ukraine gave up all its nuclear arsenal? you know? if you don't, go away and find out...), they would not hesitate to gobble up whatever other country was available next. And then they'd start nibbling on NATO borders, because apparently nobody cares, so why not try Poland. Kurica nie ptica, Polsza nie zagranica - Chicken isn't a proper bird and Poland is not a proper foreign country. Let's take Poland then, and roll over it, blooding what we can...

Back to the topic.

Check what you reblog. Don't disseminate pro-Russian propaganda. Don't reblog "I don't like Putin but USSR was kind of OK" shit. Don't share "Well the collapse of USSR was an error" - these are all RU agitprop talking points.

#ukraine #war in ukraine #russian propaganda #take care what you share

[odinsblog]

Abby Philip very plainly and publicly called Tucker Carlson a liar on an internationally televised media outlet. Ask yourself why Tucker Carlson didn’t immediately file a defamation lawsuit against Ms. Philip and CNN. And if he does file a flimsy, face saving, “for show” lawsuit, ask yourself why he will lose.

Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Party, the NRA, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have been purchased by the Kremlin. They are all Russian assets spreading Russian talking points, disinformation and pro-Putin propaganda directly from their bosses in the Kremlin. (sources)

#politics #ukraine #russia #donald trump #tucker carlson #abby philip #republicans #traitors #fox news #russian propaganda #misinformation #disinformation #russian assets #russian invasion of ukraine #russia is a terrorist state #vladimir putin is a war criminal #🇺🇦 #treason #tre45on #benadict donald

[lichozestudni]

the fact that Germany attacked Poland in 1939 under the pretext that Poland was persecuting Germans living in Poland and now Russia is attacking Ukraine under the pretext that Ukrainians are persecuting Russians in Ukraine is simply terrifying. The brainwashed Russians keep saying that they are defending themselves against Ukraine. It's really pathetic Nazi propaganda. The Russians have learned nothing from Germany's Nazi history. Every aggressor says it's a defensive war. Finally learn it, citizens of Russia, and leave your neighbor's territory.

but also when you tell the Russians to stop attacking Ukraine, they say, but America causes wars too!!

do you have to copy this thing from America too, you clowns?

#russian clowns #wwii #ww2 #second world war #russian invasion of ukraine #stand with ukraine #poland #ukrainian #ukraine #world war 2 #russia is a terrorist state #russian invasion #help ukraine #russian war crimes #russian terrorism #support ukraine #russian imperialism #russian propaganda #kyiv #stop terrorism

[luminalunii97]

I couldn't not share this!

#iran #mahsa amini #iran protests #human rights #irgcterrorists #russian propaganda

[mask131]

I wanted to make this post last year but I got caught up in events (plus I couldn't find back my sources). But given the recent international events have completely turned away most media's attention from the Russian war on Ukraine, I thought it was finally time to make this post.

Because I want to talk about something truly crazy. Something that shows how deep Russia's distortion, warping and twisting of the Christian religion went - and how back there, we're back to the times of holy inquisitions.

Many people have covered the fact that the propaganda of Putin over Russia isn't just mediatic and politic but also religious. There were many viral reports and TV reports and investigations about how the higher-ups of the Russian Orthodox Church were in Putin's pocket, openly shared Putinist propaganda during their religious offices, declared that the war against Ukraine was a "holy war" that God wanted, that Putin was merely the agent and arm of God - there was this whole thing about the Patriarch blessing the weapons of the Russian soldiers sent to the front, and about him explicitely saying that the Devil and/or the Antichrist was in Ukraine.

But there is something that is even bigger and more shocking than that, and that shows how in Russia war = religion. It is a building: the Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces.

The building of this cathedral started in 2018, but it was only completed in 2020. The cathedral is technically a religious building, but the main reason of its existence is to celebrated the "various military feats of Russia", chief among which - the Russian victory over the Nazis during World War II. The completion of the cathedral was done on the Victory Day celebrating the Soviet Union crushing the Nazis ; and it was opened on the "Day of Remembrance and Sorrow" (a commemoration of when the Nazis turned against the Soviet Union and tried to march over it). There's something about "the resurrection of Christ" in there, but let's be honest, this was built exclusively for and around war.

This building is absolutely grandiose, without a doubt - and its beauty and enormity is a proof of Russia's dedication to its unique mix of religion and military matters. In fact it was considered one of the great monuments of Russia... until the Ukrainian attacks made people reconsider what this symbol ACTUALLY meant.

And the thing with this building is that it was FILLED with carefully-thought war symbolism. For example, take the main dome's diameter: 19,45 meters... To symbolize the year when World War II stopped (1945). [Another source rather claims that the dome's diameter is 22,43 meters but it doesn't change the symbol: the Nazi capitulation was signed at 22h43]. There is a small dome that is 14,18 meters in height - because the conflict between the Nazis and the Soviet Union lasted 1 418 days and nights. And the belfry is 75 meters tall... because 75 years had passed between 2020 and the end of World War II. By the way, did you know that when Russians talk of the end of World War II and how they helped defeat the Nazis, they do not speak of the "World War"? No, they rather speak of "the end of the Great Patriotic War". Because the conflict between the USSR and the Nazis wasn't part of any world conflict, oh no! It was just one specific war against the patry - aka Russia. The total height of the Church is a reference to Saint Vladimir's (the one who Christianized the Rus lands) birth date, etc etc...

Things get better - the steps and floors of the cathedral are made of metal. Metal made from the melted war trophies taken from the Nazis - their weapons an their tanks for example. As such, the Russians will forever walk on the remains of their old ennemies. The church's saints are carefully chosen as the patron-saints of the Russian military: saint Elijah the Prophet, saint Barbara, saint Fyodor Ushakov... All organized in the four sections of the church, each dedicated to a different branch of the army; ground forces, navy, aerospace military and strategic missile forces. There's a lot of depictions of Jesus wielding a sword too.

And then we go to the mosaics... Ah, the mosaics! These mosaics are not about the history of Christianity, but about the military history of Russia, each one depicting a great battle or a great Russian victory. You have several depictions of the orders of the Red Army overthrowing the Imperial forces in Russia, you also have depictions of the Soviet (or Communist) successes during World War II of course - there's the Battle of Stalingrad, there's the Reichstag fire... You also have more recent depictions of soldiers, with a kalashnikov in their hands... And of course, the latest mosaic depicting the latest "Russian military success" at the date of the Cathedral's fundation: the annexation of Crimea.

This mosaic was in fact part of a dual scandal, before while the Cathedral was built, two images were leaked of two intended mosaics - one for the Crimea annexation and one for the (exclusively Soviet of course) victory over the Nazis in World War II (sorry, "The Great Patriotic War"). And the scandal was because on the latter Stalin was depicted, and on the former it was Putin who was on the mosaic. There was a big outcry, and ultimately the artists of the cathedral decided to remove the faces of Putin and Stalin... But not before asking for Putin's opinion first, and then - this is very symbolic - their faces were replaced by icons.

Yeah all of this is kind of overwhelming - but one has to remember that in Russia, the Orthodox Church is on the same level as the various ministeries of Putin. The Patriarch Kirill, who consecrated the cathedral, has as such openly supported Putin's war and politics - invited and present at all of Putin's government meetings alongside his various ministers, the Patiarch has also placed in his sermons the exact same slogans and words used by the televisual Russian propaganda. In spring 2022, he held a whole sermon about how the Russian people had to stand together as brothers again the treacherous and wicked West - and added that the reason the Donbas distrusted the Russian Orthodox Church was because of the "vile phenomenon" of the Gay Pride - and added that it was against the corruption of the West, and the anti-religious "gay propaganda", that Russia was fighting - that it was to eliminate THIS that they threw bombs over Ukraine.

Speaking of that I almost forgot! Very recently the cathedral added a new stained glass to its windows... One made with broken glass shards from Mariupol, collected during the Russian attack.

And let's not forget how the Patriarch promised to absolve all the Russians sent to the front who would die on the battlefield against the Ukrainians (the SAME kind of words that were used in the Middle-Ages for the crusades!) - because, and I quote, "such a sacrifice will cleanse you of all human sin". And at the beginning of 2023 (if I recall well), the Patriarch went as far as to say that if Russia didn't win this war, "someone" (he didn't specify who) but SOMEONE would appear "with the intentions of dominating, and then destroying the world" (aka, the Antichrist). This was later backed up by Dmitry Medvedev, who added that the real goal of the war against Ukrainian was to "stop the supreme leader of Hell" (and this time he dropped names, but several at once - Satan, Lucifer, Iblis).

We are literaly back to medieval crusades and to the crazy witch-hunts. Russian propagandists will stop at nothing to convince people that everything is evil outside of Russia.

"But..." you're going to say, "Not all Orthodox Russian priests can be falling for this crap!". And indeed you are right, there are priests in the Russian Orthodox Church that called out the fact Christianity was about peace, not war. The problem is that the higher-ups of the Church have started a hunt for all priests that advocate for peace rather than war - and they simply kick them out of the Church and revoke their status as priests. The Orthodox priests who refuse to see their faith turned into political propaganda are forced to flee into other Orthodox countries to maintain their status as priests.

#russia #putin's russia #ukraine #war on ukraine #russian propaganda #russian orthodox church #cathedral of russian armed forces #war horrors #religious horror #patriarch kirill #ukrainian war #the dark side of christianity #religious propaganda #i don't even know how to tag this

[wintersmitth]

Not to be this girl, but too many people on this webbed site who profess to hate and punch fascists are absolutely lapping up to the less obvious russian propaganda. It's all big words until it's Ukrainians begging to not give platform to z-supporters and/or ukrainophobes.

#sansael talks #war in ukraine #russian propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #russia is a terrorist state

[ksenka-zarazka]

“Why is the situation with the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station so beautiful? I explain. In this war, we will always have one main trump card that can be used against the Ukrainian (“khokhol” slur was used). And it's not even about nuclear weapons. This is the dam of the Kyiv reservoir. A small thin bridge that is held back by millions of tons of water that will instantly rush into Kyiv and wash these Augean stables down the drain. The dam is old, rotten, rusty. You don't need many missiles. Hundreds of thousands of Kyivans, especially those who live on the lower left bank, are likely to die instantly. Kyiv will never recover from this catastrophe. I'm sure this dam is a ticking time bomb whose timer has already started ticking. Thanks to the USSR for this trump card up its sleeve.”

and that’s on “not all russians”. they are bloodthirsty monsters who are ready to fully destroy something they can’t have.

#war in ukraine #ukraine #fuck russia #russia is a terrorist state #russian war crimes #ukraine war #genocide of ukrainians #russian imperialism #russia ukraine war #russia must burn #russian invasion #russian culture #russian propaganda #russian war criminals #russian terrorists #russian terrorism #not all russians

[aif0s-w]

No one:

Absolutely no one:

russian officials and state media: Ukrainians are satanists

I’m not even surprised anymore, they say this bs on a daily basis

#ukraine #russian propaganda

[odinsblog]

Russia has already erased Ukraine from its textbooks and history books. Now they’re doing this. It’s textbook propaganda + imperialism. It is quite literally cultural appropriation. It’s erasure.

👉🏿 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-relabels-ukrainian-artists-arkhyp-kuindzhi-ilya-repin-1234657129/

👉🏿 https://huri.harvard.edu/news/ilya-repins-ukrainian-heritage-svitlana-shiells

👉🏿 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/19333

#politics #ukraine #russia #illia ripyn #zinaida serebriakova #russian invasion of ukraine #cultural appropriation #erasure #revisionist history #art history #kharkiv #disinformation #russian propaganda #🇺🇦