
The truth does not matter. The first hit is what sticks, no matter how false and bizarre (one example: the photo of a Ukrainian soldier munching on the severed arm of a Russian separatist). Tragedy could be avoided, but Barack Obama refuses to negotiate because he is such a weak leader, both at home and abroad. Kiselov uses the silhouette of a man holding a gun to his head to warn that any American attack will turn the Western world to ashes. for breaking missile treaties, its plans to station nuclear missiles within easy striking distance of Russia, and its reckless dispatch of nuclear bombers to test Russian borders. In a typical broadcast, he lambastes the U.S.

Russian viewers turn to flashy TV personality Dmitry Kiselov for their red meat. CIA forces and Blackwater mercenaries operating in eastern Ukraine Russian convoys bringing humanitarian aid to starving separatist regions wholesale shipments of Western arms to Ukraine and Ukrainian shellings deliberately killing children.

Broadcasts on Russia’s premier nightly news channel Vesti regularly features rising drug trafficking, gay marriage, inflation and unemployment in the U.S. The 75% of Russians who get their news from state television are fed a daily diet of anti-Americanism. aggression is to blame for troubles in Iran, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen and any other countries of turmoil around the world.Īccording to the Russian state media and a supporting army of internet trolls, Russia is the sole force for peace in the world. leaders are apparently also responsible for both the putsch against the legitimate government of Ukraine and the civil war in southeastern Ukraine. Most Americans would be shocked to learn that their government is planning a sneak attack on Russia and is actively plotting a regime change against Putin.

Russian propaganda’s portrayal of the U.S.
