CAUSES OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF PUTIN’S PROPAGANDA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26661/Keywords:
causes of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Russian propaganda, narrative, point of view, information warfare, historical manipulationsAbstract
The article is devoted to the consideration of Putin’s version of the causes of the current Russian-Ukrainian war: the versions and narratives that the Russian propaganda machine has created and continues to create. This is done with great persistence and imagination. Putin is using propaganda to convince the world that he is right and that the war he has unleashed, which Russia calls a special military operation, is legitimate.
The aim of the study is to analyse the causes of the Russian-Ukrainian war through the prism of Putin’s propaganda.
The scientific novelty lies in the comprehensive analysis of Russian propagan- da in terms of the official Russian vision of the causes of the Russian-Ukrainian war, taking into account not only the modern fake interpretation of these events, but also old historical falsifications, born by the Soviet government and even the Russian Empire, which is now an indisputable truth for Russians. As a result, the study concludes, that the resources of the media and social networks are now actively used by the warring parties to achieve their strategic goals, so a new form of modern conflict is information confrontation, and thus propaganda comes to the fore.
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