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> RT's current approach seems to be to focus on Protasevich's alleged role as a propagandist for the neo nazi azov brigades in donbass and, of course, the whole
by wrinkl3 5y ago
> RT's current approach seems to be to focus on Protasevich's alleged role as a propagandist for the neo nazi azov brigades in donbass and, of course, the whole Snowden/Morales affair.
They're deflecting because Lukashenko's official narrative (the bomb story) is too absurd even for them to peddle. They can't really say that the plane wasn't hijacked so instead they're falling back to "well he had it coming". This is definitely a new low for the Russia-Western relations, they normally bother with at least some plausible deniability.
- dnh44 5y ago>This is definitely a new low for the Russia-Western relations FYI Belarus is a country rather than a region in Russia.
- oytis 5y agoIt's a country with _very_ close relationships to Russia. Up to the point where Russian riot police was participating in suppressing protests in Belarus. If it was not for Russian support Lukashenko would probably have been overthrown in 2020.
- pydry 5y agoIt is a client state of Russia and while Lukashenko might not be a full puppet of Putin, he displays puppet like tendencies.
- cperciva 5y agoSure, and chickens are birds.
- pydry 5y agoThey all but admitted that the bomb story was concocted from the beginning. I don't think that part will change any minds.
- stefan_ 5y agoNot on RT, they haven't. Pick wisely?
- pydry 5y agoNo, they absolutely have: "The Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was compelled to land in Minsk on Sunday while traveling through Belarusian airspace, on the basis of what appears to be a fraudulent claim that a bomb might be on board." Is what they wrote this morning.