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The tweet author unfortunately puts carriage in front of the horse - not by any evil will, it is just a natural mistake for non-Russians observing the situation
by trhway 5y ago
The tweet author unfortunately puts carriage in front of the horse - not by any evil will, it is just a natural mistake for non-Russians observing the situation from outside.
"In video she talks about "brother nations" of Russia and Ukraine. This is core narrative of Russian propaganda that is used as explanation of occupation of Ukraine: "We are brothers and we should live in one country"."
It isn't just a core narrative of the propaganda. It is a deep seated in Russian psyche myth hijacked by the propaganda. Thus pretty much any Russian, even the best of the best like this woman would usually display it.
Mixed with another core myth of "Great Russia" it becomes the "Big brother" surrounded by "Little brothers". Like Ukrainians in recent TV discussion about whether to allow "good Russians" to come to Ukraine described it as "an infection what every, even good intentioned, Russian carry".
"she says that only Putin is responsible for war. It's false statement: most of Russian society support Putin, occupation and war in Ukraine."
That is just a tall order right now for any Russian there. Just voicing that way against Putin is the act of unmeasurable courage. It is already big pain to recognize it internally yourself, let alone to tell all those mostly good, at least in everyday life, people, your friends and colleagues, that they are perpetrators and supporters of genocidal war - while true, that would be shot nowhere, just costing a moral support by those people which is really important when you're going against Putin.