The Kremlin has refused to comment on the downing of an Azerbaijani plane by a Russian air defense system that crashed in Aktau, as well as the detention in Finland of a tanker from the Russian \u201cshadow fleet\u201d suspected of damaging cables. Russian officials justify their silence by claiming a need to \u201cwait for the investigation to be completed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f However, this silence only reinforces Moscow’s culpability. All available evidence points to Russian air defense being responsible for the downing of the Azerbaijani plane and Russian involvement in damaging the cables between Estonia and Finland. The Kremlin is fully aware of this.<\/p>\n
Russia deliberately employs silence as a tactic in the information war when it loses the battle for reaction time and fails to fabricate conspiracy theories quickly enough. Now, the Kremlin will wait for the wave of factual information to subside before attempting to manipulate public perception with misinformation and a flood of conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n
This is exactly how the Kremlin acted when it tried to deflect blame for the downing of the Malaysian Boeing in 2014. This is exactly what it plans to do now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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