{"id":26508,"date":"2025-01-24T16:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=26508"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:13:13","slug":"the-siege-of-leningrad-as-a-tool-of-russian-propaganda-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/europe\/the-siege-of-leningrad-as-a-tool-of-russian-propaganda-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Siege of Leningrad as a Tool of Russian Propaganda Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian propaganda campaign for the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism is gaining momentum, with diplomatic missions playing an active role. For instance, exhibitions dedicated to the Siege of Leningrad have been opened in the so-called \u201cRussian House\u201d in Cyprus and at the UN headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Through such events, Russia seeks to manipulate the memory of World War II to enhance its image abroad. By emphasizing the heavy losses endured during the siege, Moscow continues to exploit the narrative of the \u201cgreat sacrifice of the Russian people\u201d in the fight against Nazism while downplaying the contributions of other nations.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of Russia\u2019s effort to craft an image of a \u201cdefender of peace\u201d and to evoke sympathy. In doing so, Moscow aims to deflect criticism of the Kremlin\u2019s ongoing armed aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian propaganda campaign for the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism is gaining momentum, with diplomatic missions playing an active role. For instance, exhibitions dedicated to the Siege of Leningrad have been opened in the so-called \u201cRussian House\u201d in Cyprus and at the UN headquarters. Through such events, Russia seeks to manipulate the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":932,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}