{"id":26716,"date":"2025-01-29T08:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T06:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=26716"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:18:39","slug":"how-kremlin-uses-culture-for-propaganda-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/global-south\/how-kremlin-uses-culture-for-propaganda-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kremlin uses culture for propaganda in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova visited Bahrain to open the \u201cRussian Seasons\u201d and organize a \u201cRussian Film Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f This visit is part of the Kremlin\u2019s broader effort to promote Russian culture in the Middle East\u2014one of the key tools used in its propaganda and disinformation campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Bahrain, Russia has stepped up its \u201ccultural cooperation\u201d with other countries in the region. RT documentaries are being distributed in Egypt and Algeria, while in Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, and other nations, \u201cRussian Houses\u201d actively organize screenings of Russian films and other \u201ccultural events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite claims of \u201ccultural diplomacy,\u201d the true goal of these initiatives is to shape public opinion in the region in Russia\u2019s favor, justify its war against Ukraine, spread anti-Western sentiment, and strengthen Moscow\u2019s influence in the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova visited Bahrain to open the \u201cRussian Seasons\u201d and organize a \u201cRussian Film Festival.\u201d \u25ab\ufe0f This visit is part of the Kremlin\u2019s broader effort to promote Russian culture in the Middle East\u2014one of the key tools used in its propaganda and disinformation campaigns. Beyond Bahrain, Russia has stepped up its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26706,"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":933,"footnotes":""},"categories":[933],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-south"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26716","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=26716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}