russia has staged another propaganda show by bringing a group of kremlin-aligned media representatives, mostly from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, to occupied Mariupol. The Mariupol Drama Theatre was the main stop of the tour.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f This group of foreign visitors, from which the kremlin is attempting to craft an image of \u201cindependent voices abroad,\u201d operates according to a clear script: they enthusiastically describe the theatre\u2019s \u201cluxurious\u201d interior, praise the pace of russia\u2019s so-called \u201creconstruction,\u201d and claim that the city has allegedly \u201ccome back to life.\u201d However, behind this fa\u00e7ade, they \u201cfail to notice\u201d the most important fact: they are standing at the site of a war crime \u2014 the mass killing of civilians carried out by russian forces on March 16, 2022.<\/p>\n
By involving foreign journalists, the aggressor state is attempting to construct an alternative reality for audiences less familiar with the details of russia\u2019s war crimes against Ukraine. The media focus on \u201creconstruction\u201d is a cynical attempt by the kremlin to erase the memory of hundreds of civilians killed in the russian airstrike on the theatre building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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