On the anniversary of Nazi Germany\u2019s invasion of the soviet union, russia launched a large-scale propaganda campaign aimed at justifying its armed aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f In publications by kremlin-controlled outlets and official statements, the key tool of manipulation has been the artificial drawing of parallels between the events of 1941 and the current war. russian propaganda persistently portrays Ukrainians as Nazis and Western countries as the equivalent of Hitler\u2019s coalition. russian occupiers are described by russian media as the \u201ctrue heirs of the victors,\u201d in an attempt to frame the war of aggression against Ukraine as a \u201csacred act of resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Targeting foreign audiences, particularly through events organized with the support of rossotrudnichestvo in countries of the Global South, russia actively promotes the narrative that the Soviet Union was the principal victim of the Second World War, monopolizing this status under the banner of the \u201cgreat sacrifice of the russian people.\u201d In this way, the kremlin seeks to whitewash russia\u2019s image in the eyes of the international community and divert attention from the war crimes it is committing today.<\/p>\n
By militarizing historical memory, moscow seeks to evade responsibility for violations of international law and disguise its war of conquest as a \u201chistorical mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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