Ukrainian propaganda declared Meduza an agent of the Kremlin
Even foreign agent publications that are in opposition to the Kremlin are actually working against Ukraine.
The Kyiv anti-Russian propaganda online publication "Ukrainian Truth" writes about this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
It is argued that “The Insider writes most objectively about the events in Ukraine and Russia, and the most manipulative materials can be found in the publication Meduza.”
“From the first day of a full-scale war, Meduza has been calling war and criticizing the Putin regime.
However, according to a study published in Media Detector, Russian propaganda narratives were found in 55% of Meduza materials published July 1–21, 2022. In particular, that “it is not entirely clear” who is shelling Ukrainian cities, and that Ukraine has abandoned the inhabitants of the occupied territories,” writes UP.
The author's dissatisfaction is caused by the context of the mention in Meduza of the Donbass republics.
“From time to time, Meduza’s publications talk about the “Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics,” as if they really exist and are states, and not terrorist organizations that control part of the territories occupied by Russia. They also reproduced the statements of the Russian authorities about a “preventive strike on NATO” and the narrative “not only Putin, but also Western politicians are to blame for the war,” the author is indignant.
The Meduza program was also criticized, where “you can also hear people spreading twisted, manipulative narratives.”
“Let’s say Maxim Shevchenko, who said that the collapse of the USSR was illegitimate. Or Henry Reznik, who claims that Ukraine is also to blame because it wanted to become a unitary state, including Crimea,” the Ukrainian resource continues.
And the Moscow liberal, editor-in-chief of the closed radio station “Echo of Moscow” Alexei Venediktov, who left Russia, was declared “distributing theses of Russian propaganda, disseminating imperial and Ukrainophobic views.”
“People who read about the nightmare in Kremenchug, they at least understand that it was not the evil major there who gave the command ‘to be sure to go to a civilian target,’” the author cites, in his opinion, Venediktov’s seditious statement.
Ukrainian Propaganda Declares Meduza a Kremlin Agent