The Museum held a public presentation of a scientific study of how the russian oppositional media covers the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine.
The report’s author is Natalya Steblyna, an analyst at the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy, a PhD in Political Sciences, and a professor at the Department of Journalism and Social Communications at Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University in Vinnytsia.
The event visitors learned about the activities of the Institute for Democracy during the full-scale invasion of the russian federation in Ukraine: a systematic analysis of the so-called good russian media, which declares an anti-war stance and defends "liberal" views. The scientists pay attention to possible pro-kremlin messages and explain how their dissemination can affect the consumer, analyze whether russian opposition media adhere to professional standards when covering russia’s war against Ukraine, and whether they spread propaganda narratives of the "russian world."
The cases presented by Ms. Natalya from the publications of the "independent" media Dozhd (TV Rain), Meduza, and Novaya Gazeta demonstrate how kremlin narratives and russian imperialistic statements, which undermine the values of journalism, coexist with high-quality articles. Depicting such materials is an essential argument in the international arena: it articulates the soft power of the kremlin’s influence on its Western partners.
"Where Kalibr and Iskander cannot reach, in particular, the territory of the USA, European countries, and the rest of the world, other russian weapons do get there, no less powerful and, perhaps, by the consequences of their impact, no less destructive—propaganda and disinformation, hostile intentions and messages,—said the moderator of the meeting, Inna Yermakova.—More or less educated users of the news world do not want to consume propaganda at the level of "Solovyov-Skabeyeva." Therefore, an "elite" propaganda product is prepared for them by mixing truth and lies."
Researchers at the War Museum study enemy propaganda and prepare lectures on recognizing and opposing it. Our active international exhibition activities illustrate to the world community how russian weapons and loyalty to all things russian are razing Ukrainian cities to the ground.
