The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has suffered much character assassination in the Western mainstream media. He is portrayed as a dictator, oppressor, and above all, a ‘monster’ who rules Russia according to his whips and caprices.
The objective of the media is to fuel hate and dislike among Western citizens against Putin. However, this orchestrated propaganda has failed. Due to the rise of the internet, people are able to search for alternative information, obtaining all perspectives of the issues, in order to make their informed decision.
On April 20, 2016, a lady named Anna Blond posted two videos on Facebook. The videos were about Putin. Ann posted the videos in groups she belonged to on Facebook. As soon as Ann posted the videos, she was blocked for two weeks. The videos were subsequently removed on the platforms by Facebook.
Ann later wrote on her Facebook wall: “Facebook has just blocked me for 2 weeks: ‘You’re temporarily restricted from joining and posting to groups until 7 May at 10:02,” and my video which I was posting this morning was removed as it was uploaded to the group (Not to my page).”
The videos Ann posted were in the Russian language, but the videos have English subtitles. We guess the question you might be asking now is what the video’s content was, that led Facebook to find it offensive and remove it from their platform?
Let’s start with the first video. The first video was recorded on January 18, 2012. At that time, Putin was the Prime Minister (PM) of the Russian Federation, while Dmitry Medvedev was the president. In the video, the then PM Putin was seen talking to Alexei Venediktov. Venediktov is the editor-in-chief and host at the Echo of Moscow radio station, as well as president of Echo TV Russia. These media outlets are pushing American interests in Russia. It was a very warm reception between the two men, despite their differences.
The second video was recorded on October 15, 2011. Putin was again, the PM of Russia. Putin had attended a meeting with Russia’s three main television channels at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, just outside of Moscow. In the video, Putin was seen talking to Vladimir Kulistikov, head of Russia’s national TV channel, NTV. However, before Kulistikov became the head of NTV, he had worked for a CIA-funded media station named Radio Liberty, also known as Radio Free Europe. Radio Free Europe was founded in 1949 by the United States government.
The main objective behind Radio Free Europe’s formation was to broadcast propaganda news and analysis to Eastern Europe and beyond. Even during the USSR era, the media was involved in spying activities in Eastern Europe on behalf of the United States government. Currently, Radio Free Europe is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. The United States government spends more than $108.4 million running the outlet. It has over 487 staff, and it is being extended to Central Asia and the Middle East for propaganda purposes.
Below is the conversation that transpired between Putin and Kulistikov:
Vladimir Putin to Kulistikov: “Dear Vladimir Kulistikov, you are the head of a major media outlet – NTV, a national television channel. But there was a time, if I’m not mistaken, when you worked for Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty).”
Vladimir Kulistikov: “Yes, there was such a time.”
Vladimir Putin: “Right.”
Remark from the third person: “It’s a black stain on his reputation.”
Vladimir Putin: “It’s not the matter of black or white. . . .”
Vladimir Kulistikov: “I did not say that. Somebody else did.”
Vladimir Putin: “In any case, you used to work there. And when I worked for the KGB, we viewed Radio Liberty as a branch of the CIA. Of course, it was only a propaganda arm, but still. Anyway, such an attitude towards that station was not unfounded. It was funded by the CIA and, what’s more, it was even involved in spying activities in the former USSR. Today, the situation has changed, but still, no matter how you look at it, Radio Liberty is a media outlet that expresses the views of a foreign government. In this case, it is the US government. So, you used to work there, and now you are the head of a national television channel in Russia. How long have you been working there? For quite some time, right? Isn’t this is a sign of liberalism?”
Now, you can see that Putin is not an autocratic and a dictatorial person as has been narrated by Western media. Kulistikov used to spy on Russia for the United States. He has been in contact with an adversarial foreign government. Yet still, he has been employed as the head of a national television station in Russia. He was not persecuted. He was rather welcomed and permitted to enjoy his rights. This of course, is contrary to what the Western media has been reporting about Russia and Putin.
The truth these videos carry caused their removal by Facebook. There is no doubt that the United States government is asserting its authority over Facebook and other social media platforms, blatantly violating our fundamental rights of expression.
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I’m from Russia, so it’s hard to write in English on such things. Sorry, please understand me.
If I understand correctly, in your opinion, the Western media are lying to you. It is not true. Putin is not a dictator, Putin is a thief or rather the king of thieves. Every Russian knows the phrase – “Putin raised Russia from its knees” (I don’t know how it would be correct to write in English) This is not true, in fact it was Primakov reform. Primakov was removed Yeltsin because he began to gain in popularity in high society. And what now? Imagine that Russia is the cake, and it was divided into several pieces. And everyone wants to take this piece of yourself and eat. After the arrival of Putin and his entourage, began to plunder under his control. They really do not care about people. They need to rob everyone. In Russia on TV and in the network is active anti-Western propaganda and propaganda of patriotism. If I believed them, I thought that the West is falling apart, and America is preparing a nuclear attack on us. Even before the elections for the presidency, also on TV asserted that the elections shell and all that is connected with the White House policy. The word “liberal” has become a dirty word. You should have seen how in schools tell children that Google is watching us all and in the Ukraine alone the Nazis. And it is not all. Some parents teach their children to hate America.
I do not know in the West, Russian media wrapped up the situation with the Crimea against you. Emerging crises, and to somehow explain to him, Putin took Crimea and blamed sanctions for the crisis. Here is another reason why people hate the West.
The newly introduced law. All correspondence, phone calls, SMS, ip … everything is stored on the server. “To fight terrorism” under the title “Spring Package” .But we know what it really is. In order to remove those who have something blather against Putin.
Dishonest elections, corruption, poverty, education, money earnings, hole-in-law – this is only the beginning of the list of problems. The problem is serious, affecting the individual’s life.
I would write more and more, but English does not allow me to express my precise thoughts. I hope you do not ignore my words, though I wrote on my broken English.
I’m hurt that you protect the king of thieves. We are millions, those who understand the problems in the country, but we are afraid. What will we do against a hundred million “patriots”?
same type intentions events objectives in local domain… see difference between russia and usa…