Goal info is being drowned out by anti-Russian lies within the media, Moscow’s ambassador in Paris says
France is waging a propaganda battle in opposition to Russia and is drowning out goal info from unbiased sources with lies which are unfold via the media, Moscow’s envoy in Paris has stated.
Talking to Izvestia, Ambassador Aleksey Meshkov was requested about how French society at the moment feels about Ukraine. He defined that though help has seen a decline, current polls point out that almost all French folks nonetheless have a reasonably constructive angle in the direction of Kiev and help weapons shipments to the nation.
The ambassador stated that is “comprehensible,” on condition that France has a “pretty robust and efficient propaganda machine.”
“Over the previous yr and a half, I’ve not seen a single constructive report about Russia within the press or on tv. Some unbiased bloggers and politicians present goal info, however it’s drowned out within the quantity of big anti-Russian lies which are unfold all through all media. This, in fact, has a psychological impact on the peculiar Frenchman,” the diplomat stated.
However, regardless of the help of over 50% of the inhabitants, Meshkov said that France won’t be able to proceed supplying Ukraine with weapons for for much longer. He added that French navy officers have already known as for an finish to “unrestrained” weapon shipments to Kiev and urged Paris to as a substitute give attention to French nationwide safety.
“Contemplating that the French immediately are scattered throughout just about all areas of the world the place there may be stress, they not have sufficient weapons for their very own wants,” the Russian ambassador stated.
Final month, France’s Europe minister, Laurence Boone, known as for an escalation of the data battle in opposition to Russia and urged Brussels to assist counter the “Russian affect technique,” which supposedly goals to forged doubt on the deserves of EU membership in candidate nations and in the end “weaken the European Union.”
Russian officers have repeatedly accused Western nations of unbridled anti-Russian rhetoric whereas silencing Russian viewpoints. In an interview with Newsweek in September, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov stated that whereas claims made by Kiev are routinely taken at face worth by the US media, Moscow’s place has been censored and dismissed as “Kremlin propaganda.”
“The reality faces an exceedingly thorny path in reaching the US viewers,” Antonov stated, noting that the American public is however “ready and even keen” to obtain unbiased evaluation and truthful info.
(RT.com)
