In the two years since the full-scale invasion, Russian propaganda has changed, changing narratives. Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President, speaks about these changes.
Struggle with pro-Russian theses in the West
Online.ua correspondent on the sidelines of the Forum "Ukraine. The year 2024" asked Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, what Ukraine is doing to counter Russian propaganda in the West.
Of course, we keep a register of mass media that in one way or another promote pro-Russian theses, but there are several components here: there are openly pro-Russian people who directly speak the theses of Russian propaganda, and there are people who conduct a kind of discussion, reflect, or maybe so, or maybe we will move on in a negotiation format. This is more dangerous, because it is freedom of speech. Any discussion is possible in a democratic country, there are certainly people who cautiously advance pro-Russian theses.
Mykhailo Podolyak
Podoliak notes that pro-Russian propaganda has changed.
In the beginning, there was such classic "blatant" Russian propaganda, but now they work more subtly - with narratives to demotivate Western countries and us. For example, "two years of war, there is no advancement of the front, there is probably no format for a military defeat of the Russian Federation, but let's give less to Ukraine and shift to certain concessions to Russia."
These narratives, according to Podoliak, periodically appear in the media, which cannot be suspected of working for the Russian Federation.
How to work with it? Explain, discuss. Come out and ask, will it stop the war for sure? No, it won't stop and why. Our journalists also can't be offended when someone says something we don't like, such as whether or not there will be negotiations or whether the US aid package will be accepted. Do not be offended, but on the contrary, give arguments: if help is not provided, will it lead to stabilization in the world? No, it won't. And give analytics.
