He already is and failing badly, I don't think people comprehend how big Kyiv is. It is a massive city
I don't think it's a surprise that a Moscow based TV producer would have some English, and I don't think it's a surprise that she would use some of it to help her action get as much attention as possible. Given the Russian media crackdown on dissent, one of the major ways the message of her actions would get to other Russians who weren't watching the broadcast would be though international media coverage of it. I think it's perfectly sensible that she'd use an English language phrase as part of the sign (there's a lot of it in Russian too), and the only people who would find it suspicious would be those going out of their way to find things to be suspicious of.
Well, Martin is off for the Paddy's Day jaunt to the WH and Boris would make it all about him. Not much either could do anyway. Welcoming refugees is our main contribution.
The live/prerecorded angle is interesting. Given putin has his media locked down I would be quite surprised to discover anything goes out live. That there's either a delay or it's prerecorded to keep control of the narrative in the hands of the state. Though it's also possible, even likely that rolling news segments from their 'trusted' outlets are indeed live if only for purely practical reasons. If this woman was rabbiting pro putin stuff for years she'd be on the list of the 'trusted' so would have access.
Also as we've seen Russian state propaganda is nearly always farcical and amateur hour that looks like it was videoed in the 1990's, so if it were spin it would be out of character for them. And to what end? Plausible deniability for them? The "oh look, we do have freedom"? If that were the case the same Russian outlets would be showing carefully curated segments of anti war protests, and they're not.
Even so, when this is all over and the dust has settled and more facts come out, I'm quite sure we'll discover all sorts of bits and bobs that were wrong, or spin, or outright BS, on all sides with it.
90,000 British people have now signed up to house refugees. And that number keeps rising.
Turns out "Flying Without Wings" is about all the Russian aircraft shot down by the Ukrainians.
E17's "Stay Another Day" is obviously problematic.
Well we say problematic. It is obviously Putin's (i.e. the East's) strategy
You do realise that Putins strategy with Trump was to de-power both NATO and the Ukraine to such an extent tat he could walk in whenever he wanted with virtually no resistance. You do remember all the talk of US withdrawal from NATO and the actual curtailing of military aid to Ukraine dont you? With Trump in power there may well have been no war to the current extent, but very quickly there would have been no independent Ukraine, Moldova and a de-powered NATO would have left the Baltics free to ake whenever he wished
And this album was an early warning of Putin's imperial ambitions
Russia is planning to hold a referendum in the city of Kherson to become an independent state
Little green men ................. dressed up for Paddy's Day.
Yes, broadly speaking, I think she was seeking attention from the wider world too.
I don't think it's fishy, how would that work?
Ah yes, "Russian referendum" the very definition of a contradiction in terms.
Is it becoming obvious who is actually running QANON?
That might give the People's Republic of Cork some food for thought! About half the population of Cork.
I think the reason she had ‘Nowar’ in English on her sign is due to it being a Twitter hashtag she would have seen used by western and Russian protestors.
Ah so more rubbish thrown around and you casting doubts on anything which is not pro Russian. We get ya.
Ms Ovsyannikova is half Ukrainian, half Russian, and also recorded a video message denouncing the war and blaming Vladimir Putin, saying she was “ashamed” to have played a part in the state’s propaganda by working at the station.
Ms Ovsyannikova is half Ukrainian, half Russian, and also recorded a video message denouncing the war and blaming Vladimir Putin,
saying she was “ashamed” to have played a part in the state’s propaganda by working at the station.
She was reportedly immediately arrested after the protest.
There was some English on the poster - the rest of the poster ie "the biggest part" wasn't
OK let's look who speaks or can understand the English language in Russia
"There are a lot of young Russians residing in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other large cities who speak English, some fluently, especially those who have had international experience. English is taught in Russian schools"
There are a lot of young Russians residing in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other large cities who speak English, some fluently, especially those who have had international experience. English is taught in Russian schools"
According to one Russian interest website the number of people who have knowledge of the English language whether speaking or reading has doubled
"About a third of Russians (30 percent) speak English to one degree or another:
https://www.rbth.com/news/2015/12/03/percentage-of-rusians-who-speak-english-doubles-to-30_547189
Ukraine
Again a large percentage of younger speak or have knowledge of English with
• People aged 20-35 – approximately 50% can speak English with English speakers being more commonly found in major cities
• Teenagers – all pupils in Ukraine have English classes at school and would have some knowledge of English.
I'd reckon Marina Ovsyannikova, was trying to convey her message to a wide number of people as possible.
Maybe you could take a leaf out of her book and be even just a little bit ashamed for spreading that type of nonsensical Pro Russian propaganda?
That makes no sense. If it was pre-recorded why was it left in? Or why wasn't the whole slot recorded all over again after she was taken into custody?
You would think so but that isn't the case given what the grass routes have said prior and since the last election
Exactly, that would mean the production team, editor and programming teams would all be arrested for showing it anyway. There’s no need to pre-record everything when there is such a tight stranglehold on what is said and shown.
"Is'nt it weird that Putin waited until his puppet was out of the White House to invade Ukraine? What's that say about Biden, he did worse than Putins puppet in stymieing Putin 😂"
Trump was doing plenty to assist Putin while in office, such as bad mouthing NATO and trying to get Russia back into the G7/8. He also parroted Russian talking points and actively criticised his own intelligence agencies, believing Putin over them. So - saying that Trump somehow blocked Putin from his goals is of course, abject nonsense and a view formed without any critical thinking whatsoever. Trump enabled Putin at every turn.
"Trump derangement syndrome appears to be irreversible"
Don't use that phrase outside of right wing websites. No one will ever take you seriously.
It's the Ukrainians themselves that are suspicious over this.
Lilia Gildeeva had been working at the NTV channel since 2006. NTV is a propaganda channel with links to the FSB. She has now left Russia and sent them her resignation letter.
Speaking of heroic resistance whose truth is later called into question: has it ever been definitively established whether the "fu-k you Russian warship" sailors survived or were killed? There's now a stamp commemorating the incident... I can only assume they did not in fact survive?
Just look on twitter. Or else just disagree with what I'm saying. Someone already posted about a famous Ukrainian band casting doubt on it.
Berlin has fought sanctions at every step. It will continue to do so, making the right noises about long term ideals but it's only concern remains cheap materials and energy from the East.
I hope Zelenski won't meet them.
Polish people and city councils are helping refugees, while our government takes all credit for it while doing very little. These Putinesque clowns now want to help themselves with pics with Zelenski because they have no chance to stay in power otherwise. Shame on them to use such tragedy for their own ends.
Don't be a source Nazi and make me copy and paste! Lighten up. You don't agree. Move on.
Spare a thought for the cousins in Turkmenistan. The son of the current leader won almost 73% of the vote, obviously he's a popular guy.
Give me a break. PiS in Poland will risk WWIII to increase their ratings...
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