Time to counter Russian disinformation. Egmont Commentary, 19 November 2014

Nopens, Patrick (2014) Time to counter Russian disinformation. Egmont Commentary, 19 November 2014. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

As part of its drive to undo the post-Cold War settlement, Russia has launched a global media campaign to vindicate its actions in Ukraine. It is based on the Kremlin’s narrative of victimhood, in which the West takes advantage of Russia’s weakness following the implosion of the Soviet Union. These arguments, however, are deeply flawed. Moreover, Russian international media do not abide by Western journalistic ethics and standards. The West, therefore, has to systematically refute this storyline and hold Russian media accountable when they transgress the prevailing norms of due accuracy and due impartiality, or give undue prominence to certain standpoints.

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