Will the Ukrainians forgive Putin, the head of the Kremlin, for his war of aggression any time soon? The presenter Sergey Mardan expresses this thesis – on Russian state television.
Moscow – Another anecdote from the Russian state media: A moderator talks to his talk guest about the Ukraine war (which is not allowed to be called that in Russia). Will there be a “unification” of Russia and Ukraine again? That’s his question. Host Sergey Mardan is certain: “I hope that will happen, and at some point Ukrainians and Russians will storm Warsaw or Berlin side by side,” he says.
The clip from the August 24 episode of the Russia 1 channel was posted by a columnist from, among others The Daily Beast:
Putin propagandist compares Ukraine war to Chechnya war
Mardan also compared the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine with the first war in Chechnya, as Newsweek reported. “If I may remind you, for two decades Russia has been running an anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus. Nevertheless, the wounds are almost healed,” the US news magazine quoted him as saying.
Russia’s state television and its role in the Ukraine war
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin bans the spread of alleged false news about Russia’s armed forces. Officially, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his followers are only talking about a “special military operation”. Violators of the new law face up to 15 years in prison.
In March 2022, journalist Marina Ovsyannikova dared to stage a live protest on Russian state television against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia fined them.
The distribution of the Russian state media RT and Sputnik has been banned in the EU since the beginning of March because they are accused of war propaganda. In July, RT France failed in its case against the EU broadcasting ban before the European Court of Justice. The offshoot RT Germany is also not allowed to broadcast in this country.
Presenter on Russia TV: Ukraine war not a “long-term problem”
The first Chechen war lasted from 1994 to 1996. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Caucasus republic wanted to secede from the state alliance with Russia. The Kremlin, then still with President Boris Yeltsin instead of Vladimir Putin, then had around 40,000 Russian soldiers – mostly young and hardly trained – march in and at the same time fly air raids on the capital Grozny. On August 22, 1996, the sides agreed on a ceasefire.
Dmitry Kulikov, another host of the show, jumped on Mardan’s line of argument. He pointed out that Ukraine and Russia currently have “huge differences of opinion” because of the military activities that have been going on for six months now, but that this is not a “long-term problem”. The reunification does not have to last “decades”. (frs)
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