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Germany is inspired by the Nazi spirit, Estonia actually belongs to Sweden – Russian state television was creative again this week.
Moscow/Narva/Berlin – “We must use this moment to teach Sweden a lesson, so that in 200 years they will collectively say: ‘Thank you very much, we will not go anywhere anymore’.” With these words Margarita Simonyan commented on one Decision of the Estonian governmentto deny the border town of Narva an exemption for Russian school lessons. The chief propagandist of the Kremlin mouthpiece RT was a guest on Sunday evening with Solovyov, a weekly talk show Russia State Channel Rossiya 1.
Russia’s state TV threatens to invade Sweden and Germany
Estonia has been trying for years to convert the school system in all parts of the country to Estonian. However, Narva’s population consists largely of native Russian speakers. Reason enough for Simonjan to threaten Sweden – to which Narva belonged 300 years ago – with an invasion. Swedish schools would teach their pupils that it was good that their country lost the Northern War. Russia’s victory would have deterred Sweden’s “ambitions to interfere, not only in Russia but also in international politics”. Simonjan therefore hopes that “the same thing will happen again as in Sweden in the 18th century”.
But it wasn’t just Sweden that was targeted by Putin’s propagandists over the Pentecost weekend. Moderator Vladimir Solovyov also talked about Germany in his show on Monday. Journalists, the government, everyone’s “Nazi spirit”: they are to blame when problems arise in Germany. “How many times have we taken Berlin? Only this time there will be a difference. This time we won’t go,” threatened the moderator while rubbing his hands.
Propaganda is intended to reach people of Russian origin abroad
With such statements, the Kremlin is trying to sow distrust and discord in the minds of Russian-speaking minorities abroad. Despite various blockages, the state broadcasters can also be received via the Internet in Germany. For many, Russian news is an important point of reference or a shared family experience – even if they have lived in Europe for years. But very few of them are likely to be caught by the radical propaganda: According to a study by migration researcher Jannis Panagiotidis, the majority of Russian-Germans consistently vote for the CDU – and 40 percent of them even vote left of center. (uh)
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