RUSSIANS MOCK PUTLERS ABSURD CRIMEAN INVASION CLAIMS The outside world has been given a masterclass in Kremlin deception in recent weeks as international correspondents and foreign political leaders have investigated and analyzed the Kremlins attempts to justify the Russian invasion of Crimea, only to find them almost totally without any basis in reality. This process has initiated many into the alternative reality inhabited by Kremlin propagandists - a terrifying world of fascists and Nazis and CIA agents where foreign forces spend every waking plotting the downfall of the noble and blameless Russian nation. Inside Russia there has also been a considerable backlash, with tens of thousands joining anti-war protests despite the very real risk of being branded traitors and Stalin-style enemies of the people. One of the most widely distributed critiques on Putins invasion came from a journalist in Russias impoverished Vologda region, who wrote a spoof letter to Putin asking that he send Russian troops there to liberate the local population. We speak Russian, too, and our rights are frequently violated, read the joke letter, which has since gone viral.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:34:16 +0000