War is raging in Ukraine. Fighting is fought not only with conventional weapons, but also with information, according to a study by the Vienna-based Center for Democratic Integrity using the example of the Russian propaganda channel RT (formerly Russia Today), which is now banned in the EU. And that has been the case for many years.
Russia Today was launched in June 2005 “to reflect Russia’s point of view on the most important issues of international politics” and to inform the public “about events and phenomena of Russian life”, as stated in an official press release at its launch. named.
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The declared plan: to change the image of Russia, especially in the West, for the better. Or as Mikhail Lesin, Russia’s Minister of Press, Broadcasting and Mass Communication from 1999 to 2004, put it as the spiritual father of Russia Today: “We must promote Russia on the international market for its positives, or we will their eyes look like bears roaming the streets growling.”
Russia Today, founded for some 24.5 million euros by a subsidiary of the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, initially followed the tradition of similar state-funded television stations such as Deutsche Welle or the Chinese channel CCTV-9 (later renamed CGTN ). Central Television is trying to “improve cultural and diplomatic relations with the rest of the world”. But the change of heart came with the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008.
Source: Krone
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