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It's currently nigh on impossible to discern any clear message from Russian state TV on Belarus
The Kremlin is seemingly keeping its options open as it waits to see how things develop
Here are a few examples of the unusually mixed coverage from last night's news progs. THREAD:
The Kremlin is seemingly keeping its options open as it waits to see how things develop
Here are a few examples of the unusually mixed coverage from last night's news progs. THREAD:
Rossiya 1 presented several members of Tikhanovskaya's opposition council v negatively.
Despite writing in Russian, Nobel prize winner Svetlana Alexievich was "not at all against it being banned, such as in Ukraine".
She's also apparently guilty of "spreading fake news".
Despite writing in Russian, Nobel prize winner Svetlana Alexievich was "not at all against it being banned, such as in Ukraine".
She's also apparently guilty of "spreading fake news".
Pro-Kremlin pundit Vladimir Kornilov is shown here implying that the inclusion of Pavel Belous, who owns a shop selling protest merchandise, is evidence of the protests' nationalist tendencies.
And according to the channel, "millions of dollars have accumulated in the foreign bank accounts" of rights activist Ales Belyatsky, another member of the council.
And yet this is from Gazprom Media's NTV: "Of course the West sees perfectly well that there are no anti-Russian sentiments in Belarus, and that that card, as was the case in Ukraine in 2014, can't be played."
A similar line was voiced on state-controlled Channel One: "A characteristic detail of the Belarusian protests is this - at the strikes and demos there are almost no anti-Russian slogans."
"It seems the Belarusians are wise enough not to make the Ukrainian mistake. Bel political experts too have said that there is no demand in Minsk for the Kyiv Maidan scenario"
"The leaders of the opposition movement have disassociated themselves of any anti-Russian outbursts"END
"The leaders of the opposition movement have disassociated themselves of any anti-Russian outbursts"END
