2023-04-28 20:00:34
In a provocative tone and laughing, Pablo Iglesias he revealed his chest in a tweet on April 24, and announced with satisfaction that Canal Redthe television promoted by him, had occupied the TDT frequency on which it previously broadcast 7NN, a station that he defined as “facha” and linked to “the Francisco Franco Foundation”. “I hope there are no heart attacks in the neighborhood of Salamanca or La Moraleja”, he said, satisfied, toasting with a Coca-Cola, a face aimed at Marcos de Quintoex-deputy for Ciutadans, former vice-president of the American soft drink multinational and businessman behind the defunct television project.
But ideologies aside, a common nexus, which seems to go unnoticed by the former vice-president of the Government in this television launch, links the two broadcasters: both have, in the list of collaborators, the two most prominent figures linked to the Russian propaganda in Spain, (or that, at least, they have been in the past), that is to say Liu Sivaya i Inna Afinogenova.
The first, with more than 160,000 followers on Twitter and a YouTube channel with 200,000 additional fans, constantly travels through the territories of Ukraine in the hands of Russia, sending videos in Spanish praising the occupation and making geopolitical analyzes always in favor of Russia, although yes, a bit crude and rudimentary from the point of view of propaganda . The second, with a similar audience to YouTube although more than twice that of Twitter, conveys the message, under the mantra of pacifism, that we must stop sending weapons to Ukraine, since invaders and invaded are equivalent , and criticizes with a silk glove some of the most poignant realities in his country of origin, such asauthoritarianism by Putinhomophobia of State
Very different ways of doing it
Lately, Sivaya’s histrionics have declined compared to Afinogenova’s soft-spoken demeanor, which has a kinder public image and, a priori, is capable of impacting a larger audience. And for Putin’s Russia, the ideology never been a problem. Over the past few years, the Kremlin has proven to be able to influence and galvanize support on both sides of the political spectrum in any nation, both on the ultra-left and on the ultra-right. A good example of this is neighboring France, where before the invasion of Ukraine, Marine Le Penof the ultra-right, i Jean Luc Melenchonleader of the left-wing formation La França Insubmisa, bluntly proclaimed their sympathy and understanding towards the Kremlin.
Or Germany, where Putin’s Russia generated support both in the ultra party Alternative for Germany (UdF) as in the left-wing formation The left. “Cynicism and ideological obfuscation are hallmarks of the Kremlin, which fishes in all waters to extend its influence around the world: the extreme right, worshipers of its obscurantist social values, and the extreme left, stunned by its empty speeches on the legitimate fight against Western capitalist aggression”, Carmen Claudín, principal researcher at the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB) and daughter of the historical leader of Spanish communism, Fernando Claudín, explains to EL PERIÓDICO.
Company linked to Roures
According to the commercial register, Melancholic Filmsthe company that registered the Canal Red brand, on April 24 was in the name of Teia Roures Cerveradaughter of the businessman Jaume Roures. In the past, this Catalan businessman has had dealings with Russian businessmen through Victor Tarradellas, former head of the CDC and a person who traveled several times to Moscow, among other things to offer the recognition of Crimea in exchange for the recognition of an independent Catalonia. This group of Russian businessmen was studying to “participate in communication issues”, was ready to invest between 100 and 300 million euros and wanted to “place a person on the front line”, as included in the judicial interlocutory of the cause that investigated the diversion of funds to pay the ex-president’s expenses Carlos Puigdemont a Waterloo.
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The equidistance that Afinogenova preaches for the Ukrainian conflict is left aside when she addresses a Café Innathe space that presents, other topics of international current affairs, in which it shows a bias markedly anti-Western and, in particular, anti american. In one of his last interventions, he addressed the subject of mercenary armies, dedicating the initial part of the space to the russian militia wagner and avoiding mentioning the most controversial aspects of the militia, such as the convicted criminal past of its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhinas well as the horrifying exemplary executions of deserters recorded on video, or the torture of prisoners in the war scenes where he acts.
Afinogenova then equated this Russian private army with Blackwater, the American group, and highlighted its most controversial actions in Latin America. Experts who closely follow Russian influence and disinformation campaigns believe that this is a way of spreading “hostility towards the US among the population of Latin American origin residing in Spain”. According to data from theNational Institute of Statistics, since 2021 in our country the number of Hispanic people with the right to vote in an electoral consultation has grown by 21%. ‘CaféInna’, from the former deputy director of the RT website, is undoubtedly one of the strong dishes of Canal Red, which has even put a series of coffee cups for sale with the program’s logo on its portal of sales on the web, latiendarepublicana.com.
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