The Kremlin drafted a handbook for Russian journalists loyal to the government who reported on the BRICS summit. Vladimir Putin presents himself as a “world leader.”
The most important thing in a nutshell
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At the meeting of the BRICS countries in Kazan earlier this week, Russian journalists loyal to the state were said to have received clear instructions on how to portray Vladimir Putin.
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Accordingly, they should portray Putin as a “world leader” and talk about “Western panic”.
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In addition to Russia, the BRICS countries include Brazil, India, China and South Africa.
On the occasion of the BRICS summit, the Kremlin is supposed to arrest the pro-government journalists present there Reporting Handbook submitted. The overarching tenor: President Putin is the leader of the world.
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Formation manual for Russian journalists loyal to the state
As the “Frankfurter Rundschau” reported on Friday (October 25), the exiled Russian media “Meduza” made this public. Accordingly, the instructions should include information about the Kremlin boss “World Leader” reporting and from “western panic” to speak.
It is also said that propagandists were initially advised to point out that Putin was the “informal leader of the majority of the world”. In addition, the attempts to “isolate Russia because of the war in Ukraine” are said to have “failed”.
Putin is using the summit for self-promotion
At the same time, the state media should emphasize that this thesis has been confirmed by publications abroad. “The media around the world are unanimous in their assessment of Vladimir Putin’s influence on global processes. He plays a leading role in this, setting the prospects for common development that will bring mutual benefit to Russia and billions of people around the world”, says the text intended for use in news and analysis and available to “Meduza”.
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The so-called BRICS states met at the summit in Kazan at the beginning of the week, especially the founding states of the alliance, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The Kremlin chief also used the meeting to again raise strong accusations against the West over the ongoing war in Ukraine: Ukraine is being used “to create critical threats to Russia’s security,” Putin said in a plenary session with more like 30 state guests. “They don’t even hide the goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on our country.” However, this is an illusion that only a person who does not know the unity and integration of Russia for centuries could fall for, said Putin.
Survey: Germany is not popular with the Russian population
In addition to propaganda in favor of Russia, there is also said to be propaganda against Germany in the largest country in the world, as the “Frankfurter Rundschau” reports. Although Germany was still popular with most Russians a few years ago, this has now turned into the opposite.
The reason for this is said to be German support for Kiev. “The decisive turning point was the start of the war against Ukraine“, said the Russian sociologist Lev Gudkow in Berlin presenting a study on the Russian image of Germany at the beginning of October.
The independent Levada Center for Opinion Research in Moscow surveyed 1,600 Russians in May. That just came out 62 percent of the population has a bad or rather bad relationship with Germany. However, it was said to be the other way around in 2019: At that time, 61 percent of the Russian population had a good or fairly good image of Germany.
Gudkov also said: “Germany has passed Ukraine and Poland as hostile countries.” According to the sociologist, only in the United States and Great Britain does the Russian population see even more enemies.
