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On the eve of Armenia’s election, pro-Kremlin messaging is increasingly built around pressure, threats, and fear.
Moscow’s formula is simple: if you cannot control the vote, influence the emotions around it.
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Enough is enough. Time for a ceasefire now. This week all UN Security Council members—except one—were united in calling for a full, immediate, and unconditional ceasefire. As did Ukraine. Russia remains the only obstacle to peace. We urge it to abide by UNSC members' call. Now.
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- An interesting detail of Moscow’s framing of EU sanctions is that they are described simultaneously asineffective, devastating to Europe, and desperately in need of removal.
- With the choice of the Armenian people not to its liking, the Kremlin has chosen to completely deny their agency and instead baselessly accuse ‘the West’ of interfering in an election that Russia itself has tried to influence by every means at its disposal.
- A notable characteristic of pro-Kremlin disinformation is its reliance on baseless personal smears. Instead of debating the war, the occupation, or Russia’s actions, attention is shifted towards absurd conspiracy theories about President Zelenskyy’s health and personal life.
- Taking a break from its customary daily threats against European states, the Kremlin decided to declare itself puzzled and express its ‘concern’ about defence investments by the very countries it routinely threatens with nuclear weapons.
- Russia: ‘European sanctions are useless’. Also Russia: ‘Europe must urgently lift sanctions or its economy will collapse’. Interesting communications strategy. Consistency remains heavily sanctioned.
- The Kremlin’s long-running disinformation campaign portraying Ukraine as a centre of weapons smuggling continues. The narrative is as heavy on repetition as it is light on evidence, which remains missing to this day.
- An economic forum that generates Kremlin-aligned headlines primarily through influencers tells an interesting story about its priorities.
- Russia’s economic forum increasingly resembles a forum dedicated to explaining why sanctions ‘do not matter’ but also must be lifted immediately. Inflation and interest rates may be the first clues to where the truth lies.
- A country explores closer cooperation with the EU. Suddenly, Russian outlets warn about ‘economic disaster’, ‘security threats’, and ‘geopolitical catastrophe’. Moldova has seen this script. Ukraine has seen this script. Armenia is seeing it now.
- A reminder: Ukrainian cities are not being attacked because Ukraine ‘wants war’ as Kremlin officials claim. They are being attacked because Russia started one.