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The Meduza article is interesting. They received a copy of the manual for Russian propagandists with the main talking points and how the events of September 2023 in Artsakh should be covered:
> Meduza obtained a manual that the presidential administration sent to employees of state and Kremlin-loyal media on the evening of September 19. In it, the Kremlin recommends blaming Armenia and Western countries for the aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The emphasis must be placed on the fact that “the Armenian leadership recognized the sovereignty of Azerbaijan over Karabakh,” and as confirmation of this thesis, the AP advises citing statements by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made in October 2022. However, then Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev directly spoke only about respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of their countries.
> The text of the manual says:
>> Most likely, the Armenian Prime Minister was pushed to make this statement by his Western “partners”, who should fully share responsibility for the consequences with him. The decision of the Armenian leadership, which itself radically changed the status of Karabakh, became a signal for Azerbaijan to act; now Baku perceives the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh as its own.
> The Kremlin recommends describing the status of Russian peacekeepers as “observant,” while pro-government media workers should be told about the peacekeepers’ assistance in “evacuating civilians.” Separately, the compilers of the manual advise mentioning that people find “shelter” in an Orthodox church located on the base of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.
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> Why should people be careful with Russian state media in an Armenian context?
> Since I a few weeks ago started to criticize the state controlled Russian media outlets in Armenia, people, mostly oppositionals, have lashed out at me.
> So here’s a thread to be more elaborate 👇
> First point: There have been huge amounts of research and investigation on how Russian state media is used for disinformation/manipulative campaigns.
> Here’s one example, which focuses on Sputnik, which target group is social media users.
> Second point: Russian state media get instructions from Kremlins, very similar to how Azerbaijani media outlets get instructions from Aliyev’s office.
> One example is when they were ordered to smear the Russian government during the ethnic cleansing of NK.
> Third point: The information being shared by Russian state media isn’t necessarily untrue, but it is clearly lacking objectivity in accordance to a press ethical system.
> The last point is about how journalism works and what makes a news outlet credible.
> What makes a media outlet credible is its independence to its institutional donors, and compliance with press ethical principles.
> Russian state media lacks all of this.
> A good example in the Caucasus of a media outlet, which has set up systems to ensure its independence from institutional donors, is
OCMediaorg. You can read more here.
> Put together the first two points with the third, you’ll have quite a dangerous cocktail of disinformation or agenda driven reporting in Russia media, which has a purpose of destabilization.
> With this said, I agree on the point that there should be more coverage on what is going on in Kirants, and with all perspectives included. The role of the journalist is to his/her best to show all necessary truths in order for the public to understand the reality.
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Could someone post the tweets? I wanted to read but need to be logged in for that.
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The Meduza article is interesting. They received a copy of the manual for Russian propagandists with the main talking points and how the events of September 2023 in Artsakh should be covered:
> Meduza obtained a manual that the presidential administration sent to employees of state and Kremlin-loyal media on the evening of September 19. In it, the Kremlin recommends blaming Armenia and Western countries for the aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The emphasis must be placed on the fact that “the Armenian leadership recognized the sovereignty of Azerbaijan over Karabakh,” and as confirmation of this thesis, the AP advises citing statements by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made in October 2022. However, then Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev directly spoke only about respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of their countries.
> The text of the manual says:
>> Most likely, the Armenian Prime Minister was pushed to make this statement by his Western “partners”, who should fully share responsibility for the consequences with him. The decision of the Armenian leadership, which itself radically changed the status of Karabakh, became a signal for Azerbaijan to act; now Baku perceives the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh as its own.
> The Kremlin recommends describing the status of Russian peacekeepers as “observant,” while pro-government media workers should be told about the peacekeepers’ assistance in “evacuating civilians.” Separately, the compilers of the manual advise mentioning that people find “shelter” in an Orthodox church located on the base of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.
> Why should people be careful with Russian state media in an Armenian context?
> Since I a few weeks ago started to criticize the state controlled Russian media outlets in Armenia, people, mostly oppositionals, have lashed out at me.
> So here’s a thread to be more elaborate 👇
> First point: There have been huge amounts of research and investigation on how Russian state media is used for disinformation/manipulative campaigns.
> Here’s one example, which focuses on Sputnik, which target group is social media users.
> https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PaperDetails/39429
> Second point: Russian state media get instructions from Kremlins, very similar to how Azerbaijani media outlets get instructions from Aliyev’s office.
> One example is when they were ordered to smear the Russian government during the ethnic cleansing of NK.
> https://meduza.io/feature/2023/09/20/meduza-vyyasnila-kak-kreml-rekomenduet-gosudarstvennym-smi-osveschat-sobytiya-v-nagornom-karabahe
> I highlighted this fact as one of the main points in my article for the Russian independent media outlet the Insider.
> https://theins ru/en/opinion/rasmus-canback/267036
> And here’s another article about it from a Lithuanian context.
> https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2226517/sputnik-editor-admits-his-mission-was-to-destabilise-lithuania
> Third point: The information being shared by Russian state media isn’t necessarily untrue, but it is clearly lacking objectivity in accordance to a press ethical system.
> The last point is about how journalism works and what makes a news outlet credible.
> What makes a media outlet credible is its independence to its institutional donors, and compliance with press ethical principles.
> Russian state media lacks all of this.
> A good example in the Caucasus of a media outlet, which has set up systems to ensure its independence from institutional donors, is
OCMediaorg. You can read more here.
> https://oc-media.org/who-we-are/
> Put together the first two points with the third, you’ll have quite a dangerous cocktail of disinformation or agenda driven reporting in Russia media, which has a purpose of destabilization.
> With this said, I agree on the point that there should be more coverage on what is going on in Kirants, and with all perspectives included. The role of the journalist is to his/her best to show all necessary truths in order for the public to understand the reality.