Russian state media often act as cheerleaders for disunity and dysfunction within the European Union and tout Europe’s supposed moral decline and failure to protect traditional values, and project attitudes that dovetail with supporters of Britain leaving the European Union.
Numerous state TV messages portray Europe as, unlike Russia, falling apart morally, socially and being overrun by criminal migrants because of a failure of states to uphold their independence and sovereignty.
Some have gone as far as faking reports that promote Euroskeptic and xenophobic messages that analysts say are intended mostly for Russian audiences.
TV host Dmitry Kiselyov, a top Kremlin propagandist, was …read more
Source: Voice of America
