Antisemitism resurges in Russian media as invasion fails: The Times of Israel
Russian media dusting the country’s favourite scapegoat, the Jews, to continue playing the blame game.
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Russian media dusting the country’s favourite scapegoat, the Jews, to continue playing the blame game.
As Russia’s war effort in Ukraine flounders, openly anti-Jewish rhetoric is entering the country’s mainstream media.
As situation on battlefield looks increasingly grim for Moscow, it seems Putin-era taboos on displays of antisemitism falling as media personalities single out Russian Jews as ‘lacking patriotism’
Recent incidents include talk show host listing the names of Jews faulted for lacking patriotism, veteran columnist compiling list of known Jews, branding them 'foreign agents'
Once upon a time, Putin cracked down hard on antisemitism. Now, as his war in Ukraine founders, antisemitism is rearing its head in pro-Putin media.