Russian exiles can turn against host nations, says Lithuania's former leader
Russians fleeing mobilisation could become a weapon against their host countries, says Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s...
Stay updated with breaking news from Uncle Putin. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Russians fleeing mobilisation could become a weapon against their host countries, says Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s...
As they batter towns and cities in Ukraine with artillery, the Russians are also bombarding them with messaging aimed at eroding Ukrainians’ trust in their military and their government.
Many countries have loudly and unequivocally condemned Putin for the war with Ukraine. But in countries where governments have remained neutral, tacitly supported Russia or encouraged the dissemination of false or sanitized accounts of the war, citizens are voicing a much more complicated and forgiving narrative of Putin's invasion.
Some people spread across a range of countries do not accept the good versus evil scenario presented by the United States and Europe.
By John Eligon To an independent filmmaker in Hanoi of Vietnam, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is a “wise leader.” In Rio de Janeiro, a former restaurant owner said he was convinced that Ukraine had hired actors to fake war injuries. And a 27-year-old doctor living near Nairobi in Kenya questioned how Americans could be outraged over the Russian invasion when “for so long,