17.05.2022, 18:41
Die Offenheit, mit der dies kommuniziert wird, ist durchaus bemerkenswert. Und aktuell, so zeigen es darüber hinaus auch Blogs und Tweets, scheint die Bereitschaft zum blinden Unterstützen der offiziellen Regierungslinie sich mehr und mehr abzuschwächen. Möglich, dass dies bereits der Anfang vom Ende der Herrschaft Putins ist, zumindest wäre - von einzelnen, kurzzeitigen und nichtoffiziellen Aktionen abgesehen - im russischen Fernsehen sowas sofort unterbunden worden, nun offenkundig nicht mehr...
Entweder baut man nun seitens der Führung geschickt psychologisch schon vor, um alsbald irgendein dubioses Ende dieses sinnlosen Krieges als Sieg verkaufen zu können, womit alles quasi gesteuert wäre, oder aber dem Regime entgleitet zunehmend die Kontrolle über die Medienwelt und die damit einhergehende Unterdrückung der Kritik.
Schneemann
Zitat:Retired colonel speaks out on Russian TVhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61484222
Russia's mainstream media outlets offer a view of the Ukraine war that is unlike anything seen from outside of the country. For a start, they don't even call it a war. But our Russia editor reflects on a rare exchange broadcast on state TV. [...]
The programme was 60 Minutes, the flagship twice-daily talk show on Russian state TV: studio discussion that promotes the Kremlin line on absolutely everything, including on President Putin's so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine.
The Kremlin still maintains that the Russian offensive is going according to plan. But on Monday night, studio guest Mikhail Khodarenok, a military analyst and retired colonel, painted a very different picture. He warned that "the situation [for Russia] will clearly get worse" as Ukraine receives additional military assistance from the West and that "the Ukrainian army can arm a million people". [...] "The biggest problem with [Russia's] military and political situation," he continued, "is that we are in total political isolation and the whole world is against us, even if we don't want to admit it. We need to resolve this situation. The situation cannot be considered normal when against us, there is a coalition of 42 countries and when our resources, military-political and military-technical, are limited." [...]
The other guests in the studio were silent. Even the host, Olga Skabeyeva, normally fierce and vocal in her defence of the Kremlin, appeared oddly subdued. In many ways, it's a case of "I told you so" from Mr Khodarenok. Writing in Russia's Independent Military Review back in February, before Moscow attacked Ukraine, the defence analyst had criticised "enthusiastic hawks and hasty cuckoos" for claiming that Russia would easily win a war against Ukraine. His conclusion back then: "An armed conflict with Ukraine is not in Russia's national interests." [...]
Criticism in print is one thing. But on TV - to an audience of millions - that is another level completely. The Kremlin has gone out of its way to control the informational landscape here: shutting down independent Russian news sources and ensuring that television - the principal tool in Russia for shaping public opinion - is on message. [...]
Entweder baut man nun seitens der Führung geschickt psychologisch schon vor, um alsbald irgendein dubioses Ende dieses sinnlosen Krieges als Sieg verkaufen zu können, womit alles quasi gesteuert wäre, oder aber dem Regime entgleitet zunehmend die Kontrolle über die Medienwelt und die damit einhergehende Unterdrückung der Kritik.
Schneemann