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The private military company (PMC) Wagner has once again made international headlines with the arrival of around 1,000 of its employees on battlefields in #Ukraine. For its supposed owner Evgeny #Prigozhin, this is a return to a familiar environment: his companies began their disinformation activities in Ukraine during the #Maidan #revolution. However, the #PMC is no longer limited to making war or business: it is also involved in a broader strategy of branding #Russia in the eyes of foreign, as well as domestic public opinion. This new activity is not so surprising if we recall that Prigozhin himself specializes in Russia’s image abroad and can therefore offer #Wagner many of his contacts in the worlds of public relations and #showbusiness.
While Russian soft power has been probably irreparably destroyed in the West by the invasion of Ukraine, Wagner's recent film productions, all dated 2019-2021, have not necessarily been rendered outdated by the #war in Ukraine. On the contrary, they continue to speak to European circles that admire #survivalism, mercenaries, and non-Asian martial arts, as well as to the #GlobalSouth. They illustrate how the codes of #popculture have been adopted to enhance and justify the #Putin regime’s political objectives and, in particular, to heroize mercenary activity, the “subliminal” message being that Russian heroes fight for the good of all humanity and will inevitably be victorious.
https://russiapost.net/politics/wagnerverse #lybia #CAR #mozambique #donbass #mali #afghanistan #syrien #media
There’s a well-known story about Russian President Vladimir #Putin and a rat. As Putin tells it in his autobiography, as a child, he chased a rat around his family’s apartment building, eventually trapping it in a corner. The rat then lashed out, attacked the young Putin, and attempted to bite him.
This experience, in Putin’s words, taught him that if cornered, “you have to fight to the finish line in every fight” and “you need to assume that there is no retreat.”
Western officials have often cited this story for how Putin allegedly never backs down and is particularly dangerous when cornered.
This belief has led many in the #West to fear that Putin may undertake more brutal and destructive steps, even resorting to chemical or nuclear #weapons, if he’s trapped into a humiliating defeat in #Ukraine. That assumption appears to be behind Western pressure on Ukraine to give up territory and make concessions to end the #war with Russia.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/08/vladimir-putin-backs-down-russia-ukraine/ #russia #draghi #macron #scholz #nato #syria #turkey #lybia #wagner #erdogan #crimea #politics
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Esta é a #Líbia depois que os 🇺🇲 #EUA fizeram uma #IntervençãoDemocrática -
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RT Ernesto Che Guevara Lula Presidente - Via Guilherme D’Avila #Lybia #Venezuela -
[ Já esteve aqui. É tão bom que voltou ] - 2019 -