Russian Nobel Prize winner warns of Putin’s nuclear war teachings

Russian state propaganda is teaching its citizens that “nuclear war is not a bad thing” and promoting it “as if they are advertising pet food,” a Russian Nobel laureate has warned. Dmitry Muratov (pictured), editor-in-chief of the banned Novaya Gazeta newspaper, told the BBC the Kremlin was using an intensive public messaging campaign to prepare the Russians for a full-scale nuclear attack. “On the TV channels here, nuclear war and nuclear weapons are promoted as if they are advertising pet food,” he said. They announce: “We have this missile, that missile, another type of missile.” They talk of targeting Britain and France, of causing a nuclear tsunami to sweep through the United States. Why do they say this? So that the people here are ready. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11920081/Putin-preparing-people-nuclear-war-teaching-isnt-bad-thing.html?ito=msngallery

Meanwhile, Muratov, 61, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, said Russians had been “irradiated by propaganda”, using television and VK, the national version of Facebook. He added: “In Russia, propaganda is 12 TV channels, tens of thousands of newspapers, social networks like VK that completely serve the state ideology.” A Russian talk show host recently suggested that Russia “should declare any military target on the territory of France, Poland and the UK a legitimate target.” According to the BBC, the same presenter advised “smash an island with strategic nukes and test launch or fire tactical nukes so that no one gets their hopes up.” The message is particularly effective with Putin’s support base, mostly older people who see him “as his own grandson,” Muratov said. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11920081/Putin-preparing-people-nuclear-war-teaching-isnt-bad-thing.html?ito=msngallery

He said they see Putin “as someone who will protect them and who brings them their pension every month and wishes them Happy New Year every year,” adding: “These people believe that their royal grandchildren should go and fight and die.” But the propaganda is not convincing everyone. He said: ‘Twenty-one thousand administrative and criminal cases have been opened against the Russians who have protested. The opposition is in jail. The media have been shut down. Many activists, civilians and journalists have been labeled as foreign agents’. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11920081/Putin-preparing-people-nuclear-war-teaching-isnt-bad-thing.html?ito=msngallery

Muratov, who is not optimistic about the future of Russia-Ukraine relations, warned: ‘Ukraine will not be able to accept this tragedy. In Russia, political repression against all opponents of the regime will continue. The only hope I have is in the young generation: those people who see the world as a friend, not an enemy, and who want Russia to be loved and Russia to love the world. I hope this generation survives me and Putin.” Pictured: Yars missile launch in October 2022. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11920081/Putin-preparing-people-nuclear-war-teaching-isnt- bad-thing .html?ito=msngalery

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