https://www.rt.com/russia/550143-putin-announce-decision-donbass/ The move is being supported by Shoigu and Lavrov. Will be interesting to hear his reasoning whichever way he decides.
Zero Hedge has more details than RT. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...ly-urge-immediate-russian-military-assistance
Zero Hedge publishes Russian propaganda, so that's not particularly surprising. In fact, the more obscure the source, the happier Russia is. People know that RT is Russian propaganda, but Zero Hedge provides cover since it's not owned and controlled by the Kremlin so much as used and exploited by it.
Much like RI ...(Russia Insight)....YT vids....total BS...and some can't load properly. Probably some nutcase owner that runs it....can't find any credible info on it.
Yep. And ZH has been called out specifically: U.S. Accuses Zero Hedge of Spreading Russian Propaganda Washington (AP) -- U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies. The officials said Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence. The officials did not say whether they thought Zero Hedge knew of any links to spy agencies and did not allege direct links between the website and Russia. Zero Hedge denied the claims and said it tries to “publish a wide spectrum of views that cover both sides of a given story.” In a response posted online Tuesday morning, the website said it “has never worked, collaborated or cooperated with Russia, nor are there any links to spy agencies.” ... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ncial-website-of-spreading-russian-propaganda Zero Hedge's response misses the mark, probably on purpose. No one accused them of collaborating with Russia or having links to spy agencies; their response was essentially a straw man attack. This is why I'm careful to say that the Kremlin is using and exploiting them since it can get its propaganda published there without Zero Hedge having to have any cooperation or links that are not entirely tacit in nature, as in ZH simply turns a blind eye to it at best.
