In Their Own Words How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions Julia Davis, Andreas Umland, Timothy Snyder

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Julia, Author.

Contributor:

Umland, Andreas, Editor.

Snyder, Timothy, Author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Ukrainian Voices Series

Ukrainian Voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukraine.

Russia.

War.

Propaganda.

Krieg.

Russland.

Local Subjects:

Ukraine.

Russia.

War.

Propaganda.

Krieg.

Russland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2024

Biography/History:

Julia Davis, M. Sc., studied Aviation and Spacecraft Engineering at the National Technical University of Kyiv also known as the Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute of Kyiv. Today, Julia lives in the United States and is a prominent Russian media analyst, whose investigations have repeatedly prompted retractions and corrections by RT (formerly "Russia Today") and other media outlets. Julia has been sanctioned by the Russian Federation for her influential analysis of Russia's propaganda, war crimes, and genocidal rhetoric.

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and the author of a number of books, including Bloodlands, The Road to Unfreedom, and the forthcoming On Freedom.

Summary:

This collection of essays and articles, written between 2019 and 2024 for such outlets as The Daily Beast and The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), illuminates recent Russian international affairs through the lens of Moscow’s propaganda tactics. For more than two decades, the Kremlin’s agitators have been tasked to lay, in advance, the groundwork for various domestic and foreign actions by the regime of Vladimir Putin. Thus, Russian state-controlled media provides crucial clues for deciphering the—often sinister—goals that the government of Russia was and is planning to pursue abroad, from election interference to military invasions. The goal of the sum of these activities is the establishment of a new world order—with Russia at its helm. Before the large invasion of 24 February 2022, Russian state media portrayed the West as incapable of opposing Russian aggression. Putin’s propagandists cheered for war against Ukraine, predicting it would be quick and victorious. Misreading the ability of the West to unite and miscalculating Russia’s capabilities in confronting determined Ukrainians, Russia ended up in a quagmire of its own creation. In 2024, Putin’s decorated propagandists face the possibility of future scrutiny and potential prosecutions for their proactive incitement of genocide. They unravel, along with the Kremlin, having to tell multiple conflicting stories and condemn the same players they used to lionize. Backed into the corner, they resort to nuclear threats and demand even more blood from Ukraine, whose only crime is its desire for democracy and freedom.

"Julia Davis's work has long been obligatory reading for anyone who seeks to understand Russia. Her new book now provides a chronological account of how the Kremlin’s most popular propagandists shaped the agenda and prepared the Russian population to accept the liquidation of their own opposition, the invasion of Ukraine, and the genocide of Ukrainians." - Anne Applebaum, author of “Gulag: A History and Red Famine”, “Stalin's war on Ukraine”

“This collection of articles provides analysis of Russia’s domestic and international propaganda, with an unmistakable trend. State-controlled propagandists cultivate popular opinion well in advance of what the government is planning, including but not limited to the invasion of Ukraine and interference in foreign elections. Outrageous and unlikely propaganda narratives have a tendency to become a reality, months and years later. These narratives are replete with warnings of what the Kremlin would like to do in the future—ignoring them might prove very costly in the long run.” - Admiral James Stavridis, 16th supreme allied commander of NATO and author most recently of “2054” a novel of geopolitics and artificial intelligence.

"Few in the West have ever experienced the bizarre and dehumanizing propaganda that now dominates all Russia media. Julia Davis, however, has kept a steady eye on this electronic madness and this book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand the darkness that has overtaken Russia." - Tom Nichols, Professor Emeritus, Naval War College

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Preface

Russians Praise Trump, Taunt Zelensky, as Ukraine Signs On to Peace-Plan Proposal

Russia's State TV Calls Trump Their 'Agent'

Did Russian Prime Minister Medvedev Drop a Grim Hint About Putin's Latest Power Grab?

This Is the Real Goal of Putin's Propaganda Machine

Can Trump's Art of the Arms Deal Get More Stupid? The Russians Are Loving It

'America's Dying' Russian Media Is Giddy at Chaos in the USA

Russian Media Is Rooting for Civil War in America 'The Worse, the Better'

Russian State Media Roots for Violence as America Counts Its Votes

Russian Media Is Angry and Desperate Over Biden Win

Russian Media Wants Moscow to Grant Asylum to Trump

Russian Media Mourn as Putin Acknowledges Biden's Win. But Say Trump 'Burned' U.S. on His Way Out

Putin Gleeful After Trumpsters' Violent Insurrection

Russian Media: 'Traitors' Like Alexei Navalny Deserve Death

Russian Media Pushes the Lie That Capitol Rioters Were Antifa

Top Kremlin Mouthpiece Warns of 'Inevitable' War With U.S. Over Another Ukraine Land Grab

Russian State Media Gears Up for a War 'Against the West'

How Putin Made a Fool of Tucker Carlson

Russia Targets Fox News Fans in Bid to Become the World's Anti-Woke Capital

State TV Host Mocks Black January 6 Cop in 'N-Word' Fueled Rant

Russia Is 'Enjoying' America's Failure-and Cozying Up to the Taliban

The Russian Public Is Being Primed for Another of Putin's Wars

Russian State TV Drops Deranged Love Letter to Its Darling 'Trumpushka'

Russian Citizens Are Now Being Prepped for Nuclear War

How Tucker Carlson Is Boosting Russia's New Propaganda War

Trump's Mega-Fans in Moscow Declare They're 'Ready to Elect Him Again'

Welcome to the Fantasy World Where Putin Already 'Won This Round'

Russian State TV Is So Ridiculous Right Now It Looks Like a Farce.

Kremlin TV Asks 'Where's the Champagne?' as Ukraine's Kids Are Prepped for War

Putin's Own Minions Are Exposing Him for the Liar He Is

Sanctioned Russian TV Host Cries About Losing His Italian Villa

Kremlin TV Tells Ukraine to Listen to Fox News Guest and Kneel to Putin

Russian State TV Just Blew Up Putin's 'Nazi Ukraine' BS

Even Russian State TV Is Pleading With Putin to Stop the War

Wild Kremlin TV Hosts Threaten the U.S. With Nuclear Strikes Unless Sanctions End and Reparations Are Paid

Kremlin TV Descends Into Screaming Match Over Putin's War Failures

Putin's Minions Demand Grotesque 'Rewards' for Mass Killers in Ukraine

Russia Airs Its Ultimate 'Revenge Plan' for America

Putin's Stooges: He May Nuke Us All but We Are Ready to Die

Putin's Puppets Admit Their Army Has Been a Total Embarrassment

Kremlin TV Betrays Darling Trump in Crazed Defense of Putin's War

Kremlin TV Names the Country Putin Will Invade Next

Putin's Lap Dog Humiliated by Fed-Up Guest on His Own Show

Team Putin Dishes on the Moment They Could Win It All

You'll Never Guess the Lie Putin Has Come Up With Now

Putin's Lies Have Kremlin TV Flailing and Fighting On-Air

Kremlin TV Says if Putin Ran For U.S. President, He'd Win-and Trump Would Be His Veep

Putin's Pals Furious Younger Russians Don't Want to Die in Ukraine

Russia's Panicked Confession: This Is What Scares Us Most

Kremlin TV Desperately Wants You to Move to Russia Right Now

Putin Cronies Threaten 'Hundreds' of American Coffins on Live TV

Team Putin Admits Their Worst Case Scenario Is Coming True

Team Putin Threatens Maniacal Response to Bitter War Losses

Putin Crony Belts Out Song in Cringey Push for More Russian Troops

Team Putin Begs Rich Russians to Help Save His Failing War.

Russia Desperately Tries to Sell Its Ukraine War Draft as Citizens Flee

Putin Crony Says He Drafted Russian 'Kill List' of Western Officials

Team Putin Wakes Up. We Never Should've Laughed at Ukraine

Kremlin TV Exposes the Real Goal of Putin's 'Revenge-Bombs'

Top Putin Lackey Urges Russians to Choose Violent Death Over War Defeat

Putin's Top TV Puppet Threatens 7 Countries With Air Strikes After Poland Blast

Kremlin TV Stars Combust as Russians Admit War Is Aimless

Putin's Cronies Turn on Russian Elite in Paranoid War Frenzy

Russians Fear They'll Soon Be Starving 'Like North Koreans'

Putin's Henchmen Threaten 'Tens of Thousands' of Dead U.S. Troops

Putin's No. 1 Cheerleader Rips into Russia's War Failures

Gloom Envelops Putin's TV Propagandists

'Morality Shouldn't Get in the Way'-Russia's Genocidal State Media

Team Putin Melts Down Over International Arrest Warrant

God's Propagandists

Russia Laments the Loss of Tucker Carlson

Married Putin Stooge Accused of Hiding Kids With Secret American Lover

Team Putin Spars Over Baffling Russian 'Victory Plan' in War

Russian State TV Anchors Aghast That Putin Didn't Kill Prigozhin

The Kremlin Has a Batshit New PR Position: There Was No Armed Mutiny

Kremlin News Stars Unravel in Post-Mutiny Television Fiasco

Top Putin Crony Curses Audience and Berates Colleague On-Air

Kremlin Flacks Tease Next 'Global' Targets of Putin's Wrath

Putin Stooge Loses It When Confronted About Prigozhin's Death

Who Assassinated Prigozhin? Duh, the English

'Woe to My Enemies' Rages Russia's Mouthpiece-in-Chief

Russia Lauds North Korea's 'Square-Headed Dude' and His Pauper Legions

Putin's Pals Brag: Elon Musk 'Really Is Our Agent!'

'Only Good News Today'-Russia's Propagandists Delight as Israelis Die

Russians Divide Over Terrorist Attack on Israel.

Putin Flack Claims 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Jews on Kremlin TV

Israel Conflict Rekindles Russian Antisemitism

Women Enter the Putin Regime's Crosshairs

Give the Kremlin an Inch and it Will Take Half of Europe

Reality Check for Putin as Russians Get Damn Tired of War

Putin's Pals Think the GOP Just Won Them the War in Ukraine

'Shocking' Reality of Ukraine Blowback Hammers Putin at Home

Putin's Sham Election Rivals Can't Even Keep a Straight Face

Kremlin Cronies: Putin-Tucker Interview Will 'Blow Up' U.S. Election

Putin Nearly Bores Tucker Carlson to Death With Two-Hour History Lesson

Tucker Carlson Misses the Bullseye

Putin Says He Was Not Impressed by Tucker Carlson

Putin's Pals Link Death of Alexei Navalny to Tucker Carlson Interview

Putin Plants 'Info-Bombs'

Russia Issues Chilling Warnings to Navalny's Widow

Putin Inc. Fears Navalny Even Beyond the Grave

Trump is 'Unhinged' But We Love Him, Say Kremlin Mouthpieces

Putin's Friends Celebrate Re-Election With Photos of Mass Hanging

Moscow Terror Attack: A Lie Too Good to Waste

Kremlin Glee as US Dithers on Lifesaving Ukraine Aid

Whiplash as Russia Toasts Derided Marjorie Taylor Greene as Their Top New Hero

Putin's Propagandists Rage Against the Republican 'Betrayal'

Afterword.

ISBN:

3-8382-7909-3

OCLC:

1446802894

Publisher Number:

9783838279091