Occupiers spread fakes to divert attention from their atrocities
Russian fakes are similar to Russian TV series: cheap, vulgar, predictable and with poor acting. Staged videos appear on anonymous telegram channels: either about alleged ill-treatment of captured invaders, or about injuring and even murdering the occupiers. Often, the primary source is pro-Russian communities on social media, directly managed by Russian special services and Russian MoD. Why such publications appear? It’s simple - the atrocities of Russian occupiers have already shocked the whole world so much that they undermine all the myths about the ‘liberators’. So, their purpose is to shift the emphasis and try to convince the audience that…