This\u00a0Russian\u00a0news piece merits a closer examination for the way it expertly twists the truths about events in\u00a0Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It alludes to such democratic ideals as a \u201cpeaceful transfer of power\u201d and \u201cavoidance of a coup\u201d, but it places the decision-making process within the hands of a dictator, who, in reality, was voted out of his office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, it paints peaceful protesters, who actually adhere to the aforementioned democratic ideals, as dangerous radicals and directly accuses them of striving to turn their country into a \u201cpoverty-ridden anti-Russia\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This last remark is an allusion to the way Kremlin media often portray Ukraine after the Revolution of Dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"