{"id":158592,"date":"2021-12-21T10:10:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T08:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=158592"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:08:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:08:29","slug":"russian-disinformation-about-belarus-in-2020-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/russian-disinformation-about-belarus-in-2020-2021","title":{"rendered":"Russian Disinformation About Belarus in 2020-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>While the world condemned the state-sponsored violence against the pro-democratic movement in Belarus for the past two years, Russian propaganda supported Lukashenko&#8217;s authoritarian regime virtually from the very first day of protests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such was the focus of Russian disinformation about Belarus in 2020-2021, but what other topics and narratives were promoted on the state-controlled media? Among the most prominent narratives were: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>justifying police brutality as &#8220;severe but necessary&#8221;; <\/li><li>calling the rigged elections &#8220;fair and democratic&#8221;; <\/li><li>portraying Russia and Belarus as two &#8220;fraternal states&#8221;; <\/li><li>and more \u2013 watch our video to find out! <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link g1-button g1-button-solid g1-button-l\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pxQtDwYNzS8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the video in Belarusian<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was prepared within the study <a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/rus-disinfo-belarus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian Disinformation About Belarus: Main Topics and Narratives of 2020<\/a>, conducted as part of a joint project with the Estonian Centre for International Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the world condemned the state-sponsored violence against the pro-democratic movement in Belarus for the past two years, Russian propaganda supported Lukashenko&#8217;s authoritarian regime virtually from the very first day of protests. Such was the focus of Russian disinformation about Belarus in 2020-2021, but what other topics and narratives were promoted on the state-controlled media? 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