He took it one step further
Political scientist at Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) Alvydas Medalinskas In an “Info Day”, Putin said he had taken another step and was waiting for a reaction from the West.
“As always, we need to look at what has been said the most disgusting thing, which further indicates Russia’s aggressive policy under Putin. One such statement is that now Russia it can decide for itself whether NATO countries can react if, for example, Russia sinks a warship from Britain or another NATO country. Maybe there would even be casualties or an attacked military object.
So far, there have been no such thoughts, because we thought NATO was strong. But Putin goes one step further by testing the waters – will there be any reaction to the words that he may have sunk that ship, but there will be no world war, because Russia will not be so powerful to attack, “Medalinskas said in the show.
“I’m talking about considering for NATO countries whether they will answer if Russia, even so far hypothetically raised the question, even sinks a warship,” the political scientist said in the show.
He recalled that such statements did not exist even during the Cold War.
The political scientist said in the show that he was waiting for the reaction of the West and to the statements about Ukraine.
“I would like to see a reaction from the West and another statement – that there is no Ukrainian nation. And that Putin will write some kind of book explaining this. This is the best historical analogue of Adolf Hitler, who explained in 1937-1938 that there is no Austrian nation except the Germans. (…) In my opinion, some of the signs are increasingly troubling in Putin’s lexicon.
And I really try very hard for the reaction of some influential Western states, which, even in such an atmosphere of rhetoric, talk about the need for a dialogue with Putin, “Medalinskas said at the Info Day, recalling the initiative taken by Germany and France last week. .
An MRU political scientist said that the West’s failure to react to such Putin’s rhetoric encourages him to increase it.
“And the fact that the rhetoric does not end was shown by the events in Crimea, in the Sea of Azov, and later in Donbass. And the fourth step, which coincided with Putin’s speech – Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Turkey and the attempt to subordinate it to Russia’s will in the Black Sea, “said MRU political scientist A. Medalinskas.
The propaganda machine is working
Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University (VU) Mantas Martišius argued that such a format is long-lasting and is done to show the two most important things to the nation.
“The first is that he keeps his hand on the pulse, knows what’s going on, gets in the situation, can answer questions. And the other thing is that it helps to show that the president is human, is not very close somewhere, even ordinary people can ask questions. But when you control all the media – the issues are coordinated, the image is chosen, it is a very good thing for an authoritarian leader to get angry and convince his people, ”said M. Martišius, a lecturer at the VU Faculty of Communication.
He said practically the whole event is staged.
According to M. Martišius, all issues could be divided into three parts – foreign policy, domestic policy and soft issues, which show that the head of the country is human.
„V. Putin knows this is a good place for him. And even if it blocks itself, it will be minimized, “the expert explained.
M. Martišius assured that this teletbridge still functions as a “propaganda machine”.
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