Kremlin Media Compare the Storming of the US Capitol to Maidan

The Reasons Why They Construct Analogies Between Riots and Protests

27 January 2021

Pro-Kremlin media using the image of unrest in the United States to conduct information operations that benefit pro-Russian forces in Ukraine and Belarus. They discredit genuine protest movements and justify violence by security forces, censorship and restrictions on freedom of speech.

The Maidan threat has become the central narrative of pro-Kremlin media propaganda. In propagandists’ hands, the Euromaidan events have become a universal scarecrow that is used in case of protests.

Commenting on the capture of the United States Capitol by an armed gang of Trumpists,  pro-Kremlin propaganda mouthpieces compare it to the demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine from late 2013.

A specific feature of this narrative in Belarus is the attempt to justify the violence perpetrated by Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s security forces against peaceful protesters.

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Maria Avdeeva

Research Director at the European Expert Association and iSANS Expert. She focuses on international security, Ukraine-EU relations and emerging security challenges. In addition, she analyses information operations, efforts to counter disinformation, and threats to democracy.

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