{"id":13057,"date":"2023-11-30T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/2023\/11\/30\/how-russian-propaganda-works-on-the-example-of-the-publication-of-internal-trust-ratings-in-authoritative-foreign-media\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T21:48:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T21:48:22","slug":"how-russian-propaganda-works-on-the-example-of-the-publication-of-internal-trust-ratings-in-authoritative-foreign-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/2023\/11\/30\/how-russian-propaganda-works-on-the-example-of-the-publication-of-internal-trust-ratings-in-authoritative-foreign-media\/","title":{"rendered":"How Russian propaganda works on the example of the publication of &#8220;internal trust ratings&#8221; in authoritative foreign media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 28, 2023, at approximately 20:00, <strong>The Economist<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/europe\/2023\/11\/28\/russia-is-poised-to-take-advantage-of-political-splits-in-ukraine\">publishes <\/a>an article titled &#8220;Russia is poised to take advantage of political splits in Ukraine&#8221; (&#8220;Russia is poised to take advantage of political splits in Ukraine&#8221;).  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_112608055.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_112608055.jpg 969w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_112608055-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_112608055-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_112608055-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_112608055-860x472.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first time http:\/\/web.archive.org\/ saw the publication was at 20:41.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>In Ukraine, thanks to the artificial intelligence-based monitoring system that our team works with, the article was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yuurii.nikolov\/posts\/pfbid0k7dNb5W562XqoS6gYXRD81Vf3phnsLEGeY9LpGxKwmwyh82KENgSeKH6SJLsMmgQl\">published <\/a>in translation by journalist Yuriy Nikolov at 10:50 p.m., with his own comments and assessments.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153-1024x619.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153-1024x619.png 1024w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153-600x362.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153-1000x604.png 1000w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153-768x464.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153-860x520.png 860w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113556153.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>At 23:03, former government official Volodymyr Omelyan shared his post, and at 23:38, the pro-Russian Telegram channel Politika Strany <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/stranaua\/133471\">published <\/a>his assessment and version of the article.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"994\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113644470.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113644470.jpg 973w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113644470-600x613.jpg 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113644470-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113644470-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113644470-860x879.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Further distribution came from these two sources. It was distributed both on Facebook, mostly with reference to Yuriy Nikolov, and in pro-Russian publics of telegram channels. The text of Strana was <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/oleshkonews\/13084\">published <\/a>separately in Ukrainian by fugitive blogger Myroslav Oleshko, who was put on the SBU&#8217;s wanted list.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-113439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-113439.png 942w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-113439-600x520.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-113439-768x666.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-113439-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-113439-860x746.png 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Until the morning of November 29, this narrative was actively spread by Russian publics.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_113917469-935x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13026\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Then, at 9:50 a.m., the ZeRada Telegram channel, which is pro-Russian, published another &#8220;sociology&#8221; with a reference to USAID:<em> &#8220;We have a closed November sociology, which was commissioned by the Americans (USAID) and conducted in Ukraine. It has a very interesting questionnaire (wording of questions) that reveals the intent of the research objectives.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-114416-712x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-114416-712x1024.png 712w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-114416-600x863.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-114416-695x1000.png 695w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-114416-768x1105.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-114416-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-114416.png 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Subsequently, these two sources were distributed separately and, in the Russian &#8220;segment,&#8221; together.  <\/p>\n\n<p>This was also accompanied by &#8220;analytics&#8221; in which the poisoning of Kirill Budanov&#8217;s wife was interpreted as a means of &#8220;shifting emphasis&#8221; and &#8220;buying time&#8221; in connection with the failure of the Armed Forces and the fall in ratings.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-115049.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-115049.png 770w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-115049-600x758.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-115049-768x970.png 768w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/screenshot-2023-11-30-115049-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>After that, the narrative was also launched that the publication in The Economist was <em>&#8220;another step by the West to remove Zelenskyy and put Zaluzhnyy or Budanov in his place&#8221;<\/em> (we wrote about the first attempt to plant the &#8220;military coup on the instructions of the United States <em>&#8220;<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/2023\/11\/11\/russia-has-launched-a-fake-that-the-united-states-with-the-help-of-zaluzhny-and-budanov-is-preparing-a-coup-d-etat-in-february-2024\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_115552934.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_115552934.png 760w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_115552934-600x366.png 600w, https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_115552934-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>At the time of publication, the narrative is still being actively disseminated.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 28, 2023, at approximately 20:00, The Economist publishes an article titled &#8220;Russia is poised to take advantage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_eb_data_table":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1280,1356],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analytics","category-defacto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/zobrazhennia_2023-11-30_112253915.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20918,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13057\/revisions\/20918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}