OP-ED

Group of authors: Pro-Kremlin propaganda in Ukraine changes tone

By Peter Pomerantsev, Inna Nelles, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Angelina Kariakina.

Published June 11, 2021 at 6:04 am

Viktor Medvedchuk, a lawmaker and one of the leaders of the pro-Kremlin party Opposition Platform For Life, talks to the press after leaving the Prosecutor General's Office in Kyiv on May 12. The day before, Medvedchuk was charged with high treason. He denies all accusations.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

Pro-Kremlin propaganda in Ukraine is changing. Praising Putin is a harder sell in the country since Russia’s 2014 invasion, so nowadays the Kremlin and its proxies are focused less on boosting Russia and more about making the West look just as bad.