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Russia Is Using the Media to Wage War in Belarus. Sound Familiar?
The Kremlin’s strategy should be a warning to democracies everywhere.
Not a prominent image on Belarusian state media.
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If you believe the message from the Kremlin, Russia currently has no plans to send police or military forces into neighboring Belarus. But it has sent in some reinforcements — to the news media, as part of a strategy that should stand as a warning to democracies around the world.
Of course, President Vladimir Putin mused last week, Russia may eventually need to intervene in Belarus militarily. But as his spokesman put it this week: “At present we see that the situation is under control.”