The main wave of disinformation narratives this week is unsurprisingly connected to the attack on Ukrainian ships near the Azov Sea. But let's not rush straight into the examples. Instead, let's filter them using the approach created by Ben Nimmo. According to him, Russian propaganda largely relies on four tactics: to distort, distract, dismiss and dismay.
The stories published by Russia Today have clear signs of distorting the facts as they state that "Ukrainian ships entered Russian waters in the Black Sea illegally" while in reality the bilateral treaty between Russia and Ukraine governs the use of the Kerch strait and the Sea of Azov, which is considered to be the “internal waters” of both Russia and Ukraine.
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