Putin’s propaganda also reached Italian television. Stubborn in his arguments, persistent in his denial of reality. Through the voice of the journalist from Russia24, Olga Kurlaeva, last night the voice of the Kremlin sounded live in the Piazzapulita. And the debate inevitably caught fire. The reporter from the Russian state broadcaster affiliated with La7 actually has a long e heated comparison with the Italian interlocutors and accused them (in a surreal role reversal) of attacking Russia and arming the Nazi battalions.
“Putin is not afraid of anything,” Kurlaeva said at first, denying that there was a conflict initiated by the Russians (“There is a Declaration of war? So what are you talking about? “) And to blame Italy for supporting Kyiv.” As long as you supply the weapons, Ucrina will struggle. Instead of convincing them and letting Zelensky and his company sit at the table, give them guns, near our border. What do you know what he wants Putin? Has he ever refused to go and negotiate?” Russian journalist La7.24 Then attacked further accusations against the Italians regarding the interpretation of the Tsar’s military wishes.
“They introduce themselves and invent plans… I spent eight years in the Donbass, they killed people there, and you never said any of that,” the Putin supporter suddenly pressed on. And the conductor of the Piazzapulita, Corrado Formigli: “It’s not like that, it’s like that propaganda! “.
Russian journalist: “In the Donbass they killed people, you don’t say that!”. And Formigli replies: “It’s not like that, it’s propaganda” https://t.co/LcXkiEQYAm#a clean hit
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However, the delusional tenor of the conversation was fully understood when Kurlaeva denied that the Russians intervened militarily against the Ukrainian population. “You speak to civilians? They say they’re busy. I, on the other hand, say they are in territory not occupied. There are stories about how the Ukrainian military shot them. The locals said that the Ukrainian Azov fighters drove them into the basements,” the journalist continued. There are the bombs, the dead. We can say they all died of sleep, but they didn’t!” exclaimed the innkeeper.
The question and answer with the face of Russia24 lasted several minutes and actually turned into one from wall to wall. In fact, Kurlaeva has never made concessions to the positions of her Italian colleagues and to the Western reconstructions of the war that have been branded “fake”. And the war scenes? A “staging”. The televised tug of war ended as it began: the interlocutors stuck to their positions. And with the stubborn Putin-like rhetoric displayed by the Russian side.
“We are dealing with denazification and demilitarization. We’ll stop when you stop feeding them Nazi battalions killing the population. They continue to feed them weapons.” Comment from Ambassador Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, present in the studio: “They live on another planet”.