There are many oddities which caught the attention of the viewers who were watching the broadcast Speech by Vladimir Putin at the Luzniki Stadium in Moscow. The event and concert marking the eighth anniversary of Crimea’s annexation to Russia after the 2014 referendum, which the international community never recognized, ended with a lengthy presidential monologue to the nation.
What Vladimir Putin said in his speech to the nation from Luzniki Stadium
In the backdrop where the final of the World Cup was held, there was a fullblown puting, like the dissident’s supporters Alexis Navalny They cite the lavish meetings of the Tsar, attended by thousands of people, which today serve to hold the Russian Federation together despite the wars and the country’s precarious economic situation.
They were announced on Telegram important statements by Vladimir Putin, but the expectations of the West remained disappointed. The Kremlin’s number one not only didn’t back down from invading Ukraine, he actually did praised the army and his “military operation to denazify” Kiev.
According to the president, the engagement of the military is an act of protection against the ethnic Russian population of the Donbass, where a “genocide“Designed by the Ukrainian government, with “punitive operations” and “airstrikes”. He then assured us that “we will carry out all our plans” and that the end of the war was therefore still a long way off.
In front flags with the colors of Russia waved by a cheering crowd, Sergey Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, spoke and the artists performed Polina Gagarinawho has previously participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, and Oleg GazmanovSquadron group frontman.
Putin quotes the gospel to speak of war, the theologian: “A real blasphemy”
Twice Vladimir Putin quoted the Gospel of John (chapter 15, verse 13) to justify the death of his soldiers. “Greater love has no man than this: to lay down his life for his friends”. A strain on the Christian message of peace that did not please church leaders, who slammed the choice to include the phrase in a speech praising the war.
As the monsignor said Bruno StrongTheologian, added the Russian president, “to the very serious sins of which one is guilty authentic blasphemy: Using God to justify evil touches the pinnacle of immorality and even insanity. A madness that has been talked about for days, with the speculation about Vladimir Putin’s physical and mental health that we have spoken to you about here.
The Archbishop of Chieti stressed that it was a “sacrilegious act, an exploitation of the Gospel for the purpose of selfjustification” that “shows the whole weakness deep“From the tsar who would no longer find any arguments to justify the “unjustified aggression against Ukraine.
Even the Jesuit father Antonio spadaro, director of La Civiltà Cattolica, explained in this context that “politics must not usurp the language of Jesus to justify hatred. The religious rhetoric of power and violence is blasphemous“. But not only the content of Vladimir Putin’s monologue caused controversy and even real conspiracy theories on the Internet.
What’s Wrong With Putin’s Address to the Nation: Paid Audience and “Coverage”
The event was broadcast on the channel Rossiya 24and the broadcast highlighted several oddities. Starting with the number of people given by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. you would have been 200 thousandsbut the bottom line and with good analysis of the images, they had to be at least half.
The seating capacity of the stadium is indeed 81,000 seats, and on the ground floor was the stage on which Vladimir Putin climbed. It is impossible to get to the figures given by the government. There are also those online who have compared the videos of previous events at the same location with the closeups same peopledressed in the same clothes and with the same hairstyle.
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Using archival video for the same events is a very common practice on television and is known as “coverIt’s used to better manage room changes and downtime, but prior to a propaganda event in Crimea, it struck most as suspicious, perhaps an act of censorship rather than showing a cheering audience choruses of dissidentsas someone suggests.
Outside the stadium, many independent journalists have also collected testimonies directly from the public. Many would have claimed it was paid to go to the stadium, smile and applaud Vladimir Putin’s words. Others would swear they were forcibly taken there with no explanation. Difficult to understand where it is truth.
Putin’s speech on TV interrupted three times: what really happened
However, suspicion arose primarily because of the President’s lengthy monologue cut three times and replaced by musical performances. On the one hand there are those who speak of it propaganda Russian, which would have censored the whistles from the stands. On the other hand, whoever is talking about it sabotage Passages about the war to show the world that people don’t want a conflict in Ukraine.
The official version is different. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, said in a statement to Ria Novosty agency that the interruption of the broadcast by a “technical failure of the server“. Subsequently, the program “For a world without Nazism! For Russia! For the President!”, was rebroadcast without problems.
Which would have passed as banal in peacetime problem technicallytoday it seems like a clunky way to cover it up dissent growing in Russia and any intolerance to Western sanctions and the war in Ukraine. Or even a real act of rebellion against a president who praises a conflict in which thousands of young Russians are dying.
What is certain, however, is that the tsar’s words did not please everyone, as Russian rumors show from the core present on the web. Which also focused on the President’s attire, with a controversy over the expensive Made in Italy jacket worn by Vladimir Putin, which we’ve talked about here, as well as Moscow risking a default, only temporarily avoided, as we’ve explained here .