DISINFO: Bernard-Henri Levy is a classic liberal fascist and outright cannibal
SUMMARY
Bernard-Henri Levy is a classic liberal fascist and outright cannibal.
RESPONSE
This is an example of recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation that seeks to discredit high-profile individuals in the West who are strongly critical of the Kremlin’s domestic and foreign policies.
This statement was made in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine when Levy visited the besieged Odesa to support the Ukrainians.
Pro-Kremlin disinformation has often targeted Bernard-Henry Lévy in recent years because of his highly critical views of the Putin regime, and his endorsement of popular protests against authoritarian and corrupt governments in various parts of the world.
Lévy has been accused by pro-Kremlin outlets of being an “ideologist of the liberal world order”, "blood lover" and producer of Euromaidan, an intellectual closely linked to Europe’s technocratic-financial élite, as the theoretician of the war in Libya, the intellectual sponsor of the “West’s military aggression against Syria”, and a supporter in Ukraine of "rebels financed by the West to destabilise a sovereign state" during the Euromaidan protests.
See our guide to deciphering pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's war.