DISINFO: The West treats Russians today as it did Jews in the 1930s

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DISINFO: The West treats Russians today as it did Jews in the 1930s

SUMMARY

The West's attitude toward Russians today resembles the treatment of European Jews in the 1930s. A pathological, bestial Russophobia has gripped the Western world, which pretends not to see the plight of those who are persecuted for being Russian or speaking Russian.

For instance, the West has no problem with the persecution of Russians in the Baltic States.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative painting the West as pathologically Russophobic, and Russians/Russian speakers living abroad as victims of constant persecution.

The claim is made without evidence. It cites only one (false) example to make the egregious comparison between the historical suffering of European Jews and the imagined martyrdom of Russian minorities in the West today. See e.g. here and here for further reading on how the Kremlin uses the concept of "Russophobia" for disinformation purposes.

Disclaimer

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