WAR AND MEDINA: SACTIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND ANTI-UKRAINIAN HYSTERIA
Marian ZHYTARYUK
The seventh year continues the phase of open aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine in the context of the civilization war of the Kremlin (East) against the EU (West). And the seventh year cannot but be surprised at the naivety of those against whom aggression or abuse is carried out. It is not a mystery that Vladimir Putin wants to destroy the European Union by reviving the Moscow Empire on the territory of the former USSR, destroying all those who are ready to confront it – the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Moldova. As for others, perhaps they will not resist very much (Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan), but are they so interesting for the Kremlin as those in West?
In the modern Moscow region, once again awarded the medals “For the Return of Crimea”1. However, the true value of such things is spelled out in the “Russian rubles” on the website “World of Faleristics”2. Here, in particular, we will see that each medal or difference has its own price. For example, the “Medal of 5 Years of the Reunion of Crimea with Russia (2014-2019)” is estimated at 499 rubles, or 167 UAH, or almost 6 US dollars, or 5 Euros.
Doctor of Science in Social Communications, Full Professor, Professor at the Department of Foreign Press and Information Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
1 http://surl.li/mmdq
2 https://www.mir-faleristiki.ru/
There are many other «insignia» and «awards». For example, those
depicted on screens further, and those that relate not only to the annexation
of Crimea, but also to Donbass, where it seems that there were no Russian
soldiers.
And in a situation where high politics is unable or unwilling to resolve
the issue by peaceful measures, when the parity of the participants is ignored,
the military chaos unleashed by Moscow, instilled in the Donbass and Crimea,
becomes dominant. For the seventh year, Russia is de facto in a state of war
against Ukraine, albeit not officially recognized, but with cannon, tank
shelling, with trained snipers, with multiple rocket launchers (Grad,
Hurricane), with electronic reconnaissance, and most importantly, with tens of
thousands of killed, wounded, with a bullet.
In a state of permanent war against Ukraine, Moscow for hundreds of
litas. In the twentieth century. Extermination took place under the auspices of
«dispossession», the organization of collective farms and state farms. When
such a plan did not work, in 1932-1933. Mainly in Ukraine and in the
territories dominated by the Ukrainian population, Moscow staged a genocide of
Ukrainians. As a result of the Holodomor, at least seven million Ukrainians,
mainly peasants, died.
Against the background of the destruction of the national core among
people who remained alive, although they were not always ready to admit that
they were Ukrainians, the Bolshevik party took up the so-called.
industrialization. As a cheap labor force, prisoners and former prisoners were
best suited. They were brought in hundreds of thousands to the Donbass and
Crimea for the construction of steelworks and work in mines. These people
really did not need the Ukrainian language, which before the Holodomor reigned
in the vicinity of Yuzivka and other cities. So the Soviet regime for decades
emasculated the national essence and the human core, the remnants of dignity.
So the «Soviet man» was formed – «homo sovieticus», in fact a mancurt who cares
who he is, who his parents are, what his future is.
Therefore, today it is not surprising the position of nostalgia for the
USSR from the Mankurts and their descendants, who are most of all – this has
happened historically – it is in Crimea and the Donbass, who are used to myths
and are not able to assess the situation on their own, without Russian
television (we recall that, by decree of V. Putin of 2014, television is also
troops!). But each time it is more surprising to serve the invaders from the
part of society that should not resemble any shit, should not be «dirt», «foot»
of Moscow, but should be the wake of national consciousness, patriotism... And
when this is not the case, the idea of treason, about a conscious choice in
favor of the enemy.
In the case of family-godfather relations, the
Putin-Medvedchuk model does not surprise anyone. These people are very
connected. But should Ukrainian journalists sell their soul and body to please
employers? And should the leaders of the EU countries (France, Italy, the Czech
Republic, etc.) pretend that nothing has changed, that there is no geopolitical
transformation of Eurasia during Moscow's hybrid war against the West,
resorting to advice on reconciliation, understanding and resumption of dialogue
with the Kremlin? Questions are rhetorical, but let me remind myself that a
similar policy of reconciliation against Hitler-Nazi Germany in the late 30s.
XX century already took place and ended with World War II. It seems that
history does not teach everyone the way it should...
To illustrate my opinion, I recall Decree of the President of Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky №43/2021 «On the decision of the National Security and
Defense Council of Ukraine of February 2, 2021 On the application of personal
special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)» of February 2, 2021
(https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/432021-36441), which imposed sanctions on Taras Kozak, a citizen of Ukraine,
associate Viktor Medvedchuk, and part According to the decision, the activities
of three television channels are prohibited – NewsOne, ZIK and «112 Ukraine».
The NSDC calls the reasons for this step cooperation and co-financing from
illegitimate entities in the Donbass and inciting national discord on
television because of statements about the so-called civil conflict in Ukraine,
the need to negotiate with the Russian Federation and, it seems, the desire of
Ukraine to continue the war with both fraternal Russian and its own people.
Opponents of such a decision are representatives of the «Opposition
Platform - for Life» («pro-Russian political party in Ukraine» (http://surl.li/hkgx),
their political allies and controlled media, like all Russian propaganda,
impute both the NSDC and the President excessive powers, insufficient
reasoning, restriction of freedom of speech and the like. In my opinion, such a
decision is correct, but it was made very late. It was on time even not in the
fall of 2018 when the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was defined and recommended the
relevant document for the signature to the President Petro Poroshenko, and in
spring 2014 when ideas of “Russsian
spring” and «Novorossiya» were circulating in Ukrainet, that is, when the
degree of boiling in interstate Russian-Ukrainian relations crossed all
borders, when Moscow propaganda and local collaborators inflated separatism in
Ukraine («Putin – come!», «Putin – bring in troops», «We hut in Russey», «Kiev junta», «Fascism will not come» etc.). True, until 2018, T. Kozak was not
the owner of any of the mentioned television channels. So, the previous owners
of «NewsOne» are Vadim Rabinovich and Evgeny Muraev, and T. Kozak acquired
ownership of it in October 2018, on «112 Ukraine» (http://surl.li/mvkn)
– in December, on ZIK (http://surl.li/mvkt)
– in June 2019 (until that time belonged to
Peter Dyminsky).
When it comes to the fact that adequate and decisive steps on the part
of the NSDC and the President of Ukraine should have been timely, and not six
to seven years late, then this does not mean the person of a specific politician
against whom sanctions have been imposed, but the content, content of
television or radio during this time. Until 2019, the ZIK channel was not
pro-Russian, but positioned itself as a platform for investigative journalism.
But there were other mass media that consistently introduced tension and sowed
anger. Since there were no adequate steps on the part of official Kiev, the
policy of protecting the national information space was not implemented,
permissiveness was actually encouraged, the spread of information chaos,
collaborators became by no means less.
In the context of statements by various people about the alleged
violation of freedom of speech, I wanted to parry: would comrade Joseph Stalin,
who is so honored by the Kremlin's latest propaganda, allow representatives of
Adolf Hitler to polemize on the radio? Or vice versa! Standards of journalism,
of course, always exist. But journalism cannot be considered total political
propaganda, the imposition of ideology and manipulation of consciousness! These
things are obvious to most, but not to everyone!
Therefore, I support the decision of the National Security and Defense
Council of Ukraine, President V. Zelensky, but I consider it half-hearted and
incomplete. Pro-Russian political forces have accumulated not only in these
three rating television channels, but also in many regional mass media,
including print media, which continue to function successfully, incite enmity,
talking about the need to restore the Soviet Union (Great Russia), about the
only correct faith – Moscow Orthodox, in my opinion, there should be general
criteria for protecting against foreign information influence on the political
establishment and public opinion in Ukraine. As for me, everyone who intervenes
in the internal affairs of Ukraine – with their non-track advice and
restrictions - from the East or the West, should understand that Ukraine is,
Ukraine will not be silent and will not stick its head into someone else's
loop, that during the hybrid war of Russia against the West Ukraine – also the
subject, and not only the object of political law, not only the arena of
aggravation of relations
Despite the fact that, I as the citizen am surprised by a position of
the Chairman of the National union of journalists of Ukraine Sergey Tomilenko (http://surl.li/mvrq)
who, like the pro-Russian politicians, considers that Ukraine should be made
responsible for... approach to freedom of speech... Offensively for me and for
the item of Tomilenko, both for NSZhU, and for many members of this
organization who, in silence conditions of keeping, actually share a position
of the chairman and politicians of the country aggressor. Separate voices of
journalists about it (for example, Olga Gerasymyuk), that S. Tomilenko's
statement doesn't reflect a position of members of the Union gives hope for
gradual understanding of the main point (http://surl.li/mvmz), however it would be desirable that it occurred much quicker and more
massively.
After introduction of sanctions and the termination of air on Donbass
the next aggravation takes place: because of activization of the Russian
mercenaries, mainly snipers, there are more killed and wounded Ukrainian
soldiers. The president Leonid Kravchuk, the Head of the Ukrainian delegation
in tripartite contact group on peaceful settlement of a situation in the east
of Ukraine, connects these events among themselves, sees between them
communication – «War won't end, so far Europe and the USA won't force Russia
out from Donbass and the Crimea (27.02.2021» (http://surl.li/mvot).
On this background the media managers of Ukraine, the European politicians have
to be a single whole against the Russian aggression, but isn't present... The
president of France Emmanuel Macron, considers that on other questions (except
Ukraine and Navalny where the position of the EU has to remain consecutive, in
the relations with the Russian Federation the European party has to conduct
comprehensive dialogue, his politician it is directed to restoration and
continuation of dialogue with Russia, «Europe and the Russian Federation have
the general history and culture, are geographical neighbors» (http://surl.li/mvpg).
I won't polemize with E. Macron, but I assume that the best illustration
of the mentioned dialogue of EU-Russia are the following figures
(unfortunately, for 2019): Income from export was reduced (because price of oil
was lower, than in previous years), however was 66.88 billion US dollars.
Revenues of Gazprom – 41, 63 billion US dollars, export of liquefied natural
gas (here growth half!) – 7.92 billion US dollars (http://surl.li/mvqk).
Total – 116.43 billion US dollars. And so annually (figures change a little,
but it isn't lower than 100 billion US dollars)! Here the real price to the
anti-Russian sanctions – financing of the Moscow board for hundreds of billions
dollars and refusal in financial aid to Ukraine. Masks are taken off,
conclusions are obvious.
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