December 11, 2022 – President Vladimir Putin’s promise of a swift invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone to plan, forcing his propaganda machine to change its tone.
CBC’s Terence McKenna, with help from Russian 1420 YouTuber Daniil Orain, examines how that shift in messaging is reverberating across the country’s rural areas.
March 19, 2023 – Mark Voyger, Former Special Advisor for Russian and European Affairs, has said he believes President Vladimir Putin is “trying to send two important messages to the West” about “defiance”. This follows the Russian President’s visit to Crimea which was annexed from Ukraine nine years ago, and then to Mariupol in occupied Ukrainian territory.
March 19, 2023 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has made his first visit to Ukrainian territory occupied since last year’s invasion, touring the city of Mariupol in the southeast of the country. He made what state media described as a “working trip” to the port city in Donetsk, which was annexed in September last year.