This thesis was circulated on social networks, in particular on telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric. The report says that Russia's main task is to become a safe haven for “normal people”. With all its actions, the Russian leadership only wants to show that their country is “an island of common sense in this crazy world”.

However, this rhetoric masks the true face of the terrorist country. Saying that Russia wants to protect all the people of the world, it has committed and is committing war crimes. In particular, on the territory of Ukraine, since the beginning of the war in 2014, Russia has been causing devastation: destroying Ukrainian cities and villages, killing thousands of Ukrainians, in particular children. At the same time, propagandists are building an imaginary curtain between the whole world and Russia, saying that there are enemies on the other side. Consequently, they instill hatred in Russians for almost all peoples.

Thus, the authors of the messages justify the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and promote the narrative that Ukraine needs protection and assistance from Russia. As if Russia is ready to help Ukraine and lend its hand.

We recall that in our new section “Newspeak” we talked about how Russia substitutes the concept and calls the “occupation of foreign territories” “liberation”.