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02/11/2016 at 6:40 • Updated 02/11/2016 at 3:54 p.m.
By Isabelle Mandraud (Moscow correspondent)
Europe is sinking into insecurity and its leaders prove unable to address them well when they do not lie deliberately for electoral purposes. This is the vision presented daily by the Russian media who devote much of their information to the migration crisis in Europe, highlighting, almost exclusively, the far-right movements. Since the incidents the night of New Year in Cologne, in which many women were assaulted by migrants and asylum seekers, Germany is particularly affected by this aggressive campaign, but not only. All European countries are concerned.
While tens of thousands of Syrians flock to Turkey back door to escape the Russian bombing north of the country denounced by Westerners, the pressure on the image of a destabilized Europe is growing. All Russian networks are mobilized, TV, agencies, websites, and their antennas and offices in London, Berlin, Paris, or Vienna, to broadcast in several languages, a “version” of events distorted.
M me targeted Merkel
January 16, Perviy Kanal, the first Russian channel, has spent his evening paper, long subject to Lisa F., a young Berlin 17 years of Russian origin“kidnapped and raped” by foreigners. The report was starting “on the new order that has developed in Germany” where “according to testimony, the migrants started to rape of minors” . Whatever the denials of German investigators and prosecutors in Berlin – who filed a complaint against the journalist – this version was supported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov himself. And far to back down, the chain called, Tuesday, February 9, the German journalists to show “solidarity” with their Russian colleague, “the first to have spoken” in this case.
Relatives agencies Kremlin are not left out and the last target first Chancellor Angela Merkel would have lost control of the situation and lead the country to the brink of chaos through his reckless policy. “The refugee crisis reached a turning “ , said Sputnik, on 9 February, echoing a ” broad public opinion “ that the German ruling would evidence of ” moral imperialism “ and try ” to repentance for historical sins Germany “ . The gatherings of the German anti-immigration movement Pediga (acronym for “European Patriots against the Islamization of the West”) are closely followed and his assertions about the “lies”and “concealment” of the police are abundantly relayed. The treatment of choice is not due only to the news. In the eyes of the Kremlin, M me Merkel is primarily the leader of a Europe which opposed the annexation of the Crimea, which has imposed sanctions on Russia because of the murderous conflict in eastern Ukraine.
“Putin is using the refugee crisis to weaken Merkel” writes Judy Dempsey, an analyst with the Carnegie Foundation Europe, which sees a “direct correlation”between the support of the Kremlin chief to its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad and the declining popularity German Chancellor home. “as the war in Syria lasts, the more it weakens Merkel and a weakened Merkel means Europe itself weakened and divided” , says M me Dempsey.
Stress the instability of the world
France is not spared. The event held on 6 February despite its prohibition by the French branch of microscopic Pediga, joined by General Christian Thornton, former commander of the Foreign Legion, and especially the trials that followed have been an endless stream ” information. ” On February 8, the agency Russia Today, literally flooded its networks with the “arrest” of General Santos. – Whose immediate court appearance was postponed because of his health “This arrest has sparked a storm reactions on social networks, many of the users having strongly condemned “ , assured the pro-Kremlin agency, before displaying a few minutes later, ” the reactions of political leaders from right scandalized “ . The evidence gathered and collected tweets actually came from all representatives of the National Front – Robert Ménard, Gilbert Collard, Stephane Ravier – except Thierry Mariani, MP of the French abroad, member of the Party Republicans, and large friend of Russia Vladimir Putin.
In Austria, Sweden and Brussels, the tone of “new” is always the same, and pests securities, regardless of the media. “Vienna: a migrant violates a ten year old child in a pool”, ” events in France and the Czech Republic against migrants “,” Belgian Journalist assaulted while reporting in Cologne, “” Austria is not going to return an asylum seeker who raped a 72 year old woman, “” prosecutors Swedish will not be obliged to report sexual assaults by refugees “…
“It’s a theme that emphasize the instability of the world, the dangers he would wish to sudden changes or more pluralism and that causes the urge to close , analyzes the Russian political analyst Kirill Rogov . the image of an unstable West is very important in the Putin propaganda for two reasons: to demonstrate that the government takes a positive policy and there is no possible alternative. “
The results are also not expected. According to a survey from the Institute Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) published February 8, 59% of Russians believe that Europe should not accept refugees against 34% in September 2015, and 75% believe that the influx of refugees may affect Russia.
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