"Russian people must unite in the face of NATO threat": Russian media reveal new guide from Kremlin

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – MONDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2022, 17:08

Russian propaganda received a new guide on explaining mobilisation and war with Ukraine.

Source: Meduza [Russian news outlet based in Latvia], citing the guide sent to Kremlin-sponsored media outlets by Russian government

Quote: "The document states that Russia won wars... only when the Russians believed that it was a ‘people's war’ going on. Therefore, the compilers of the propaganda guide conclude that one main thesis should be conveyed to the Russians now: ‘Russian people must unite in the face of the threat of NATO’. According to the Kremlin, the Alliance intends to ‘disintegrate and rob’ Russia".

Details: The guide also suggests emphasising that the front line is over 1,000 km long, and therefore the entire "burden of war" should not be put on the contract soldiers and the "people's militia of Donbas".

The authors of the guide pose explosions on Russian borderline territories and in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, as other reasons for the mass recruitment of people to war against Ukraine.

They propose stressing that "Russia is not at war with Ukraine, but with NATO", and that "the West has forbidden Kyiv to negotiate with Russia."

The Kremlin is placing special emphasis on the point that the draft will allegedly affect only "1% of the registered military personnel". The call-up is referred to as "minimal", and the guide authors emphasise that only "experienced men who have served in the army" will be mobilised.

Meduza indicates that in addition to state channels, the Russian authorities use regional communities in social networks and bloggers to promote their propaganda guide. The statements to convince people that the mobilisation will be minimal and it will concern only people with military experience, are being spread.

According to two sources of Medusa that are close to the Russian President’s Office, all of this, according to the Kremlin's plan, should oppose the negative reaction of the Russians to the ongoing conscription. In addition, the Russian authorities want to "redirect the anger" of the conscripts and their relatives to the military enlistment offices.

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