By EU vs Disinfo Below you can find a summary of the main topics on Russia’s most watched state TV news channels past week. The news shows’ agenda in Russia is carefully attuned to serve the Kremlin’s needs. Therefore, following Russian state media sheds light on our understanding of how the Kremlin seeks to influence the Russian-speaking audience in Russia and beyond. Read our story here. Our monitoring of pro-Kremlin disinformation also reveals that many of the themes set out in Russia’s most popular state TV news programmes find their way into European outlets. “USSR was the only country of real democracy” TV host Vladimir Solovyov, 17.9.2017 1. Threatening Ukraine with nuclear arms The lion’s share of prime-time content on Russian state TV news programmes this week was dedicated to the UN General Assembly in New York. It was presented mostly through the prism of war in Ukraine and the alleged “anti-Russian sentiment” and “Russophobia” of the West. One of the key themes was
Kilde: Russia’s state TV: Threatening Ukraine with nuclear arms and the defensive Zapad 2017