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MINSK, 14 August (BelTA) – The continued hysteria about Russia’s alleged planned aggression against Europe primarily serves as a tool for domestic mobilization, Ukrainian lawyer and blogger Tatiana Montyan said in a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel.
“What else can they do? How else are they supposed to fuel this hysteria and push their zealous citizens to join the army, work in military factories, and so on?” Tatiana Montyan remarked. “Whether they’ll actually succeed in forcing people into the army is still unclear, but they’re already beginning to face the inevitable question: What happens when their proxy resources dry up, when Ukraine finally runs out of combat-ready forces?”
According to her, Western propaganda about the ‘Russian threat’ is being actively promoted in the Baltic states, but the reality is quite different from the claims. “I really liked how Aleksandr Grigoryevich [Lukashenko] put it [in his interview with TIME Magazine]: ‘You say Belarus is occupied by Russia. Seriously? Look at the Baltic states. The Western world doesn’t consider them important. They’re border outposts, not countries. All three – they’re not even under the sway of the U.S., not even under the sway of ‘greater Europe’, just under the sway of Poland. And what is Poland? Also a nobody. If Poland gets some scraps, the Baltics just get crumbs’,” emphasized Tatiana Montyan.
She pointed out that sooner or later, people will see through the propaganda, as the gap between official narratives and their daily reality can’t be hidden forever. “They see their living standards, they see the disparity. This truth will erupt to the surface, and then what? I seriously doubt these reckless politicians who started this mess have any clue how to dig themselves out.”
“What else can they do? How else are they supposed to fuel this hysteria and push their zealous citizens to join the army, work in military factories, and so on?” Tatiana Montyan remarked. “Whether they’ll actually succeed in forcing people into the army is still unclear, but they’re already beginning to face the inevitable question: What happens when their proxy resources dry up, when Ukraine finally runs out of combat-ready forces?”
According to her, Western propaganda about the ‘Russian threat’ is being actively promoted in the Baltic states, but the reality is quite different from the claims. “I really liked how Aleksandr Grigoryevich [Lukashenko] put it [in his interview with TIME Magazine]: ‘You say Belarus is occupied by Russia. Seriously? Look at the Baltic states. The Western world doesn’t consider them important. They’re border outposts, not countries. All three – they’re not even under the sway of the U.S., not even under the sway of ‘greater Europe’, just under the sway of Poland. And what is Poland? Also a nobody. If Poland gets some scraps, the Baltics just get crumbs’,” emphasized Tatiana Montyan.
She pointed out that sooner or later, people will see through the propaganda, as the gap between official narratives and their daily reality can’t be hidden forever. “They see their living standards, they see the disparity. This truth will erupt to the surface, and then what? I seriously doubt these reckless politicians who started this mess have any clue how to dig themselves out.”
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