Podcast “The Situation – International”
Military expert Mölling: Germany vulnerable to Russian propaganda
Russian propaganda is specifically influencing attitudes in Germany – and is becoming an effective weapon in the conflict with the West, warns security expert Christian Mölling.
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Mölling compared the success of Russian propaganda to a play: “We are the actors – and Russia wrote the play,” he said. Mölling expected, for example, that in the debate about the Taurus delivery it could definitely have an effect if there was now speculation in the Russian media about which bridges in Germany could be attacked in retaliation for the destruction of the bridge to Crimea.
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Mölling emphasized that “good propaganda not only has an anchor in reality, but can also be easily used as a template over reality.” The conflict over the Transnistria region in Moldova is certainly real. The news about the calls for help from Russians living there to Moscow would also be used for propaganda purposes – for example to raise concerns that the call for help would be followed by military intervention. “They are trying to send the same narrative in again,” said Mölling about the parallels with the alleged cries for help from the Russian minority in eastern Ukraine before the start of the Russian invasion two years ago.