Russia’s Operation in Syria: The Kremlin’s Propaganda Game
Russia’s Operation in Syria: The Kremlin’s Propaganda Game

Author(s): Justyna Prus
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Military policy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Russian Federation; Syria; Russian military operations in Syria; military engagement in the Middle East; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: In Russian media, the message of its intervention in Syria is one of defending national interests. By its military engagement in the Middle East, the country aims to accomplish a number of foreign and domestic policy goals. In the international arena, it is seeking to break its isolation by forcing contact with the U.S. and the West in general by attempting to take over the initiative in the Middle East while demonstrating its military might. Both inside and outside the country, however, the Kremlin presents a false image of the situation in Syria. On the domestic stage it helps it to meet its goal of effective mobilisation of support for its policies.

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