Ukraine

Day 300: Putin Tells Security Services to Root Out 'Traitors and Spies'

DEC 20 2022·Updated DEC 21 2022

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The Spin

Anti-Russia narrative

Putin knows Russia is losing the war and is panicking. The Russian leader is clearly paranoid and believes anyone who wants to promote peace is a spy or traitor. Russian propagandists may argue that the country is operating from a position of strength, but they are shaking in their boots.

The Daily Beast

Pro-Russia narrative

NATO and the US — which have ignored Russia's security concerns by breaking its promise not to expand eastward in return for German reunification — are coordinating to impose their dominance, and Putin, knowing what’s at stake, is taking the lead to make sure his security leaders do too.