How Russians are using the IMF meetings to distort news about the state of the economy
Propagandists from Russian state media use the opportunity to attend regular International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings to promote their news agenda to both domestic audiences and the international community. For example, at press briefings, they highlight the economic problems of Ukraine, the USA, and Europe to further "highlight" these issues for global and domestic audiences and publish distorted excerpts from responses.Good news about the Russian economy is exaggerated on the RIA Novosti website (a Russian state news agency), while bad news is ignored.Читати українською
