Anti-Fake

Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on the ground, it had already started with propaganda in the Russian language, recasting war as a “ special military operation .” Now, Moscow advances its surrender demands while branding them “security guarantees.”

Russia claims to defend “traditional values” like faith, family, and patriotism. Yet it kidnaps children, jails priests, and sends soldiers back to war on crutches.

Russia has already invaded Ukraine from Belarusian soil, and today missiles stationed there—potentially including the intermediate-range hypersonic Oreshnik one that Russia plans to test—give the Kremlin the capacity to strike across Europe.

Despite Russia being excluded from most international festivals since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian flag reappeared on the roof of the Palazzo del Cinema on the Venice Film Festival’s opening day—reviving questions about Moscow’s political, economic, and cultural influence at major international events.

Decades before Russian missiles rained on Ukraine, Moscow had already pulled off a quieter heist: seizing tens of billions in Soviet assets that rightfully belonged to Kyiv.

At the White House, Zelenskyy, Trump, and Western allies vowed to pursue peace and security for Ukraine. In Moscow, propagandists scrambled to twist the summit into another “victory” for Putin—trying to stir up a fight in an empty room.