Our neighbor, Georgia, is actively fighting against Russian propaganda. The country has almost completely rejected answering tourists’ Russian questions in Russian. When Georgians hear questions being asked in Russian, they answer in English, but more often than not they simply don’t answer at all. The picture, which has “Turn off Russian propaganda” written on it, was taken in Georgia.
Overall, the country strongly rejects Russian propaganda. Russian propaganda is still comfortably situated in Armenia. Political analysts say that Moscow officially uses political technology and several media outlets to imply anything.
Recently, the activity of Russian propaganda has been noticed in Armenia too. When the Russian president wished the second president of Armenia a happy birthday, or when he avoided the question about deporting the former Minister of Defense of Armenia Mikayel Harutyunyan, and other similar events, analysts immediately responded that the Russian propaganda machine has starting working. Any demonstration of Russian propaganda in our country after the Velvet Revolution receives a furious response from the people.
Whether we decide to follow Georgia’s example and “turn off” Russian propaganda or not is the people’s decision.
Nelly Babayan
