When I open Google on my phone, among the publications offered to me, I often find Russian propaganda materials targeting artists who reject the war unleashed by that country: Makarevich, Grebenshchikov, Pugachova. Regarding the latter, one “public (social) organization” even applied to the Russian Prosecutor’s Office, asking where she gets so much money from, probably from the West.
Such a question about a private person, an artist, is absurd: it is her business. In those publications, harsh insults are directed at those journalists, the mildest of which is “traitor.” Such publications will not change the attitude of hundreds of thousands of people (including me) who respect the talent of those people, but who knows; maybe it will affect millions of Russians?
We are dealing with a coordinated propaganda attack directed from a single center. The same can be said about Azerbaijani propaganda, whose directions and narratives are detailed by specialists, and in my view, not only Azerbaijani. It is a severe and large-scale work, directed, particularly against Armenia and Iran—essentially part of the war.
What does the Armenian State suggest to oppose it? At best, a denial from one or another department. In this war situation for the foreign front, no work is being done that would, at least to some extent, oppose the Azerbaijani propaganda.
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But it’s not like our propagandists are sitting idle; they are very active on the domestic front, working in so-called “fake factories.” Since manipulation and demagoguery are the main political tools of our authorities, it is not surprising that they have achieved considerable success in the field of “fakes.” Any non-pro-government publication or “status” that the top “bosses” don’t like receives a corresponding attack, which reflects the intellectual level of our current rulers and their electorate.
For example, “Aravot” journalist Hripsime Jebejyan is the target of “Fake Factory.” Her questions to the Prime Minister probably touched the delicate strings of the hearts of the “factory owners.” I don’t know, maybe me or in the list of targets – I can’t say because I open one out of a thousand comments on my materials posted on different platforms. I don’t know whether it affects the readers and users of “Aravot.” I am not affected by such virtual insults or jabs. If they write from the heart, I sincerely wish those people peace of mind and balance. If they are writing for money, I sincerely want their one becomes a thousand.
Aram ABRAHAMYAN
