“The scenario was dire. I bear in mind me and my comrades combating with none hope left,” Karaganov stated. “And sooner or later, God Almighty took pity on us [and sent Putin].”
“Now Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin], you have got a troublesome activity. Not solely to win but in addition to save lots of the world which is sliding and being pushed right into a World Conflict,” he continued.
Karaganov’s statements, scripted by the Kremlin, make clear the continued propaganda efforts to govern public opinion and painting Putin as a heroic determine main Russia to victory in opposition to perceived threats.
The Kremlin’s strategic use of non secular and historic imagery serves to rally help behind Putin’s aggressive actions in Ukraine regardless of the staggering human value of the battle.