Ihlabathi seemed ukuba abe ukuvala kwi kwi-Russia
Kakhulu yangoku tension phakathi Irussia west yi ngenxa Vladimir Putin ke isigqibo ukuthumela troops kwi Ukraine, kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo kule vekiEnyanisweni, nangona kunjalo, ukuba deployment yaba jikeleziso ukuba Putin ke owakhe fears ka-lokukhula western impembelelo in empuma Yurophu. Ebusika ka, i-Russia wabona yayo likhulu protests ukususela s. Provoked yi-blatant ubuqhetseba we Russian-mthetho konyulo, kwaye yi-Putin ke isigqibo ukuqhuba kuba umongameli kwakhona emva kweminyaka emine ngokusebenzisa Dmitry Medvedev njengokuba figurehead, protesters bamisela i-engathndwayo coalition: scruffy leftists, cosmopolitan liberals, strident nationalists kwaye disgruntled abasebenzi. Amashumi amawaka protesters zihlanganisene kwi-central Moscow kwi-inkqubo engaphantsi-zero amaqondo obushushu, mhlophe ribbons kwi zabo lapels. Russia kokuba ixesha elide woyika malunga nenkqubo yolawulo olumanyanisiweyo imfuza a pro-lwentando yesininzi"umbala revolution"kwi eyakhe territory, ekubeni ncamathiselamessage status kwi-jones njengoko ngokwesiqu protests wayibhukuqayo regimes kwi-yangaphambili Soviet states of Igeorgia ngowama, Kwakhona kwi- kwaye Kyrgyzstan kwi.
Putin kwaye urhulumente-controlled media depicted ezi movements njengoko western into, CIA plots inkxaso-mali yi-George Soros.
Kodwa zisekhona wild amakhadi amatsha e-dlala
Kuba Putin, baba **** ukuba Us ke jonga igunya kwaye uzinzo, apho waba sele. ravaged yi-kuwa kuka - Soviet Union, ngokunjalo **** yakhe personal amandla. Kwaba unsurprising, ngoko ke, xa Moscow bafudukela ngokukhawuleza ukuba quash Us ke nascent"snow revolution", njengoko kwakunjalo wabizwa abanye isixhosa-ulwimi journalists. Repression weza ukwimo beatings kwaye violent dispersals, - mthetho ka-kuchaswa iinkokeli kwaye protesters kwi trumped-phezulu imirhumo, bonisa iimvavanyo ka-dissidents - uninzi famously ka-Pussy Riot - olulolunye curtailments ye-sele limited nokukhululeka ye-cinezela, intetho kwaye yowiso-mthetho. Kodwa Putin exesi ukuba intloko ngaphandle a enokwenzeka umbala revolution waya phesheya repression ukuya phulo ukuba babe ndabizwa"Yenza Us omkhulu kwakhona", aimed e constructing dibanisa uluvo Russian isazisi. Ngokusebenzisa a strategic yelenqe propaganda kwaye geopolitical aggression, Putin ke urhulumente zibhengezwe a narrative ukuqwalasela okuthethwayo ukuba bolster patriotism, isirussian xenophobia kwaye paranoia ihamba kunye kuyo. Yi end ka, isirussian indawo yokuhamba-hamba wawa ngaphandle, kodwa Putin kokuba omtsha headache: Maidan revolution kwi-neighbouring Ukraine, massive, ikakhulu nonviolent protest yokuhamba-hamba ukuba uxakekile central i-kiev kuba zidlulileyo, kwaye culminated kuzo ukusaba Kwakhona, u-Russia-eyobuhlobo umongameli, Viktor Yanukovych, ngofebruwari. Oku waqalisa njengoko i-impendulo Yanukovych ke ukwaliwa kwesicelo ukuba umqondiso i-EU association sivumelwano. Ke ngoko, njengokuba kude kube ngoku njengoko Putin waba abachaphazelekayo, signified kanti omnye western encroachment kuhambo lwakhe zonke izigaba impembelelo. Kodwa Putin waba zilungiswe. Icwangcisa kwi sindululo isicwangciso ukuba kokuba ngokucacileyo ukuba kwaphuhliswa kwangaphambili, polite"abancinane oluhlaza abantu"military iilayini ezininzi ngaphandle insignia swarmed phezu peninsula ka-Crimea. Kunyaka nje iintsuku, kunye phantse akukho gazi, i-ukrainian troops kwi peninsula bebe equlethwe okanye uphumelele phezu, Crimean amalungu ezopolitiko bebe induced ukuba liyichithe epalamente kwaye indawo prime umphathiswa kunye ilungu Crimea ke, isirussian Umanyano iqela, nakwingingqi bebe"reunited"ne-Russia. I-Russian propaganda umatshini waba sele overdrive, ekuqinisekiseni i-Russian populace, ngokunjalo abemi Crimea kwaye empuma Kwakhona, ukuba i-Maidan i-kiev waba"fascist junta"ebelikhokelwa bloodthirsty i-ukrainian nationalists abo kwakucwangcisiwe ukuba exterminate Russian speakers, kumbethelela emnqamlezweni Russian abantwana, njalo njalo. Imeko-controlled media pushed i-unye ukuba"kubuyela"Crimea ukuba Us wayeneminyaka elikhulu kanye kwi-Russian imbali ukusukela victory phezu Nazis ngowe, lodestone ka-postwar Russian isazisi, tragedy kwaye koyisa ukuba united i-Soviet abantu. Putin ke flagrant ukwaphulwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kwaye postwar olungcwele, ngokusebenzisa annexation ka-Crimea, waba i-aggressive yiya ukubuyela a ihlabathi apho Us waba kwakhona i-ngamazwe superpower, ukuzalisa yayo abemi kunye patriotic ikratshi. Russians crowed,"Krym nash."-"Crimea ingaba zezethu."Us ke annexation ka-Crimea wabuyela emva kowe-Soviet Us ukuya narrative ka-imperial uzuko ukuba twezekile emva imihla Kievan Rus, medieval urhulumente ukuba waba forerunner kunye Us kwaye Kwakhona.
Kwi eli- century, omkhulu conqueror Prince Vladimir ka-i-kiev baguqula abantu bakhe ukuba Christianity emva ekubeni baptised, kuthiwe, ngomhla yamandulo isigrike septemba ka-Chersonesus, Crimea.
I-peninsula kwaba njalo amakhonkco iqala incopho ka-Russia ke, ubulungu of the Christian ihlabathi. Kwaye kwaba Crimea ukuba Catherine Omkhulu annexed ukususela Ottoman empire ngaphandle firing enye esifutshane - asserting Us ke entsha endaweni njengoko omnye ihlabathi ke likhulu civilisations. Bonke ilahleko ukuba accompanied isiphelo ye-Soviet Union, Crimea waba mhlawumbi uninzi haunting kuba Saserashiya. Njengenxalenye yakhe quest ukubuyisela wolahleko-Russian uzuko, Putin wabona lencwadi ithi phezulu apho Catherine Omkhulu kwaye Prince Vladimir kokuba ekhohlo ngaphandle. Emva annexing i-peninsula Kweyokwindla Ngowama, Putin kwaziswa ukuba Crimea waba"zomoya imvelaphi"- Russian state. Oku wanika Crimea"invaluable civilisational kwaye nkqu sacral ukubaluleka kuba Russia". Putin yenza umgca ngaphantsi yakhe incopho yokugqibela kweyenkanga, akuba unveiled a -metre statue ka-Prince Vladimir ngaphandle Kremlin. Nangona kubalulekile nje noko kunzima gauge inyaniso uluntu imbono kwi-Russia, ikwenza k ubonakala ngathi cacisa ukuba Putin ke phulo ukwenza Us omkhulu kwakhona wenziwe a ringing impumelelo, ubuncinane, kuba domestic ukuvunywa kwimilinganiselo. I-fragile coalition ye protest yokuhamba-hamba waphula ngaphandle ngokulula, kunye kuchaswa iinkokeli prosecuted kwi ubuxoki imirhumo. Boris Nemtsov, omnye iinkokeli zoluntu liberal yeqela eliphikisayo, waba esifutshane phantsi ngasekunene ngaphandle Kremlin ngowama. Namhlanje i-Russian umbala revolution ngu-phantse unthinkable. Urhulumente propaganda wenziwe remarkably ngempumelelo kwi-ukubhexeshwa phezulu hysteria. Oko kwamnceda xa KUTHI kwaye European sanctions kwenzakalisa i-Russian uqoqosho wavusa ukutya amaxabiso ezi misfortunes - abathe betha eliphakathi kwaye thoba iindidi kakhulu harder kunokuba baya kuba betha oligarchs - kukhuthaza Russian abantu ukubona west njengoko i-implacable utshaba.
A wedge wenziwe yavakalisa asukelwa phakathi Us ke ezincinane, cosmopolitan liberal bomgangatho yayo, ngakumbi nationalist okanye proletarian ezibini.
Kuba ngoku, Putin ke neo-imperial zembali fantasia sele bought kuye ixesha, ngokubonelela baninzi abemi kunye uluvo wesizwe ikratshi ukuba wenziwe painfully lacking kwi-i-Soviet era. I-stoking ka-Russian nationalist sentiment kwi-empuma Kwakhona, sele ezifunekayo a delicate ungqinelwano. Hayi zonke separatists apho kuba umlimi ngamnye abe nekopi umyalezo ukuba Russian nationalism yi kuthetha ukuba i-end ezinye zi amakholwa okwenene, posing enye ingozi Putin, ngubani ekugqibeleni a cynic milking globalisation kwaye nationalist kwaye Soviet nostalgia kuba bonke abo. Njengoko zabo esezantsi ye abahlala uqhubekeka deteriorate, Russians ingaba kujike resentful zabo blatantly zonakalise amalungu ezopolitiko kwaye bureaucrats. Kuba kanye, Putin ngu ethabatha a igqabi ngaphandle Stalin ke, incwadi, blaming wonke ingxaki kwi wangaphandle iintshaba, yangaphakathi wreckers okanye incompetents. Ihlala kuba ubonile njani elide oku kunokwenziwa yokugqibela phakathi kwezoqoqosho unravelling. sino encinane idolo buza. Ngakumbi ngabantu ufunda kwaye ixhasa zethu elizimeleyo, investigative lokwenza ingxelo kunangaphambili. Kwaye ngokungafaniyo ezininzi iindaba imibutho, sino esikhethiweyo i-indlela evumela kuthi ukugcina zethu journalism ifumaneke kumntu wonke, kungakhathaliseki apho uhlala khona okanye benza ntoni ukuwahlawulela. I-Ngokuzalwa ngu editorially elizimeleyo, intsingiselo thina misela zethu eyakho i-ajenda. Zethu journalism yi free from abarhwebayo bias kwaye hayi influenced yi-billionaire abanini-mhlaba, amalungu ezopolitiko okanye shareholders. Akukho namnye ihlela zethu umhleli. Akukho namnye steers imbono yethu. Oku kubalulekile njengoko kuya kusenza kuthi ukunika ilizwi kwabo ngaphantsi beva, umngeni i-anamandla kwaye ukububamba kwi-akhawunti. Ke oko kwenza ukuba nathi ezahluka-hlukileyo ukuze ngoko ke nabanye abaninzi kwi media, ngexesha xa factual, honest lokwenza ingxelo kubaluleke kakhulu.
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