Putin has put himself in a difficult situation: Were he to abandon the anti-Kiev insurgents, Putin could kiss such support goodbye. Moreover, were he to admit that Russian-backed rebels fired the missile, the credibility of Russian state-controlled television would suffer. The main channels have pushed a variety of conspiracy theories, including one in which the Ukrainian military shot down the plane, mistaking it for the jet flying Putin home from the BRICS summit in Brazil. Should Putin disavow such theories and endorse the Western version, his propagandists would look like liars. Full article on: edition.cnn/2014/07/20/opinion/treisman-putin-gamble-ukraine-mh17/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:23:07 +0000
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