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PBS NewsHourMAY 2023
Day 300: Putin Tells Security Services to Root Out 'Traitors and Spies'
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The Spin
Anti-Russia narrative
Putin knows Russia is losing the war and is panicking. The Russian leader is clearly paranoid and believes anyone who wants to promote peace is a spy or traitor. Russian propagandists may argue that the country is operating from a position of strength, but they are shaking in their boots.
Pro-Russia narrative
NATO and the US — which have ignored Russia's security concerns by breaking its promise not to expand eastward in return for German reunification — are coordinating to impose their dominance, and Putin, knowing what’s at stake, is taking the lead to make sure his security leaders do too.