The humiliation of Ukrainian president Zelenski and European leaders, the cautious praise of Trump, the delight of Putin: so Russian propaganda comments on talks about Ukraine's future. It uses proven tricks, but it besides reaches for fresh ones. However, comments from Russia should be treated at a distance.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, greet at Anchorage Airport, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. This is Putin's first visit to the western country since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Russian media and politicians talk with 1 voice – Moscow is on a consecutive way to triumph that after Donald Trump gathering with Vladimir Putin in Alaska It's virtually at your fingertips. It is not only about defeating Ukraine, but besides about creating a fresh safety strategy with Russia as a power handing out cards. Further comments that flow from around the Kremlin disagree in fact only with choice of arguments and strength of emotion. Propaganda carbons about stay the same as those that have been operating for years, although any of them have been saddened to global realities.
Example 1 from the shore – lyrics by Maria Nikiforova, commentator of the state agency RIA Novosti, written just before Visit of Volodymyr Zelenski and European leaders in the White House. The Ukrainian president was portrayed in it as a grotesque figure. Nikiforova, referring to his acting past, calls him “the comedian of the thin Horn” who is facing “the hardest stand-up in life”. Zelenski, according to her, is an independent and average figure – European leaders went to Washington to “hold his hand and make certain he does not ruin everything”. At the same time, he is simply a dangerous individual and, to put it plainly, a criminal. A propagandist, writing about it, builds bunk connotations related to planet War II and German Nazism. It is called the “Kijowski Führer”, which in Russia, steeped with the story of the large country war, must sound peculiarly strong. Zelenski stands in 1 line with the darkest figures in planet history. He's an absolute evil. On the occasion of Nikiforov, he besides puts a proposition in the text that the president of Ukraine is simply a drug addict. "(...) if he tries to relieve stress with prohibited substances, we will have a truly charming spectacle," he writes.
According to propagandist Zelenski, in the current situation, there are only 2 options – both equally bad for him. Either under Trump's force he will end the war and give Russia any of the Ukrainian territories, or he will argue it and decide to fight further until the final defeat, which will most likely even be faster than the advancement of the Russian troops. “None of Zelenski’s outside enemies has to get their hands dirty. His interior opponents will deal with him perfectly" – Nikiforowa convinces. And after shortly being removed from power, Zelensk will most likely stay only an escape abroad – in a women's dress. Of course, if he doesn't pay his attitude with his life first.
– Zelenski – clown, Zelenski – Nazi, Zelenski – drug addict – all of these are played tricks, which Russian propaganda has been utilizing since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine," emphasised Dr. Jakub Olchowski, a political scientist from the Institute of mediate Europe and Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin. "However, peculiarly strong vulnerability of friction thread in Ukrainian interior policy is paying attention. And this, unfortunately, is not just about fake news. president Zelenski has a large number of critics, not only among the opposition, but besides among society, as evidenced by mass demonstrations after an effort to remove independency from institutions fighting corruption. Fortunately, the Ukrainian authorities withdrew from this decision," he adds.
A small different speech takes Nikiforov, writing about Western leaders. The text makes a crucial distinction. Europeans are trying to defend the lost origin as they do, reaching for inexpensive tricks. They talk about the essential ceasefire to avoid a permanent "peace agreement" on rational – or Russian – rules. In fact, however, as the propagandaist writes, “the nervousness of our enemies is felt straight physically”. What's different is Donald Trump. Nikiforova treats him with careful acclaim. He argues that during talks in Alaska Putin obtained "understanding on key issues" from the American President, which put Europeans, and especially Zelenski, in a hard situation.
According to a commentator, Trump is able to make Europe a corner due to the fact that she is playing for a truly advanced stakes. This is due to the fact that he struggles with a powerful interior opposition which threatens not only his political position, but straight – life. Putin understands perfectly. What's more, he is afraid about this situation. Not for nothing in Anchorage was to greet Trump with the words, “I am glad to see you healthy and alive.” The U.S. president sent the National defender to Washington just before we spoke in Alaska. All this – as Nikiforov claims – to prevent the threat of coup. And erstwhile he has succeeded in ending the war in Ukraine, he will tell his voters: “Look, I have stopped the bloodshed unleashed by criminal democrats. They must be held accountable." And it will be according to the propagandaist that the first step will be to consolidate Trump's power and his followers for many years.
– Russian propaganda in fresh times is indeed inclined to represent Trump as the only Western politician who thinks in terms of common sense. A man worth talking to. The question, however, is how much the Kremlin wants and how far it is willing to go. due to the fact that the gathering itself in Alaska did not come much, and the war in Ukraine as it continued, so continues. In addition, another communicative beats Putin from the Kremlovian media – he beats the West, in guess – besides Trump himself – emphasizes Dr. Olchowski.
So it looks like Russia is moving an old game. At the political key salons and soapy eyes, and on the front he does his job. The full propaganda machine, which builds a dichotomic image of the planet on various levels, has traditionally been included in this game, trying to blow distant the alleged divisions in the enemy's camp. But while the red carpet Trump ordered to make in Alaska before Putin, he may have savored, however, triumphant tones sipping from the cremlow media seem overwhelmingly exaggerated. This is evidenced by the White home meeting, where the Ukrainian president's decapitated decapitated by Nikiforov did not happen. In fact, there was a message from Washington that after the end of the war the U.S. is ready to give Ukraine guarantees against Russia's temptations. Of course, the next fewer weeks may bring yet another amazing turn on the matter, but the comments from Russia must be treated at a distance.
