The Birth of a Perennial Character

Think of ‘Istanbul peace talks’ like a character in your favourite film or folktale, and you get closer to understanding Duncey Putin’s love of that linguistic formula.

I first spotted the emergence of this Disinfolklore character of ‘Istanbul Peace Talks’ on 17 March 2022.

Russia planted a story in the Financial Times suggesting Ukraine would agree to such preposterous surrender terms, it was obviously a troll.

Then like any self-respecting perennial troll, the Disinfolklore character ‘Istanbul Peace Talks’ has popped up again and again in Russian Disinfolklore and Duncey Putin’s rhetorical obsessions. Most recently America’s envoy to Moscow returned to DC having received his pro-Russia hypnotic top-up banging on about ‘Istanbul Peace Talks.’

Source: Why Duncey Putin’s obsessed with ‘Istanbul Peace Talks’

The detection date — 17 March 2022, barely three weeks into Russia’s full-scale invasion — is precise. Russia planted a surrender ultimatum in the Financial Times and dressed it as a peace offer. The character was born.

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