Definitional Disinfolklore: “Separatism”

Muscovy invented ‘Separatism’ in Ukraine to conceal Ruschia’s military occupation of Luhansk, Donetsk & Crimea in 2014.

Source: Pensees 65

“Little Green Men” worked alongside a second layer of Disinfolklore: the claim that Russia’s military occupation was actually “separatism” — a local uprising. This definitional Disinfolklore — see Disinfolklore as Narrative Form — reframed an international act of aggression as an internal conflict, shielding Russia from accountability.

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