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Drama over Amnesty's Navalny move raises important point: prisoner of conscience tag shouldn’t be reserved only for those we like
Amnesty International’s statement that it doesn’t consider Alexey Navalny a prisoner of conscience has his supporters up in arms. The group's efforts to defend the activist don’t stack up, but the decision is wrong nonetheless.
27 February 2021 | 17:30 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/russia/516639-navalny-prisoner-conscience-label-amnesty-international/
Russian media outlets linked to British state conjure up false story blaming RT for Amnesty’s downgrading of Navalny's status
After leaked documents, reported on by RT, exposed how both Meduza and MediaZona received illicit support from the UK government, the pair fired back with a vicious, and obviously fake, news story – and Western media fell for it.
26 February 2021 | 12:43 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/russia/516589-navalny-amnesty-meduza-mediazona/
Claims that Amnesty stripped Navalny of ‘prisoner of conscience’ status because of pressure from RT ‘untrue,’ says embattled NGO
A series of sensational allegations that imagined RT at the heart of a shadowy campaign to smear jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny over past ‘racist’ remarks are false, a prominent human rights organization has insisted.
26 February 2021 | 10:15 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/russia/516646-amnesty-navalny-saga-rt-connection/
Row as NGO Amnesty says Navalny not ‘prisoner of conscience’ due to far-right views & Western commentators claim RT is behind it!
A furious online debate is raging after an NGO struck a jailed Russian opposition figure from its list of political prisoners over past xenophobic statements. Obviously, for conspiracy-loving commentators, RT must be to blame.
24 February 2021 | 09:27 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/russia/516427-amnesty-navalny-prisoner-conscience/
Russiagate crumbles, scapegoating has begun, but American left-liberal media isn’t willing to eat crow or halt new Cold War
The Steele dossier has been discredited as based on fabrications, which the alleged source denies and instead blames an employee of the British spy behind the document. So, can we pull the plug on the Russophobia now?
05 November 2020 | 10:06 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/russia/505679-west-russophobic-jokes-prejudice/
When the choice is between Trump and Biden, American elections don’t seem that democratic
The American pride in democracy is evident in the election season. Coming from Russia, I get constant reminders of my former country’s inferiority. But I’ve seen the electoral systems of both, and harbor no illusions about either.
10 October 2020 | 13:21 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/502851-trump-biden-us-democracy/
We've seen this playbook before: Western state-funded media is driving the narrative around Belarus protests & public is oblivious
English-language media coverage of the upheaval in Belarus is dominated by Western-funded media and regime-change NGOs. Sadly, most people following it are unaware of the hidden agendas and blindly accept the managed narrative.
21 August 2020 | 11:24 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/russia/498634-western-media-belarus-obvious/
Minsk protests similar to Moscow & Kiev before them; neoliberals & nationalists calling the shots, socialist voices muffled
Liberals and leftists blindly supporting the Belarus protests in the name of ‘freedom’ are ignoring something important – the living standards of the people. What if the ‘revolution’ leads to mass emigration and economic hardship?
16 August 2020 | 08:41 GMT GMT
https://www.rt.com/russia/498140-minsk-protests-similar-kiev-moscow/