... Russian leaders some understandable irritation. For example, on October 7, 2024, Medvedev called for the sinking of Great Britain. Emotion and frustration seem to be taking over the political world, but especially so in the UK.
Pitt’s Imperial Anger and Russophobia’s Origins
Ivan Timofeev:
Sanctions Policy with an Anti-Russian Accent: The UK’s New Sanctions Strategy
Known as one of England’s most bellicose prime ministers, William Pitt the Younger, saw the Ottoman Empire as England’s buffer against Russian attempts to control the Dardanelles. Thus, in 1791, he ...
... response to the war in Ukraine has surpassed even Cold War-era levels, telling
Newsweek
that not only diplomatic ties but also cultural, educational and scientific were under unprecedented strain.
"The United States has been swamped by a wave of Russophobia fuelled by the media at the instigation of the ruling circles," Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov told
Newsweek
. "The situation has taken the worst forms of the anti-communist paranoia and witch-hunt of the McCarthy era."
He argued that the present state of affairs has sunken below even ...
Russophobia, 2020 U.S. election, New START Treaty
Russia and the United States have had another year of rocky relations that have included more sanctions, heavy rhetoric, and a shortage of constructive dialogue to bring the two countries together. 2020 will likely be a mixed bag of steps forward and ...
The amount of Russophobia in the U.S. media has been unprecedented in recent years. While anti-Russian rhetoric is employed for internal political struggles in the United States, from time to time this propaganda campaign reaches absurd levels, spilling over into areas that have little to do with politics.
The amount of Russophobia in the U.S....
The arrest of Russian national Maria Butina in Washington is a significant blow for Russia–U.S. relations
The arrest of Russian national Maria Butina in Washington is a significant blow for Russia–U.S. relations. It goes well beyond official diplomacy. The Americans ...
The U.S.-Russia conflict is like a teenage fight. When should we stop the fight with no winners?
“If you leave the Chelyabinsk Disco late in the evening, throw your head back and stare silently into the boundless starry sky—your nose will stop bleeding." ...
... and national historical memory should come in to save the day.
We cannot keep silent about the dangers of this new wave of Russophobia, which has been drummed up by the United States and its obedient lap dogs in the European Union. The West has been ... ... depending on the political, economic and military situation, it has never disappeared completely. The current spike in anti-Russian sentiment harms both Russia and the West. It provokes fierce resentment of the West among ordinary Russians and pushes ...
... authoritarian-leaning governments tend to present attacks on them as attacks against the nation or any other common value. Yet it is always worth challenging this narrative, and especially so with regard to this particular event, of interest to many around the globe.
Russophobia, in their encyclopaedia, stands for a hostile image of Russia stemming from the Cold War and from cultural misunderstandings, constituting a bias. According to them, it is motivated by the (geo)political objectives of Western governments, whom their media obsequiously obey.
See, the truth is that in the ...
