On september21st Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, announced the calling-up of perhaps 300,000 military reservists to fight in hissputtering war against Ukraine. The 18m followers of thert(formerly known as Russia Today) Spanish-language Facebook page were left in no doubt as to why. Framing his invasion of Ukraine as a war for national survival, Mr Putin,rtreported, had declared that the goal of the West was to “divide and destroy” Russia.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Peddling Putin’s piffle”
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