Some back the Russian President to express their discontent with the West. Others admire his macho persona. Both extremes gravitate towards authoritarianism. ANALYSIS by KnottMatthew RussiaUkrainewar StanGrant QandA
“Among the worst disseminators of Kremlin propaganda in the UK are people with whom I have, in the past, shared platforms and made alliances,” Monbiot wrote.
Among Monbiot’s targets: the UK-based Stop the War Coalition which stated in a February letter that it “opposes any war over Ukraine” but said nothing about Russian aggression. Then there is Australian journalist John Pilger, the unapologetically left-wing documentary film-maker who is a longtime critic of American foreign policy. In the lead-up to the invasion of Ukraine, Pilger repeatedly ridiculed the idea Putin would start a war.
At the other end of the political extreme, some members of the right are instinctively drawn to the Putin for different reasons. In their worldview, Putin is a champion of social conservatism, a refreshing antithesis to what they regard as the directionless, decadent and feminised direction of Western nations. They love his persona as a macho strongman and share his opposition to multiculturalism, gay rights and Islam.
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