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The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Russia

Decoding the Kremlin鈥檚 warspeak to understand the power of propaganda as a weapon of war.

Decoding the Kremlin鈥檚 warspeak to understand the power of propaganda as a weapon of war. 鈥淟et鈥檚 cut dill鈥�, 鈥渁 pop of cotton鈥�, 鈥渕eat assault鈥�: expressions the average foreigner might struggle to understand. We analyse Moscow鈥檚 military jargon; in part two of this mini-series, we鈥檒l explore Kyiv鈥檚 answer to it.

Producer: Kriszta Satori, Vitaly Shevchenko
Presenter: Krassi Twigg

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