By Ksenia Zhukova
Nov. 24, 2024
Le Monde reported on the Russian "school of journalists" in Mali, where they were taught to spread pro-Russian propaganda and invited to the occupied territories of Ukraine.
The newspaper Le Monde, together with several partners from other countries, published an article about the "school of journalists" in the capital of Mali, Bamako, which is allegedly designed to train personnel for an information agency created by Russian intelligence and spreading pro-Russian propaganda.
60 students studied at the educational institution, the best of whom was promised to work at the Africa Initiative agency. Lectures for them were given by Mikhail Pozdnyakov, head of the French editorial office of the agency, who spoke good French.
He promoted the idea that the Internet space is a field of geopolitical confrontation, and advised his students to come up with headlines like this: "Macron, go away: the results of Lavrov and Evkurov's visit to French Africa," according to Le Monde.
Malian journalist and influencer Robert Dissa, known for his pro-Russian publications, took part in the selection of students. He was organized a trip to Moscow, and then to the occupied Ukrainian Mariupol. Pozdnyakov confirmed this detail to Le Monde, calling it "a visit of the press to the liberated territories", and noted that unlike Dissa, "French journalists do not visit war zones from the Russian side".
It is also noted that the Africa Initiative has offices in three Sahel countries, where Russia-friendly military regimes are in power - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, but the organization seeks to expand its network of correspondents to other countries in the region.
Source: https://kompromat1.online/articles/303956-v_mali_gotovjat_zhurnalictov_dlja_rasprostranenija_prorossijskoj_propagandy
By Ksenia Zhukova
Nov. 24, 2024
Le Monde reported on the Russian "school of journalists" in Mali, where they were taught to spread pro-Russian propaganda and invited to the occupied territories of Ukraine.
The newspaper Le Monde, together with several partners from other countries, published an article about the "school of journalists" in the capital of Mali, Bamako, which is allegedly designed to train personnel for an information agency created by Russian intelligence and spreading pro-Russian propaganda.
60 students studied at the educational institution, the best of whom was promised to work at the Africa Initiative agency. Lectures for them were given by Mikhail Pozdnyakov, head of the French editorial office of the agency, who spoke good French.
He promoted the idea that the Internet space is a field of geopolitical confrontation, and advised his students to come up with headlines like this: "Macron, go away: the results of Lavrov and Evkurov's visit to French Africa," according to Le Monde.
Malian journalist and influencer Robert Dissa, known for his pro-Russian publications, took part in the selection of students. He was organized a trip to Moscow, and then to the occupied Ukrainian Mariupol. Pozdnyakov confirmed this detail to Le Monde, calling it "a visit of the press to the liberated territories", and noted that unlike Dissa, "French journalists do not visit war zones from the Russian side".
It is also noted that the Africa Initiative has offices in three Sahel countries, where Russia-friendly military regimes are in power - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, but the organization seeks to expand its network of correspondents to other countries in the region.
Source: https://kompromat1.online/articles/303956-v_mali_gotovjat_zhurnalictov_dlja_rasprostranenija_prorossijskoj_propagandy
