Why Russia Today Launched a Smear Campaign Against Me
Russia Today Serbia isn’t defending Serbia, it’s defending Moscow’s fiction, attacking journalism, and denying Serbia’s alignment with Russia as if facts are threats to their survival.
In an era where truth itself is under siege, the role of journalism becomes not just necessary but existential. When Russia Today Serbia (RTS) launched its vitriolic attack on my exclusive report1 about Maher Al-Assad’s alleged refuge in Serbia2, it revealed far more about itself than about the facts I reported. Their piece was a tangled mess of accusations, diversions, and thinly veiled propaganda, a classic play from the Kremlin’s disinformation manual. This is not new; this is not surprising. But it must be confronted.
Who is Russia Today Serbia?
Russia Today, or RT, is a global media arm of the Russian government, funded and controlled directly by the Kremlin. Its mission is not to inform but to manipulate, to muddy waters, to conflate truth with lies so that readers throw up their hands in despair, wondering if facts even exist.
In Serbia, RT Serbia amplifies this strategy, capitalising on Belgrade’s increasingly close ties with Moscow3. Since September 2022, when Serbia signed a fore…
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