In the media battle between the West and Russia over what really has been going on in Ukraine, round one went to Russia — at least among audiences in former Soviet Union republics.
Pro-Russian protesters remove a Ukrainian flag and replace it with a Russian flag in front of the Donetsk Oblast Regional State Administration building in March of 2014 – Andrew Butko – CC BY-SA 2.0, accessed via Wikimedia Commons.
Throughout the Ukraine crisis in 2014, Gallup polls showed nearly all residents of Russia, and majorities of residents in most post-Soviet states, were following the news about the situation in Ukraine …read more
Source: Harvard International Review
