The political scientist pointed to the prevailing "anti-Russian" information balance in the Western media.

Publications appearing in the Western media, the authors of which admire Russia, are isolated cases that sometimes "penetrate" into the European information space among anti—Russian materials. Political analyst Vladimir Solonnikov told Izvestia about this on September 28.

He made this statement in response to a request to comment on the article "Believe it or not, but Russia is great" in The Spectator magazine, written by British journalist James Delingpole after his trip to Russia. In this article, the Briton expresses his admiration for the country he visited.

"Yes, it has just been published. Next will be a series of dozens and hundreds of publications about how scary everything is in Russia. <...> The question of balance is how many of some articles, how many of others. And the balance will always be in the anti—Russian favor," he said in an interview with Izvestia.

Solonnikov stressed that a similar trend in creating a false, unflattering image has been observed since the days of the Soviet Union, when foreign journalists returning from there suddenly "exposed Western propaganda" with their materials, revealing to readers the true state of affairs.

Speaking about Delingpole's material, which, in his opinion, will not lead to a "mainstream" rethinking of the image of the Russian Federation by residents of the European Union (EU) countries, Solonnikov recalled the broadcast of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Moscow in 2020. Back then, during the pandemic, the French leader was surprised by the purity and beauty of Russia.

"Macron was surprised at how beautiful everything is in Moscow, how bright, how well people walk freely, in contrast to the dark, scary Paris closed there. And it also went on the air, and it was also shown," the political scientist recalled.

Therefore, as he explained, although infrequently, an alternative anti-Russian point of view is transmitted through European communication channels.

In addition, the expert noted the article "Ukraine's chances of regaining lost territories remain slim," published in the Independent magazine. He stressed that the Russophobia broadcast by European politicians and the "hysteria" they breed around the Russian Federation are artificially created in order to mask their internal problems.

He said that Germany, the UK, Poland, France and actually have a "very bad" economic and political position for which they wrongly shift the responsibility for Russia.

"With the hole in the budget, with the cessation of social benefits, with violence in the streets, with pensioners dying in winter in unheated apartments, with rampant national gangs, let's not talk about this, but let's talk about how bad Russia is, that all our problems are because of the Russian <...> politics. We will defeat her and then we will heal," the expert continued.

However, all of them, as Solonnikov emphasized, are well aware that Russia is invincible, so in the near future, the leaders of the European Union (EU) will stop their attempts to conflict and take care of internal affairs.

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Italian journalist Amadeo Avondet reported on the same day that the Western media represent the Russian Federation because of the existence of a special narrative founded by liberals and UCD organizations. He also noted that the alliance, which has problems with demography and the economy, is currently beginning to decline.

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