The weird way that ISIS is changing the way we talk about Russia

Mar 17, 2015

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The ISIS narrative is starting to shift the Russia narrative, and that’s making it harder for Russia and the West to find common ground on Ukraine.

Something has perceptibly changed in the way Western media covers Russia – the forecasts of what’s happening within Russia are becoming more hysterical (just consider the media reaction to #WhereisPutin), the willingness to engage militarily is stronger, and thepropaganda war is intensifying in scale and scope. You could chalk all this up to the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine, of course, but here’s another idea: ISIS is changing the way we talk about Russia.