What will be the future of Russkiy Mir (Russian World) in Portugal? – Observer
After so much controversy over Russian propaganda, after the recognition by the European Parliament of Russia as a sponsor of terrorism, the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra continues to teach young people the values of Russkiy Mir🇧🇷
Last month, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki declared that the “Russian World” (Russkiy Mir) is a cancerous tumor that threatens not only the majority of Russian society, but also the whole of Europe. History is one of the main tools that Russia has used for many years. We cannot ignore or underestimate this threat. The lack of European response to Russian propaganda may encourage continuing to question historical facts that are well documented and well known, he said in a video addressed to participants of the conference of the European Platform of Memory and Conscience dedicated, among other things, to disinformation Russian.
According to him, 20th century communism has been replaced by Putin’s ideology of the “Russian world”. “This is not madness, but a well-thought-out strategy that has already opened the doors to genocide”, emphasized the Polish Prime Minister.
So, what are they teaching students at the Faculty of Letters in Coimbra? Will they continue to subtly convince young people that the Russian empire should stretch from Vladivostok to Lisbon?
On the 24th of February all the world heard the doctrine of Russkiy Mirproclaimed by President Vladimir Putin and shortly thereafter in Ukrainian cities and bombs fell.
What has changed since then at the foundation Russkiy Mirwhich has its headquarters at the University of Coimbra?
Even with international support, with heroic resistance by the Ukrainian people, we don’t know how and when the war will end. With a country that has nuclear weapons and is run by a dictatorship, you never know what could happen. But what is clear is that even with the end of the military phase, the problem on Russia’s borders with neighboring countries will not be resolved.
True peace in Eastern Europe can only exist after Russian society changes, after Russians reconsider that their history and their attitude towards the outside world is wrong.
What then is the role in this process of the headquarters of the Russkiy Mir at the University of Coimbra? Is it functioning as a support center for the transformation of Russian society from totalitarianism to democracy, or Russkiy Mir continues to give financial support to the University of Coimbra in exchange for ignoring the suffering of Ukrainians?
There is also another hypothesis: the direction of the faculty does not close the Russkiy Mir why wait to see who wins this war?