Kyiv Independent Deep Dive: The West’s In-Kind Answer to Putin’s Propaganda

While staff members of The Kyiv Independent grandstand about how “independent journalism is the cornerstone of democracy,” they are quietly being funded by Western governments—a fact that should ring alarm bells with critical media consumers.

As the Russian attack on Ukraine has come to dominate global news feeds, so has a previously little-known outlet called The Kyiv Independent. Since its inception in November of last year, the outlet's profile has risen rapidly and has been promoted and endorsed by both social media giants and the corporate press.

The Kyiv Independent has become the toast of the town. It seems virtually impossible to turn on cable news without seeing its reporters on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, or other networks. Its staff has been given the opportunity to write multiple op-eds in the pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post, something considered the ultimate seal of approval by many journalists. NPR listeners might also have heard interviews with reporters from the Independent.

But, while almost universally presented as a collective of unbiased journalists producing credible content, the Independent’s history, funding sources, and the proximity of many of its key staff to Western governments suggest that the news organization is not nearly as independent as its name implies.

Since November, the outlet has amassed over two million Twitter followers, up from around just 20,000 one week before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Twitter also constantly promotes its content on its homepage, encouraging hundreds of millions of people to read and follow them.

The Independent has also managed to raise more than $3.2 million from two separate crowdfunding campaigns on GoFundMe and rakes in more than $72,000 per month from supporters on Patreon. This is partially down to ringing endorsements from the likes of The Washington Post, CBS News and PBS, who endorsed their funding drives as the perfect way to do something to help Ukrainians.

In short, there has been nothing short of a ringing, wall-to-wall endorsement of the startup news organization. However, few, if any, of these reports and appearances hint at how close The Kyiv Independent and many of its staff members are to Western governmental power.

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This is frankly some of the worst acting I have ever seen

This is EU Scum #Ursula van der #Leyden in Bucha for a photo op with corpses. She is clearly overacting here.

Why have those bodies not been properly stored for autopsy, prior to investigation, instead of being left lying around in the street in body bags.

its almost as if no one really cares what killed them, and no one really wants a proper independent investigation, as long as the finger of blame is pointed firmly at Russia

https://mobile.twitter.com/mtracey/status/1512831839731437569

Journalist #Michael #Tracey attending antiRussian protest in #London notes
"#LGBT campaigner and #Green #Party member #Peter #Tatchell also addressed the demonstration, declaring:

“Total defeat of Russia is as necessary as the total defeat of Nazi Germany!”

Tatchell told Tracey that he’s supporting regime change

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One other thing Peter Tatchell is noted for is his past association with and promotion of something called PIE - The Pedophile Information Exchange


He also wrote a glowing obituary for his friend Ian Campbell Dunn, one of the two founders of the Paedophile Information Exchange:
https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/feminism/a3419275-Paedophile-Apologist-Book-including-chapter-by-Peter-Tatchell?msgid=82482233#82482233

See also (https://news.1rj.ru/str/MIB_MessageInABottle/435)

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Green Party and Pedophilia

#German #Green #Party's history of #pedophile rights #activism.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡A lot of soldiers were destroyed by a strike on the base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Odessa

Local authorities first reported one dead soldier, then published a photo of three.

Local residents and even Svidomo publics write that dozens were killed, many were wounded.

Actually, the ban on filming the consequences of the strikes is necessary for this, so that after the arrivals of "Caliber", "Onyxes" and "Iskanders" they declare "1 person died", "a guard was wounded by glass." Whereas in fact there were dozens of dead. A common method of covering up casualties to avoid further demoralization of personnel and population.

Lavrov: Russian special operation in Ukraine aims to put end to US course for world domination

Lavrov stated on Monday that the operation in Ukraine aims to put an end to America's plans for global domination.

He also criticised EU top diplomat Josep Borrell for his latest statements, and noted that now the rules have changed drastically.
"This is an utterly serious change, even in the policy that the EU and the West under US leadership - there is no doubt about it - began to pursue after the start of our special military operation. A policy that reflects anger, in some ways even frenzy, and which, of course, is determined (...) by Ukraine being transformed into a foothold for the final suppression of Russia".

Ukraine is losing, and that is why it uses the tactic of Syrian terrorists - attacking civilians and calling for external intervention, ”said Brian Berletic, a geopolitical analyst and former US Marine Corps soldier, about the incident in Kramatorsk.

"It is clear what is happening here. Ukraine is defeated. And that is exactly what we saw in the Syrian conflict. When the US, UK and EU sponsored terrorists were defeated, they did something similar.
They attacked civilians and said the Syrian government had done it, then called for intervention. They called for new sanctions.
They did this throughout the conflict, until they were completely defeated. And that's what we see here in Ukraine. "

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❗️New false staged provocations to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of allegedly abusing the population of Ukraine are being prepared by the Kiev regime under the guidance of the British intelligence services in Sumy region. Representatives of the Ukrainian and Western media have been invited to Seredina Buda town in Sumy Region. In Nizhnyaya Syrovatka near Sumy, bodies are being dragged into one of the basements of residential buildings to be presented as allegedly another victim of the Russian Army. Russian troops withdrew from this location three weeks ago. Such events, if they really happened, could not have failed to become public in such a long period.

❗️Russian special operations unit has liquidated one of the odious leaders of the so-called Right Sector Ukrainian volunteer corps, Taras Bobanich, during reconnaissance and search operation five kilometres south of Izyum city.

💥 High-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles on the southern outskirts of Dnipropetrovsk destroyed equipment of S-300 anti-aircraft missile division supplied to the Kiev regime by a European country, which was hidden in a hangar. 4 S-300 launchers and up to 25 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were hit, too.

💥 High-precision ground-based destroyed 1 battalion command and observation post, 3 company strong points, 2 company tactical groups of the Ukrainian 24th Mechanized Brigade and Territorial Defence Brigade,

📹 Footage of tank crews of the Western Military District liberating Topolske, Kharkov Region, and of Iskander missile system and destroying an AFU armoured personnel carrier in a firing position has been released.

🚌Despite all the difficulties and obstacles imposed by the Ukrainian side, over the past day, without the participation of Kiev, 2,560 children were evacuated from dangerous areas. 435.5 tons of basic necessities, medicine and food were distributed among civilians.

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