March 29, 2026: Iran Dominates the Russian News Cycle
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March 29, 2026: Iran Dominates the Russian News Cycle
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With U.S. military operations now in their fifth week, the Iran War has become the centerpiece of Russian news coverage, which portrays the operation as a "catastrophe" exposing the limits of American power. The Kremlin’s narrative has even turned personal, mocking the Trump administration’s lack of sophistication. This saturation of Gulf coverage has naturally pushed Russia's own "Special Military Operation" to the fringes of the news cycle, with state media conveniently ignoring rising drone attacks within Russian borders and renewed calls for trilateral peace negotiations from Volodymyr Zelensky.
In this episode, Andy Kuchins and Chris Monday unpack how Vladimir Putin and Russian elites understand the world, and how they seek to influence it.
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