Investigation: How Azerbaijan is waging an information war against the population of Armenia
 The activity of the Azerbaijani propaganda is rising. The goal is destabilizing the internal political situation on the territory of Armenia and depriving its allies. The media serving the political interests of Ilham Aliyev confuse both the citizens of Armenia and the leadership of the republic by spreading false sensations. Thus, the Azerbaijani publications Day.az and Haqqin.az, citing allegedly Armenian media, misinformed about discussions by Pashinyan and extra-parliamentary political forces on the termination of Armenia's membership in the CSTO and Eurasian Economic Union. No evidence whatsoever. Only a spatial phrase: "There is reason to believe that this information is likely to correspond to reality".Telegram channels covering events in Armenia are baited by spreading this "insider" information as criticism of the policy of Prime Minister Pashinyan, without checking its reliability. This is how informational stuffing reaches its intended audience. Youtube channels are an audiovisual way of spreading fakes. One of which is the Russian language "News from Azerbaijan and Armenia". This stuffing is also posted on dubious resources covering events around Russia. Azerbaijan works on two information fronts. On the one hand, it convinces the Armenian population of the notorious betrayal of Russia and discredits unfavorable tripartite agreements. On the other hand, it spreads stuffing about the betrayal of the leadership of Armenia to Russia and the pro-European orientation. By spreading tales about the political divorce of Armenia and Russia, Azerbaijani propaganda convinces mainly its own population of them. Meanwhile, the meeting of the Consultative Assembly on Cooperation with Extra-Parliamentary Political Forces was held for the fifth time. The government's dialogue with the opposition is gaining momentum. It has never happened in the history of modern Armenia. The majority understands that state interests are higher than internecine warfare. The Armenian population needs to get used to information pressure and learn to recognize it by developing critical thinking and paying attention to sources. The danger is that fakes multiply in the Russian language. And under their influence, respectively, falls the population of Russia. At all times Turks were interested in the Armenian-Russian enmity. But now they are particularly interested in it, because the Kremlin's position enables Yerevan to confront the neo-ottoman ambitions of Baku and Ankara. |
