“Banner in the wind”, “Putin's friend” – writes outraged Internet users, commenting on the recording with the statement of Andrzej Duda, which appeared on the web. The president says in it that Russia is nobody's enemy, that “he is a neighbor, he is a partner.” We explain what manipulation is here.
It is about the recording of the speech of President Andrzej Duda in recent days in social media – specifically: from a fragment of Russia. In the film lasting less than a minute, the president, most likely at some press conference, says: “The editor, I want to emphasize one thing very, very much here, because I would not like us to fall into rhetoric, which is absolutely unauthorized. There is no enemy. There is no enemy today“At this point, you can see that the recording was cut, and then we hear:”If we were to call Russia somehow today, I would say this: this is our neighbor, with whom we do not agree on all matters, we have a different point of view on many issues. Certain actions on the part of Russia we think they are unacceptable“.
Further, after another cuts visible in recording, Duda says: “But on the other hand, you also have to talk, because Russia is a neighbor, because Russia is a partner, because today the world is also a great field of economic exchange and therefore you have to about different issues Discuss.
The video now circulating in the network with Andrzej Duda's speech and a commentary referring to the position of the US Vice President was assembled and manipulatedx.com
Throughout the duration of the recording, you can see the inscription-Commentary: “Everyone has their own Vance.” This is an obvious reference to the speech of the United States Vice President JD Vance, as well as to the last actions of the American administration on the war in Ukraine. Vance repeatedly, before he became the deputy of Trump, openly talked about his resentment to help Ukraine. However, during a speech at the Munich Security Conference, he stated that the main threat to Europe comes not from Russia or China, but from the inside.
They believe that Andrzej Duda spoke so despite the war in Ukraine
Comparison of Duda to Vance in a sent recording suggests that the words of Duda about the fact that Russia is not an enemy has fallen recently, after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. This is outraged by Internet users – they accuse Duda sympathizing with Putin and a change in views dictated by the policy of Trump's administration.
“Good morning. I imagine how disgustingly Zeleński had to feel when this individual was forced and fucked up with friendship,” commented on February 16 post on the X website, which published a video (spelling of all posts original). This entry displayed over 15,000 users, many passed it on. It was made available on his profile, among others Bogdan Olesiński, mayor of the Ursus district of Warsaw, politician of the Civic Platform. “Putin's friend in action” – wrote.
“The flag in the wind. (…) And such is the office of the President of Poland !!!”; “Traitor!”; “A traitor is a little broken about it …” – wrote other indignant Internet users. Some suggested that Duda's statement was associated with the president's term of office. “Du … and he is preparing a place in ….”; “Andrzej Duda is ready even Putin for help to ask. We have already done it in our history,” they commented.
The controversial recording was made available on February 14, another Internet user, who entry displayed over 1.5 thousand users. Many also believed that this is a current video. They commented: “Thank God for 3Mce will go into oblivion”; “Ours is stupid, he is dangerous.” When the same Internet user recording He put with the president on Tiktok, in the comments there were also many unfavorable words about the president. “Authority of credibility”; “His speeches depend on the direction of the wind”; “Do he sometimes hear ???? he got tangled up”; “You already pack and fall”; “So now, after so many years of war and so many killed and wounded on both sides. Bake politicians,” they wrote.
Well: did Andrzej Duda say this “after so many years of war and so many killed”? Well, no. And some Internet users pointed out to this: “Chamski fjk. A cuned manipulated statement by Duda”; “This is an old recording.”
After the NATO summit in London. Recording suggestively assembled
First of all, the recording is an assembly from Andrzej Duda's statements. Secondly, it is not valid – it comes from December 2019, so the president spoke so more than two years before the start of Russia's full -glass invasion of Ukraine. The context in which these words fell is also important.
On the recording we see a fragment of a press conference, which Andrzej Duda organized after The end of the NATO summit in London. The summit took place on December 3-4, 2019 and fell on the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Alliance and the 30th anniversary of the end of the Cold War. The film shows the graphic design prepared for the occasion: NATO logo on the wall and the number 70.
Fragments used to assemble and create a manipulative message come from the answer of President Duda to the question of a journalist of the Polish press agency. She asked about the attitude of NATO to Russia: “Mr. President, you said that during this peak there was no actually disappointed in these most important issues. I wanted to ask about Russia. Because the Lord for a while talked to President Macron (President of France – ed.), who says that Russia can be a threat, but it can also be a partner and not everyone during today's session saw the enemy in Russia. relations of Turkey and Russia and the purchase of the S-400 system from Russia? “
President Duda answered with words that can be heard in the assembled material now disseminated in social media. But in addition, he also said: “North of the North Atlantic Alliance is not attacking today. The enemy may be called non -state entities, i.e. organizations of various terrorist, which allow themselves to attack – whether for citizens of NATO countries or native soldiers .
And later in the statement – which was cut from the recordings now circulating on the network – Andrzej Duda criticized Russia, including in Crimea. “We expect that the order, which was established after the Second World War – I think first of all when it comes to shaping borders in Europe – (…) We do not agree that this order is changed by force. And this has repeatedly emphasized Unfortunately, Russia has taken such behavior over the last 15 years or 11 years – I am thinking about the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008 and all that happened later, i.e. today about the occupation of Crimea by Russia and the fact that Ukraine is not It has a full control over a part of its territory other than Crimea; I think about the Lugans' district, the Donetsk district, where it is known that Russia also has its undoubted very serious participation. This is probably what everyone in the North Atlantic Alliance expects from Russia. ”
Then Duda reminded that at the NATO summit of 2016 in Warsaw, Member States established a “two -track approach” towards Russia. He described this approach as the need to show that “imperial or offensive actions will meet with the hard response of the North Atlantic Alliance” while conducting dialogue with Russia.
That is why the dissemination of this assembled video now, in addition with a commentary referring to Vance, misleads public opinion – because many Internet users believe that these words of Andrzej Duda were given after February 24, 2022. And since then, the Polish president has often criticized Russia, emphasized the need to support Ukraine and guarantee its sovereignty.
Source of the main photo: Wojciech Olkuśnik/PAP