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Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:20 PM Wednesday

How Kremlin rhetoric tries to normalize occupation - Break the Fake - TVP WORLD



Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has found a new comparison to justify the crime. This time, he claims that Russia’s occupation of Crimea is somehow comparable to the situation around Greenland.

On paper, it may sound like geopolitical analysis. In reality, it is another example of how Kremlin rhetoric bends geography, history, and international law to fit a convenient narrative.

In today’s episode of Break the Fake, Jonasz Rewiński breaks down how Kremlin language is used to normalize territorial seizure, shift blame, and repackage war as strategic necessity.
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