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Bizarre anti trans Russian propaganda to divert attention from the Ukraine war.
'Santa Putin' swaps child's same-sex parents for a mother and father and gives a football, toy cars and a drum kit to boy being raised as a girl in anti-West propaganda videoDaily Mail
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been portrayed as Santa in an anti-Western propaganda video released on the country's social media.
The film - made by a production company called Signal - depicts 'Santa Putin' swapping a photograph of a child's same-sex parents for one of a mother and father, and gifting the boy being raised as a girl a football, toy cars and a drum kit.
The video feeds into Russian prejudices about Europe and the United States which have been fuelled by pro-Kremlin propagandists during the war in Ukraine to frame the conflict as a clash of values between Russia and Ukraine's western allies.
The clip has been surging on social media in Russia since it was posted, providing a propaganda boon for the Russian leader as it was embarrassingly revealed China's Xi Jinping demanded a written explanation from Putin on when he plans to end his war in Ukraine, and as his war stretched past its 300th day.
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