Russian orchestrated attacks: From KLA to Love Lipa
(6 years ago)The two Albanian singers -- I want Lipa and Rita Ora -- have asked the Apple company to place Kosovo on the map. Such an act has inspired other artists who joined the call while a petition was created, which is largely supported. However, what sparked most reactions [...]
However, what sparked most of the reactions was the posting of the flag “Autochthonous” by Love Lipa, on the social network Titter. This prompted numerous reactions and insults mainly by Serbian commentators, making this post quite widespread.
According to security expert Agim Musliu, this is one of the Russian hybrid war links of the Kremlin in the Balkans, and separately to Kosovo and its citizens.
In an interview for Kosovo Press, Musliu says the Russians have never looked for arguments when they attacked someone.
The great name these singers have of global popularity has put the news more on display. To express with artistic terminology, it must be said that this orchestra of Serbian reactions has the conductor in the Kremlin, while the first violin is Serbian-Canadian director Boris Malagurski”, he says.
The largest Serbian state media “Russia Today” has published a writing based on a posting of Malagurski's social networks, where it calls I Love the Supporting Lip of Terrorism, when it published the ethnic Albanian map, with the national flag in the background.
Musliu says that, the fact that “Russia Today” attacks this way, does not distinguish from the attack that has been done to the Kosovo Liberation Army war.
The Rus, they've never seen any arguments when they attacked someone. It is important for them to find a big word, such as fascism, terrorism, organ trafficking, ethnic cleansing, massacre, etc., and thus trumpet through their media”, Musliu says.
According to him, Boris Malagurski, being a traitor to his Serb people, is only a tool in Russia's service.
At the first 15-day demonstrations in Belgrade, it was Malagurski that invited violent demonstrations as their participants, and the next day, he reported on Russia Today. So the same is happening here: once Malagurski organises social networking attacks against I want Lips, but tomorrow it becomes news”, parallels Musliu.
However, he adds, there is a huge difference in Russian propaganda when it treats Kosovo and Serbia.
“When Putin's media attack Serbia, they focus on the ideological orientation of Serbia, and when they attack Kosovo, then it's about being Albanians”, he points out.
The security expert says for Kosovo that this attack should also reveal the artistic community in Kosovo, which, according to him, is a little cut off from general social flows.
With hybrid warfare, Russians attacking a personality, that means they're attacking his national being. The Russians don't have a single man's dert in this case. But I would call for the artistic community in Kosovo itself to show something more on such occasions. Kosovo does not even participate in Eurovision because of the impact Russia and Serbia have on it. Look, they don't choose which one of us to attack, but their blows hurt us all”, he ends. Otherwise, world-renowned singer I Love Lipa, the day before she placed the country's autokthon flag in the Instagram, where he even gave the explanation of the word “autokton”, which has sparked numerous reactions on the part of Serbs. As a result, a major clash has been caused in social networks between Albanians and allies on the one hand, and Serb-Russians on the other.
