At SPIEF They Showed An AI Video With Putin In The Same Row With Catherine II And Stalin
- 5.06.2026, 21:06
The dictator of the RF is being created a "cult of personality".
Before Vladimir Putin's speech at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, participants were shown a video created with the help of artificial intelligence in which the Russian dictator was put on a par with Empress Ekaterina II and USSR leader Iosif Stalin, The Moscow Times.
The video promotes the thesis that Russia throughout its history has been a "force" capable of bringing order in times of global upheaval. The first person to appear before the audience is Catherine the Great. The voice-over says that in 1780, while America and Europe were "stormy" because of the war for American independence, the Russian empress proposed the Declaration of Armed Neutrality, which protected the right of neutral countries to free maritime trade.
Then Stalin appears on the screen and the caption "1942". The episode tells about the anti-Hitler coalition, which included the USSR, the US, the UK and China, and emphasizes that the world powers were able to unite in the face of a common threat, despite ideological contradictions.
The climax of the clip is the Astana format - trilateral talks on the settlement of the Syrian conflict in 2015. The footage shows Putin and says that it was thanks to Russia, which "offered dialog" and gathered "irreconcilable enemies" around the table, that it was possible to preserve Syrian statehood and stop the spread of terrorism.
The video concludes with the assertion that "the world has entered an era of irreversible change" accompanied by conflicts and competition for resources, and only Russia is "a force capable of stopping these destructive trends." "The place where dialog begins. A guarantor that the agreements will work," the video summarizes.
The propaganda fails to mention that Russia, as one of the signatories of the Budapest Memorandum, guaranteed Ukraine respect for its independence, sovereignty and existing borders in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons, but later violated these commitments by unleashing war.
Putin, speaking at the forum, said he was not yet going to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suggested he would call a cease-fire along the entire front line and hold one-on-one talks on neutral territory. Putin said that he saw "no point" in such contacts because, from his point of view, Kiev needs them only to stop the "offensive" of Russian troops, whereas Moscow is aiming at long-term agreements.