What threat? Russian state TV plays down Moscow's role in Ukraine crisis

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MOSCOW: NATO is scrambling to beef up its eastern flank and Western governments have warned of crippling economic sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine, but watching Russian state TV provides little sense,

, but watching Russian state TV provides little sense, for now at least, that war may be imminent.

In their reporting on Ukraine, Russian state media say Western"panic" is fuelling the tensions, along with US troop reinforcements to the region and arm supplies to Kyiv - not the presence of around 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine's border. Anti-Americanism and scathing commentary about Ukraine's pro-Western governments have been staples of Russian state TV since 2014, when Moscow's annexation of Crimea and backing for a separatist revolt in east Ukraine shattered relations with Kyiv.

Andrei Kolesnikov, a Carnegie Moscow Centre analyst, said it would be a mistake to draw any broad conclusions from the current mood of state news coverage.

 

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