The two basic strategies Russian state propaganda relies on are these: accuse the opponent of doing what you are doing yourself, in a much more open and brutal way.

The second strategy is basically the same applied to nuclear menacing, but let’s put aside Žižek’s difficulties with logical thinking for now, because he actually has a third one:

Add to this the third strategy of deception: presenting a brutal war of conquest as a defense of spiritual values. This combination is nearly unbeatable. All our hope lies in the “nearly.”