Russia's False Narrative in Syria: December 1, 2015
December 1, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Russian%20Airstrikes%20against%20ISIS%20NOV%2019-01%20%28002%29_0.jpg?itok=K098QORR)
President Vladimir Putin is actively misinforming his domestic audience and the international community about Russia’s first military intervention outside the former Soviet Union since Afghanistan. Putin has created a false narrative about the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) to disguise the true objectives behind Russia’s intervention Syria and is using this narrative to manipulate the international community.