Has Putin's negative reception at the G20 summit increased his determination to crush Ukraine?

"Newspeak is the fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, written by George Orwell. It is a controlled language created by the totalitarian state as a tool to limit freedom of thought, and concepts that pose a threat to the regime such as freedom, self-expression, individuality, and peace. Any form of thought alternative to the party’s construct is classified as "thoughtcrime". (Wikipedia)

Orwell's press card portrait, 1943

This 'fictional language' is now the language employed by Putin and his acolytes, as well as his extensive and growing global propaganda machine, to try and convince the world that Russia is not sending, has never sent, and will not send, it's own troops and military equipment into the rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk.

On Monday (Nov 10 2014)

"Russia ..... launched a state-of-the-art media organisation with hundreds of journalists abroad intended to wean the world off what it called aggressive Western propaganda - dubbing it, with echoes of the Cold War, Sputnik." (Timothy Heritage: Sydney Morning Herald)

"We are against the aggressive propaganda that is feeding the world," said Dmitry Kiselyov, (Putin's Chief Spin Doctor) a conservative television anchor who heads the Rossiya Segodnya media outlet created by Mr Putin last year to promote Russia's image abroad." (ibid Sydney Morning Herald)

As stated in an earlier post  'conspiracy theory' has become part of the Orwellian Newspeak of the Kremlin.

" ... the Kremlin is turning more and more to conspiracy theory as a "major tool" with which to manage its own people, as Vladimir Zhirinovsky has suggested it should do. ..."

Furthermore, Putin's propaganda machine is being very consistent in claiming that there are NO Russian troops in Ukraine. When confronted with actual proof of Russian troops supporting the rebels in the east of Ukraine, Putin and his propaganda machine always refer to them as "off-duty" Russian soldiers "volunteering" to help the rebels in eastern Ukraine. This 'Orwellian Newspeak' of Putin's propaganda machine has, since the beginning of his invasion of eastern Ukraine, been thoroughly discredited by the actual facts, more so since the recent invasion of troops and hardware into the rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. (Nov 12 2014: Melik Kaylan: Forbes)
 

Melik Kaylan

 Yet Putin is convinced that by throwing more and more money at his propaganda machines, and by extending its global reach, this will allow him to somehow 'discredit' the facts to fit in with his distortions thereof. Unfortunately for him, people in the west have access to the facts and, more importantly, can both privately and publicly, exercise critical thought over events irrespective of the avalanche of distortions directed towards them from Putin's propaganda machines. Putin's reception at the recent G20 Meeting in Australia rather clearly illustrates the incapacity of his  propaganda machines to control the thoughts and perceptions of people in the west.

Leaders at G20 Meeting

Heather Mcnab (for Dailymail Australia: 16 November 2014) rather accurately describes his reception at this summit, and which also illustrates just how ineffective his global propaganda machines are.

From Vlad to worse: He was snubbed at the airport, made to sit alone at dinner, shunted to the edge of the family photo and condemned by world leaders… it’s no wonder President Putin was Russian to leave the G20 summit

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has left Australia, cutting his attendance at Brisbane's G20 Summit short
• The weekend saw a series of diplomatic snubs from Western leaders who demanded accountability from the Russian President for the MH17 flight disaster
• Many expected outright confrontation as Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had threatened to 'shirtfront' the Russian hardman and some had speculated whether he would be banned from the event entirely

• The weekend got off to a bad start when Mr Putin was greeted at Brisbane airport by minor political figures, only minutes before delegates from China and Germany were met by the cream of Australia's political crop
• The Russian president had an awkward encounter when he was greeted by Mr Abbott, giving an odd hand gesture
• Mr Putin was put in 'social Siberia' in the G20 leaders 'family photo' and ate dinner alone
• Canadian PM Stephen Harper allegedly told Mr Putin to 'get out of the Ukraine' while other leaders including US President Barack Obama publicly condemned Russia's involvement in the embattled nation
• Mr Putin announced he was leaving the Summit early after a 'tense' meeting with UK leader David Cameron
• The Russian President claimed he was leaving early due to long flight back to Russia and the need to sleep 

Mr Putin's visit to Australia was marred by a series of diplomatic snubs and frostiness from Western leaders, sparking an early exit for the Russian hardman who flew out of Australia on Sunday afternoon, cutting his intended stay short

No matter how much money Putin throws at his propaganda machines, he does seem to find it rather 'strange' that in the west people are not as receptive to his propaganda as is his audience in Russia.

It is thus no wonder that,

"David Cameron warned Vladimir Putin, face to face, that Russia’s whole post-Cold War relationship with the West is at a “fork in the road” over Ukraine. After a tense build-up to the meeting over the past week, when the Prime Minister has repeatedly compared Russia’s interventions in Ukraine with the actions of Nazi Germany, the pair gave no quarter in talks lasting nearly an hour." (Monday 17 November 2014) (my emphasis)

Demonstrators at G20 Meeting against Putin's invasion of Ukraine

However, if Andrew Critchlow is correct that Putin,

" ... [in] his glib response to these threats and warnings [at the G20 summit] was [simply] to complain about a lack of sleep, [and that his response is] suggesting that he is preparing to dig in over his support for pro-Russian separatists around Donetsk..."

then we should all be worried.

(to be continued)