TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) — The Saudi Arabian daily Al-Watan has reported that Zionist propagandists have initiated a new disinformation campaign in an attempt to tarnish the image of Muslims among Russians because they believe that Russia is gravitating toward the Islamic world, especially since Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the recent Tenth Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia.

Alarmed by the expanding relations between Russia and the Islamic world, the Zionist lobby and Zionist circles in Russia have taken counteractive measures.

The pro-Zionist Russian media have adopted a tough stance toward Putin’s recent actions and have begun a campaign to undermine Putin and to sabotage relations between Russia and the Islamic world.

The media campaign is attempting to convince the Russian people that efforts to reach out to the Islamic world are useless and will end in failure by slanting coverage of events in Chechnya and the disorder connected to the presidential election in the Azerbaijan Republic, as well as by trying to paint a threatening image of Muslims.

The Russian media have censored coverage of the Zionist regime’s brutal suppression of the Palestinian nation as well as Israel’s threats against Iran and Syria.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad’s statements were the only news that these media reported from the OIC Summit.

In the opening ceremony of the conference, Mahathir said that the Jews dominate the world and that Europe is responsible for the death of 6 million Jews. The media then started a propaganda campaign against the Malaysian prime minister and Muslims in general.

The media is trying to incite Russian public opinion, accusing Putin of turning a blind eye to the stance and methods of the OIC and calling Mahathir an anti-Semite.

They have also claimed that the policies and methods of Islamic countries are influenced by radical and extremist movements and called them the enemies of nations and religions.

Meanwhile, Zionist Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is scheduled to visit Moscow at the end of this week. Political analysts believe he will pressure Russia to stop its cooperation with Iran and attempt to prevent Russia from gravitating toward the Islamic world.