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By framing you mean the title? Because otherwise there is no frame or context at all. So it seems to be more about your interpretation. You are right that those events happened before/after the actual war, but they are still closely related to it.
And yes it is a criticism of western media, nothing wrong with that. It certainly doesnt require any statements about communism or nazism. I also dont see any slogans here, so that statement looks like pure Russophobia (which the same western media is also promoting).
Propaganda in the original sense of the words is basically everything that promotes specific political views. So this meme can definitely be considered propaganda, just like all other political memes. What I dont understand is why you consider it right-wing. Just because you disagree?
It's not that I disagree, but rather that this is textbook spin-doctoring (perfected by modern right-wing Russian propaganda, but also used by others).
Once you go down the path of "see they were all equally bad" or the closely related whataboutism, it is only a small step towards openly promoting fascism as the "least bad" option, which is the end-game of such propaganda.
You are interpreting a lot into this meme, no clue where you take all that from. The russophobia isnt helping either.
Sorry but this is not russophobia at all, in fact I quite like Russian people/culture. But it is an apt description of a tactic employed by modern right-wing spin-doctors that originated in Russia and is employed by Russian state-propaganda a lot.
You are painting Russia as the "bad guy" when its not even mentioned in the image, just vaguely connected through your questionable interpretation of it. What is that if not russophobia? But it makes sense, as you are also defending the same capitalist media which promotes russophobia day in and day out.
Again, I have nothing against Russians... but this style of propaganda was developed by them first and was and is widely deployed by their state-propaganda. Its like calling someone Sinophobe because they point out that certain Chinese dishes that they don't like were in fact invented by Chinese people.
P.S.: I criticize western media a lot... but equating them with Nazis or Nazi-apologists is not an honest criticism.