Throughout February, the war in Ukraine was one of the main stories in the Russian media. It is interesting to see how the Russian portrayal of events differs from the European one. An overwhelming majority of newspapers and websites presenting a “nationalist” perspective, close to the government’s positions and it is not easy to find reports that conflict with this perspective. Within this framework, the government in Kiev is often depicted as being dominated by “fascist” elements when not “pro-Nazi”, while Poroshenko appears to be rather weak and at the mercy of what is a real “war party.”