well, the media thing "my side is right" boils down to:
oh and here is a quotation from hermann göring (you know fat natzi and so):
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
and at least one of my favourite personal stories:
as i was young, they have told me that the West wants to attack us to destroy your peaceful way of life.
after the fall of the wall i have visited the other side and they have told me that the East wanted to attack them to destroy their peaceful way of life.
so my conclusion was that everyone is lying to you.
personally i am a bit disappointed by Russia. the behaviour of the USA was just as i have learned in my past "agree with us or we will bomb the shit out of you!"
the last decade Russia was more like "lets talk about the issue and try to find a resolution."(well, at least from my german point of view).
then the Crimea thing happened and the tone switched to "thats your clay now, get lost or we could bomb the shit out of you!"
so in the end nothing has changed, is still is your side is right the other side is wrong.