Whataboutism (also known as whataboutery) is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacythat attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them with hypocrisywithout directly refuting or disproving their argument, which is particularly associated with Soviet and Russian propaganda. When criticisms were leveled at the Soviet Union during the Cold War, the Soviet response would be "What about..." followed by an event in the Western world.