Totally normal day at #Russia space agency Roscosmos. In this 10 March video, everyone must wear their swanky #Z badge with St George's ribbon (a memorial of fight vs Nazis in WW2) over their white coats. Badges say ZА МИР=FOR PEACE en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_of…
Of course proper Russian would be ЗА not ZA, but Latin Z is invading the Cyrillic alphabet right now (see thread). "For peace" is one of the more Orwellian invasion slogans: the Russian Ministry of Defense has used it too
The TV screen in the background is also Z'd up & comes complete with St George's ribbon. It starts off with ZА АРМИЮ! ZА РОССИЮ! ВМЕСТЕ С ПРЕЗИДЕНТО! which is FOR THE ARMY! FOR RUSSIA! TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT! which is the sign of a very normal country
Next up, ANGARA (a Russian rocket programme) IS NOT AFRAID OF SANCTIONS, then WE DON'T ABANDON OUR OWN - a common invasion slogan highlighting the conflict's grimly ethnic nature, found on Russian metro station billboards & the shirts on this video
Only in healthy functional societies is the slogan ROCKETMEN TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT! proclaimed, next to the space agency's men in white suits, wearing their pro-invasion "Z" badges & anti-Nazi ribbons. Is it more or less dystopian that the badges say FOR PEACE under the Z?
According to state media, other slogans at the event were LET'S STOP THE BANDERA GENOCIDE and ZELENSKY, THE BLOOD OF THE DONBAS IS ON YOUR HANDS. (Better to read "for the world" as "for peace" in this google translation) tass.ru/ekonomika/1402…
Space Agency head Dmitry Rogozin claimed Russian servicemen were dying in order to save the local population, drugged by 30 years of anti-Russian propaganda from the Nazi regime. The news agency reminds readers there have been no strikes on cities, so nothing threatens civilians
This is not the first appearance of Z on badges - here's a photo from the State Duma (lower house of parliament) on 4 March.
Roscosmos has also painted a rocket transporter in invasion markings & got staff/vehicles to perform organized Z/V "flash mobs". Rogozin is ex-military & a supporter of Transnistrian independence from Moldova, having fought for the Russian side in that war
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.