We don’t know for a fact how many Russians believe propaganda and how many do not. But numerous indicators point to the fact that Russian society is split. There is a huge segment that supports what they think is happening in Ukraine and another segment that does not. Thread 1/5
This is a process that involves radical change in how Russians view themselves and how they view the world. Many were easy to face reality but even more were not.
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It makes sense to support every initiative and effort to spread information about the war as it ultimately weakens Putin’s chance to stay in power long-term. One thing is to rule over an impoverished society that think they suffer for a good cause
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And a totally another case when you have a great segment of discontent that know their government is to blame.
Giving propaganda easy tools to suppress the uneasy realisation that it is Putin who is responsible for deaths of thousands in Ukraine is a bad policy
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Giving propaganda easy tools to suppress the uneasy realisation that it is Putin who is responsible for deaths of thousands in Ukraine is a bad policy
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You will not have a total defeat of Russia when this war is over. What comes next is being constructed and shaped now. Naturally, it makes sense to have as many people knowing how things are than a population believing in a delusional case of its dictator 5/5
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