What does the Russian war "Z" stand for? Do the Russians stand by it?
Who came up with it and why?
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Who came up with it and why?
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Russian's don't know what this war ("special military operation") is about. First most popular answer is "protection of the DPR and LPR " - 32% respondents; second answer is "I don't know" and that's 27%.
Available polls on the support of war efforts are useless since
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Available polls on the support of war efforts are useless since
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people are inclined to say they support "special military operation" either as a proof of loyalty or because they are aware Russian state introduced laws that punish anything that might "discredit Russian armed forces"
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"Operation Z" came as out of nowhere and state TV began to promote is as proof that Russians support this war.
"On the surface, it looks like a powerful upsurge of patriotism, and a show of grassroots support for government initiatives. But that is to miss the point"
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"On the surface, it looks like a powerful upsurge of patriotism, and a show of grassroots support for government initiatives. But that is to miss the point"
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This letter was first spotted on Russian military equipment and "denoted military district or direction of attack". MOD PR guys picked it up, approved it with Shoigu and launched the campaign in support of war efforts. New version of 2014 "polite people"
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Long story short, there is no explanation for why a Latin letter Z stands for the protection of "Russian world". This is something PR came up on the go since they were not prepared for this war, they had to improvise. Even Kremlin's own political technologists criticize it
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The problem with "Z" is that it has no meaning. It stands for nothing. It is ideologically shallow. Not least because no one really understand what this war is for.
"Is it for fighting or conducting a «special operation»? Is it set on preventing Ukraine from attacking
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"Is it for fighting or conducting a «special operation»? Is it set on preventing Ukraine from attacking
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the DPR and LPR, or from developing nuclear weapons? Is Kremlin aiming to depose President Zelensky or does it consider him a legitimate ruler?"
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"Propaganda cannot package Putin’s aspirations like his confrontation with the West into an ideological product, because there is no rational sense in these actions. This is an ideological dead end. So people get the same irrational Z as an explanation"
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This speaks volumes about the state of preparation for this war. Putin kept it even from his PR people and thus we get a meaningless brand for a meaningless war.
Fore more details read this Andrei Pertsev for @RiddleRussia
ridl.io/en/what-does-t…
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Fore more details read this Andrei Pertsev for @RiddleRussia
ridl.io/en/what-does-t…
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