#Russia is desperately planting seeds of doubt in stories that sit beyond the discursive mythical boundaries of ๐ท๐บ identity.
I believe it will work. Here's why:
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I believe it will work. Here's why:
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Not only have I seen ๐ท๐บ media sites talking about "ัะตะนะบ ะฝััั" in relation to the Bucha massacre, but also increasing num of articles abt falsified stories from #ukraine on Yunarmiya, Victory Volunteers & Great Patriotic War museum sites.
Of course, these stories do not relate to the massacre but sow seeds of doubt & perpetuate #disinfo claims. For example, state Duma Deputy & Victory Volunteers leader Olga Zanko said:
โMuseums in universities should become centers of local history and the study of Russian history. This is esp imp today, when we see how people abroad and even inside our country are trying to falsify history...
It's sufficient to recall history textbooks in Ukraine, in which the victory in World War II is interpreted not as a victory over Nazism, but as further crimes of Soviet power in Ukraine." ะฒะพะปะพะฝััััะฟะพะฑะตะดั.ัั/news/id/5070
๐ท๐บ is fostering an atmosphere of doubt based on falsehoods abt ๐บ๐ฆ atrocities, neo-nazism, genocide & ัะตะนะบ news. ๐ท๐บ has released that these narratives need to become embedded in its besieged fortress metaphor; part of ๐ท๐บ larger imagined community.
It knows it is unable to stop alternative discourses completely. ๐ท๐บ first tried to cut the media, now instead, it sows seeds of doubt - the second is more durable because these seeds of doubt are not new or different, & instead, continue to reaffirm ๐ท๐บ hist experiences.
These discourses will only hasten as more atrocities are uncovered - pushing ๐ท๐บ people toโanything that does not tow the state line. It's not a q of whether ๐ท๐บ people will believe it or not anymore - unfortunately, they are mandatory members of this imagined community.
As always ๐คI am wrong!
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