"The Kremlin’s goal is to control all narratives, so that politics becomes one great scripted reality show."
Vladislav Surkov helped Putin...by "manipulating them from the inside." nytimes.com/2014/12/12/opi…2/ Russia’s Ideology: There Is No Truth (2014)
Surkov..."the triumphant cynicism... When people stopped trusting any institutions or having any values, they cld easily be spun into a conspiratorial vision of the world.
...replace facts w/disinformation." nytimes.com/2014/12/12/opi…