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Deprogramming 2

Mia Jankowicz writes in Business Insider: Putin’s disinformation is so effective that Ukrainians can’t convince their own families in Russia they are under attack… ..[T]he two nations increasingly live in separate realities, brought about by Russia’s vast state media apparatus…

Deprogramming

It sometimes seems to me that Putinist propaganda has turned millions of Russians into mindless haters with barely a trace of empathy for other human beings. Since 2014, the Kremlin has depicted patriotic Ukrainians as vicious, quasi-Nazi nationalists – in…

The Kremlin’s delusions?

As far as Ukraine is concerned, the Kremlin’s propaganda has been surprisingly well-received in diverse quarters, as evidenced by comments both at the left-leaning Crooked Timber and on pro-Trump sites. The same probably applies to Moscow’s Syrian narrative, but I…

Church vs. TV in Russia and Italy

Edward Luttwak wrote in his 1969 classic, Coup d’État: Though most male Italians seldom or never go to church, Italian women are keen and regular churchgoers. Italy being a democratic country where women have the vote, it is obvious that…