> RF population largely supports war to "save Russians".
Only those susceptible to propaganda. But such people are everywhere, who easily believe what they are told to believe.
Only those susceptible to propaganda. But such people are everywhere, who easily believe what they are told to believe.
A colleague from work who works on integration a of a translation service in our product said that he needed a brain wash to clean up the propaganda after reading all those Russian news translated with the service.
If only. Russian propaganda is hamfisted, direct and not very effective. It's magical efficiency is perpetuated in the West in order to demonize Russia.
If Russian propaganda was that good and effective, Ukraine would still be ruled by Russian-friendly elite and the country would have joined some sort of Russia led economic bloc instead of rushing towards EU and NATO.
Alas, Russian propaganda sucks, at least compared to what USA has to offer.
Propaganda from USA does not need to stretch the truth anywhere near the same scale and with that it is much more easier to affect more people.
Actually RF propaganda is quite good at portraing Ukraine as fascist state, West as evil, USA as falling apart. It is good enough for Putin to be elected president, and it is much better than Belarus propaganda. Regarding Ukraine, it is good enough that some people support RF no matter Crimea occupation and 8 years proxy war.