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100 Days of War: Discontent is Growing in Russia
(Ed note: since these posts came straight from Russian sources like Reverse Side of the Medal, city name spelling uses the Russian translation, not Ukrainian)
It is important to understand that a three-day war that’s lasted for 100 days is causing issues in Russia. It is obvious that military bloggers are very unhappy with the path this war has taken. Ergo, some internal resistance is growing, even in places that could surprise most observers.
But it is deeper than that, not only are Mercs discussing the fate of the war. Other channels are starting to argue why Russia24 and people like Margarita Simoyan and Vladimir Solovyov are effective in the pro-war propaganda.
The first is a discussion on Telegram that linked to how that propaganda is done. The link is here, you can hit translate, and will give you the article in English.
Here is a critical point made by this piece.
Skillful distortion of facts is not the main factor in the success of propaganda. Facts are secondary here. Propaganda appeals to the emotions and feelings of people, so the propaganda tool is universal and works great for both religious fanatics of the East and enlightened Europeans.
Agitators play on the basic need for belonging (“our nation is the greatest and the…