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"Govorit NeMoskva" is an independent media outlet covering life in Russia's regions: Siberia, the Urals, the Volga region, the Far East, and the North Caucasus. Founded in 2022, its authors work anonymously—a standard practice for independent journalism under Russian censorship. Materials are available without restrictions.
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Absurdity as a Propaganda Weapon: How the Government Zombifies Russians
- Killer whales, polar bears, combat mosquitoes—why do Russians believe this nonsense? Lie to their faces—it's all just God's dew?
- 🔸The water supply has been cut off for three months, prices in stores are skyrocketing, and government officials aren't even showing up for the debates. But the United Russia electorate still repeats, "Putin is peace!"
- 🔸In this episode of NeMoskva, host Ekaterina Milenkaya and critical thinking expert and philosopher Denis Grekov discuss why Russians have forgotten how to question, whether modern propaganda is comparable to that of the USSR or Nazi Germany, and whether they question the propaganda's premises.
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