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Uncle Joe

(65,127 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:32 AM Mar 2022

Marina Ovsyannikova: Protesting journalist says Russians zombified by propaganda



Speaking to the BBC, Marina Ovsyannikova said Russians should stop listening to state media coverage.

"I understand it's very hard... to find alternative information, but you need to try to look for it," she said.

(snip)

"I feel of course some responsibility lying on me. I was an ordinary cog in the propaganda machine. Until the very last moment I didn't think about it too much," she said.

(snip)

"They couldn't believe that I had so many objections to the government that I could not stay silent," she said.

(snip)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60778554

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Marina Ovsyannikova: Protesting journalist says Russians zombified by propaganda (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 2022 OP
Now, Putin says he's going to purify the Russia. What's he going to do, form death squads and RKP5637 Mar 2022 #1
I believe that's a strong possibility Uncle Joe Mar 2022 #2
People on the list will magically disappear, and everyone will be afraid of everyone else dalton99a Mar 2022 #3

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
1. Now, Putin says he's going to purify the Russia. What's he going to do, form death squads and
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:39 AM
Mar 2022

savagely brutalize his population ... the man is an un-caged wild animal.

dalton99a

(94,109 posts)
3. People on the list will magically disappear, and everyone will be afraid of everyone else
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 12:18 PM
Mar 2022

I think Russia will be like North Korea, and Putin will be around for a while. (He is a brutal dictator and has multiple layers of security.)


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