Event ed81c703-5d94-463b-bf04-04bffca8f5c4

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: InfoOps Country: Finland Country: Estonia Country: Latvia Country: Lithuania Country: Poland Country: European Union
🕐
Event Time
1y ago
Created
1mo ago
✏️
Updated
1mo ago

Summary

Headline: ANDREY KUZICHKIN ⟩ Z-bloggers – the main tool for zombifying Russian society

Short Summary: Russian pro-Kremlin Z-bloggers are leading propaganda and information manipulation efforts to support the war, shape public opinion, and suppress dissent.

Description

Z-bloggers central in ??RU propaganda. Telegram channels disseminate fake insider information, fabrications, and recruit agents in Ukraine. The harshest criticism of Z-bloggers is directed at Russian emigrants. From a historical perspective, war correspondents are dangerous for everyone. he institution of war correspondents of modern Russia was established in 2014, when large-scale hostilities began in Eastern Ukraine, columnist Andrey Kuzichkin writes.

Evidence

Quotes

Z-bloggers – the main tool for zombifying Russian society
Kremlin needs not just obedient citizens, but also soldiers ready to die for their country. To achieve this, TV propagandists and bloggers instill in people a steady hatred of the enemy.
The more brutal and angry the 'z-blogger', the more followers he has.
By demonizing Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's regime gains support inside the country and justifies violence and cruelty.
Subscribe via Weekly Briefs RSS or Approved Events RSS.