How fakes develop. Why the Kremlin "killed" Igor Dancer and Valery Zaluzhny
Until recently, they were usually the achievements of the Russian Defense Minister Igor Konashenkov. The Russian representative Bravo reported on the control of settlements (some by five to six times) and destruction of Western weapons. For example, Konashenkov announced the destruction of 55 installations of M142 Himars reactive artillery systems. At the same time, Ukraine had to get only 20 units of this weapon.
According to him, in Ukraine two installations of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, decision-making centers and headquarters and army management centers were destroyed. Already in early May 2023, hostile propaganda shifted the focus on technicians and staff. Russian propaganda media and public media began to disseminate information about the death of the Commander's Defense forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Major General Igor Tanks.
When the information was not confirmed and was promptly refuted, they switched their attention to the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Valery Zaluzhny. It was reported that the commander was seriously injured and his condition is critical. However, it did not prevent him from wanted for attacks of drones on Moscow and Moscow. In addition to the frankly meaningless fakes that produce Russian propaganda, well -planned information campaigns appear in the information field.
As a rule, their sources are social networks, profiles of allegedly military in Tik-tok. These are already well -made posts with the loading of old photos and videos of destruction of the forces and equipment of Ukrainian troops, sometimes even the 2014 period. There are many cases of creation of "profiles of clones" of the Brigades of the Armed Forces or National Guard. Here, according to experts, the handwriting of the Troll Factory is traced.
By the way, he was the first to report that in the days of Zaluzhny's stay in Ukrainian positions, Wagner artillery was massively working out that front. According to the political expert of the Ukrainian Institute of the Future Igor Popov, propaganda and an information component have always been part of the war. It is because of it that the forces and potential of the fighting country is attracted to the war. "In every war, even in antiquity, the information component is very important.
The warring parties try to give victories, even if they do not exist, to raise the morale of the army and the rear. So there was always everywhere. Modern Russia with its Propaganda is no exception - they come up with the destruction of the Ukrainian command, tens and hundreds of weapons and equipment. At the same time, the last losses are silenced. And still, "says focus Popov.
According to a study of the international non -governmental organization Debunk, in 2022, Russia spent on propaganda and its promotion of $ 1. 9 billion. According to analysts, this amount is $ 400 million more than planned previously. The main recipients of funding were the international edition of RT, VGTRK and the media group "Russia Today" (RIA Novosti, Prime, Customs, Sputnik and others). At the same time, the estimate did not include social networks and botthams.
Expert in the field of strategic communications Denis Bogush assures that despite the full meaninglessness and frank delight of Russian propaganda, she has her own audience she works for. These are those who call themselves "I am not interested in politics", that is, citizens who are not able to think critically and check information. "I used to do Russian propaganda research on the example of four major online resources.
So, only on RIA Novosti, from a flow of 700 news a day, 200 were about Ukraine-of which 150 absolute delusional. About" boys in Trusiki ", neo-Nazis , fascists, some wild crimes. Propaganda feeds the Russians with full delusion not only about Ukraine, they tell about famine and cold in the United Kingdom, the EU and the US. . According to him, in Russian society there are people who read books and those who do not read, the latter, according to research, 60-80%.
These are the consumers of information on which propaganda works. Meanwhile, the Russian leadership began to discuss the possibility of introducing a state fairwol. By analogy with what is in place in China. In an interview, Putin's Internet Advisor on the Internet spoke about the possibility of blocking a number of resources, including Google and Facebook. In this way, they want to isolate Russian users from the influence of Western media.
On the way to the strengthening of authoritarianism, the authorities try to repeat the experience of China or North Korea, where the population is kept in the information stall. In 2014, a news story was published on North Korean television about winning the World Cup. The North Korean football players did not even qualify for Mundial, but on television they told about victory in the final with a score of 8: 1 against the Brazil national team.
Political technologist Sergei Gaidai explains focus that in the absence of real victories and achievements, state propaganda promotes the most meaningless fiction for the population. In the case of Russia, where the information field is fully controlled and monopolized, this does not cause any difficulties. "All this happens when propaganda works in a conflict with reality.
Look - Kiev has not been taken in three days, the war in certain aspects is already lost, their army is not" friend in the world ", in fact boasting nothing. Therefore, you have to fake, invent and invent and invent and invent to confuse the population. Although it looks wild and ridiculous from the side, but in a fully monopolized and controlled information space it works, "says Gaidai Focus.
Bogush notes that the Russian expansion is built on the connection of the army and propaganda, which prepares ideological bridgeheads for her. For example, during the Russian occupation of Kherson, 15 Russian FM stations, several TV channels and newspapers began to work at once. Against the conditional 2-3 working from Ukraine. Russian propaganda made a very high quality, powerful information product and processed the population.
"I always say that Crimea was lost in particular due to the lack of Ukrainian information policy on the peninsula. It was simply not there, but Russian was. The Russian peace "operate in more than 30 countries. Every hotel in the world has access to Russian TV channels, the SPutnik radio station works - they are on all continents in different languages," - says Bogush Focus.
The expert is convinced that if in 2014 they did not ban the work of a number of Russian TV channels and information resources in Ukraine, the pro -Russian population in 2022 would be several times more. In conversation with focus, experts say that Ukraine also uses propaganda for its own purposes. But this is caused by the need for wartime conditions and influencing the enemy side.
For example, a few days after the announcement of "serious injury" Valery Zaluzhny, a number of anonymous telegrams began to spread the news of the destruction of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoig. It was said that his car was attacked with the help of a drone when he arrived with inspection on the line of combat clashes. Even photos of the mutilated car were demonstrated. "Given that in the modern world, almost any information can be checked, the lie is a path in nowhere.
In critical cases, information can be silenced, as a last resort, to cover with a military secret, but not to lie. It is important to keep a certain balance between What cannot be said and what should be said is honest. A honest conversation with the people is more strategically beneficial in terms of trust than lies and silence, "Gaidai said. According to Igor Popov, the intensification of information fakes could begin against the background of systematic air attacks on Kiev.
So in the Kremlin try to increase psychological pressure and to force to negotiate on their own conditions. It is interesting that it was at this time that the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Galusin, stated that "conflict" would be settled if Ukraine refuses to access the EU and recognizes Russian state language.