On March 17, the E-R headlined its Putin reelection story, “Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election … ” Preordained? In February 2024 Putin had an 86 percent approval rating in Russia, as determined by the well-respected Lavada Center, a Russian independent, nongovernmental polling organization. He needed no shenanigans to win against the Communist Party […]
spin what team are looking at and seeing around the globe. martha, the russian propaganda machine is firing on all cylinders. so far very successfully. most people are not seeing those images. of bucha. there s one independent polster in russia. they just did a poll. they found that 83% of russians approve of the job that president putin is doing. that is up from 65% in january, 71% if february. i spoke to the director of the lavada center that did that pole. he said that heightened numbers, approval ratings in times of military details are normal. but it s all about the propaganda preparing the ground for eight years. when i asked has the kremlin produced any ed of the key talking points about nazis in ukraine, here s what the
Thousands of flag-waving Russians crammed into Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium - the same arena that once hosted the FIFA World Cup finals - during a triumphal celebration Friday of the eighth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea.