how is the Russian population informed?

Immersion at Kriusha, in the Ryazan region, in the heart of Russia. The village does not count one thousand inhabitants. Like two-thirds of Russians, alexandra is informed by televisionisionin particular the television of the Army where Russian military successes are boasted. According to her, it was not Russia that started the war, but the United States. This point of view is shared by almost all the inhabitants of the village.

One in five Russians get information on Telegram

In her library, Nina maintains the cult of the Second World War. She only consults sites that repeat the official information. “I don’t believe in Butcha”, she explains. Natalia says, shethat she is now informed on the social network Telegram, like one in five Russians. On it there are chains supporting Russian power, but also independent or foreign media. “Russian television imposes points of view, but people should think, use their logic”, she points out. None of the Russians encountered during this report calls into question, in front of our camera, the official speech, concludes Luc Lacroix, correspondent in Moscow.