워드프레스 "콘텐츠 열람 전 자동 광고 시스템"을 통해, 특정 웹페이지를 열람하기 위해 먼저 봐야 하는 사전 광고를 원하는 위치에 자유롭게 배치/설정할 수 있습니다
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Russian pensioners urge Vladimir Putin to rescue Starliner astronauts

Screenshot from Putin's squad video on bringing Starliner's astronauts home.

Enlarge / Screenshot from Putin’s squad video on bringing Starliner’s astronauts home. (credit: Putin’s Squads Z Soc Sprav)

One of the odder propaganda phenomenon in Russia, of late, is seemingly spontaneous groups of elderly Russian pensioners gathering outdoors and espousing some random bit of agitprop.

From a Western perspective, these are obviously staged and hilarious to behold. For example, last year a very earnest-looking group of elderly women, and a few men, urged Russia to “take back Alaska” in an attempt to preserve the United States from fascism. One of the women in the video also advocated for a military alliance with Mexico, saying, “In order to effectively fight fascism, we must establish military relations with Mexico to prevent the fascism from spreading further. We must form a military alliance with Mexico.”

There are entire Telegram channels devoted to these “Putin’s squads” videos, and you can find them on YouTube as well. It is not clear whether these “man on the street” videos are having any impact on Russian opinion, but evidently someone in the Kremlin believes they are helping to shape domestic opinions.

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Source : https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/boeings-starliner-problems-have-become-fodder-for-putins-propaganda-squads/