State propaganda in the Russian Federation

The propaganda of the Russian Federation promotes views, perceptions or agendas of the government. The media include state-run outlets and online technologies,[1][2] and may involve using "Soviet-style 'active measures' as an element of modern Russian 'political warfare'".[3] Notably, contemporary Russian propaganda promotes the cult of personality of Vladimir Putin and positive views of Soviet history.[4] Russia has established a number of organizations, such as the Presidential Commission of the Russian Federation to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests, the Russian web brigades, and others that engage in political propaganda to promote the views of the Russian government.

  1. ^ The readers' editor on... pro-Russia trolling below the line on Ukraine stories Archived 2016-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 4 May 2014
  2. ^ Максимальный ретвит: Лайки на Запад Archived 2016-06-14 at the Wayback Machine ("Maximum Retweet: 'Likes' for the West") Vedomosti, 21 May 2014
  3. ^ Abrams, Steve (2016). "Beyond Propaganda: Soviet Active Measures in Putin's Russia". Connections. 15 (1): 5–31. doi:10.11610/Connections.15.1.01. JSTOR 26326426.
  4. ^ "Vladimir Putin Wants to Rewrite the History of World War II". Foreign Policy. 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2020.