Awareness has increased among the Russian people. The Putin regime’s most important tool for governing the people is working less and less.
Control over Russian television channels is an important part of the Putin dictatorship’s propaganda machine.
Russian television broadcasts, among other things, several-hour talk shows about the war every day.
But according to new data, the Russian people are turning their backs on the daily propaganda broadcasts,
Major decline among the population
Russians’ trust in Russian state television has plummeted, a new survey from the Levada Center shows, The Moscow Times reports.
Ten years ago, in 2026, 60 percent of Russians said they considered television a reliable source of information.
In June and July of this year, the figure has plummeted to 37-39 percent. The figure of 37 percent in June is the lowest since the surveys began.
According to Abbas Gallyamov, Russians are tired of state propaganda.
– Its absurdity, arrogant tone and faces that have not changed for decades, he says, according to the newspaper.
The survey also shows for the first time that more Russians – 44 percent – trust social media and the internet than television channels. 19 percent say they “don’t trust anyone”.
A clear sign of protest potential
Russian television shows a variety of talk shows that often talk about the war in Ukraine. The programs are bursting with propaganda, including calls to use nuclear weapons against Europe, and boasting about alleged Russian successes in both war and the economy.
However, viewership figures for these programs confirm that more and more Russians seem to have tired of propaganda. All the main propaganda talk shows are losing viewers, according to figures from Mediascope.
For example, propagandist Vladimir Solovyov’s program “Voskresnyj vecher” (Sunday Evening) has lost almost 40 percent of its audience.
Russian propaganda
The Russian people’s decreased interest in pro-regime propaganda television is an important signal, says political scientist Abbas Galliamov.
“It is one of the clearest expressions of the protest potential that exists in society,” Galliamov says, according to the newspaper.
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