Almost 90% of Russians never received information from foreign media

According to the latest opinion poll, 87% of Russian residents have never watched the news programs of foreign TV channels and did not go to foreign information sites.

A survey conducted by the Levada Center showed that only 1% of Russians follow the coverage of events in the interpretation of any foreign media every day.

At the same time, despite the lack of information from abroad, the All-Russian poll also showed that Russians are beginning to worry about the situation with freedom of speech in the country. Only 35%, that is, about a third of the respondents, believe that everything is in order with freedom of speech in Russia. For comparison, in the 2000 year there were 58%.

In addition, 62% of the country's residents are confident or admit that there is censorship in the Russian media.

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst says expanding Russia's sphere of influence is subordinated to the main goal that Russian President Vladimir Putin sets for himself, namely to return Russia to superpower status.

“Putin has a very serious problem, and it has a lot to do with the information campaign: his ambitions are at the level of a superpower, but his means are at the level of a regional power. The Russian economy was not prosperous even before the introduction of sanctions and the collapse of energy prices. Yes, Putin still has the second most powerful army in the world at his disposal thanks to his nuclear status. But this army cannot even come close to competing with the American one. This means that Putin has to play a game in which he has quite a few trump cards,” Herbst believes.

According to political analyst Chris Walker and other American experts, in addition to the media and social networks, the Kremlin’s ideological machine includes a whole cohort of research institutes and officials who, for example, play the role of international election observers abroad.

“Russian propaganda is closely intertwined with entertainment programs that Russian TV channels buy from the same Western companies,” explains publicist Peter Pomerantsev. “Both of them make money this way.” […] Thanks to such shows, the Russian-speaking audience keeps the TV on and subconsciously absorbs propaganda videos, which often contain elements of chauvinism and xenophobia.”

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