‼️ 58 billion rubles or $500 million per year - the Kremlin has increased funding for internal propaganda

👉 GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs - during 2023, the aggressor state spent 58 billion rubles or about half a billion dollars on the creation of propaganda by so-called "non-commercial" organizations.

✔️ These are structures formally unrelated to the aggressor state, which position themselves as "autonomous", but in fact, on the order of the Kremlin, produce so-called "patriotic content" for distribution on the Internet: blogs, news, films, series, video games, etc.

💰 The indicated organizations pledged to spend billion-dollar budgets allocated by Moscow on internal propaganda with the aim of:

● formation of public opinion loyal to Putin's regime;
● justification of russian aggression against Ukraine;
● influence on the consciousness of russian servicemen by glorifying their participation in the war.

❗️ An increase in the costs of covert propaganda for the domestic audience may indicate a decrease in the level of trust in the official traditional media of the aggressor state, as well as an attempt by the Putin dictatorship to take control of the Internet environment in russia.

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