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Where there is a lack of reliable public opinion surveys, analyzing queries typed into the main Russian search engine can give insights into Russian public opinion and how it changes.
Putin has hypnotized much of the Russian population to an extent that civil society has been driven largely into the catacombs and his rule appears to be unshakable.
Ukraine has established a narrative of its bravery and invincibility, and Russia's massive disinformation campaign has not been a success in the Western media. The Ukrainians have not yet won the information war, but the Russian General Staff has already lost it, writes Peeter Tali, colonel and former deputy head of the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Riga, in a commentary originally published in the Riigikogu Toimetised parliamentary magazine.
February Morning, founded by former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, broadcasts to audience in Russia