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Yeah their evidence is not very convincing unless someone can corroborate that the event where he was photographed took place on the day they claim it did and in Turkey like they say but I don’t know how to verify that. It’s especially dumb considering that this is pretty easy to refute but NATO have provided the minimum viable evidence.
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There is a good chance this is real. But this is not something that is endemic to Russia.
On Thursday afternoon, 30 top TikTok stars gathered on a Zoom call to receive key information about the war unfolding in Ukraine. National Security Council staffers and White House press secretary Jen Psaki briefed the influencers about the United States’ strategic goals in the region and answered questions on distributing aid to Ukrainians, working with NATO and how the United States would react to a Russian use of nuclear weapons.
Literally any country will try to influence their influencers especially when it comes to a sensitive topic like war.
It is not clear whether Russia paid the content creators for this. I am pretty sure they didn’t because they don’t need to since they can stop influencers from making money if they don’t fall in line.
This episode of Rania Khalek’s Breakthrough News feat. Vijay Prashad is very good as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYhBW-yQaqs
That channel had a similar back and forth with badempanada if anyone is curious. I don’t remember the exact details but the video was something about downplaying climate collapse so I think their source of funding is red herring because regardless of where it comes from, they push out ridiculously bourgeois propaganda.