In russia, government officials are trying to explain the fuel shortage by logistics, while urging russians not to exaggerate the problem, even as long queues are recorded at gas stations across the country. The Center for Countering Disinformation reports this, UNN reports.
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Amid the fuel crisis in russia, government officials and the propaganda machine have switched to a mode of total gaslighting of their own population. Instead of acknowledging the obvious - that the fuel problems are a direct consequence of the war unleashed by the kremlin - russians are urged not to believe their own eyes and to blame themselves for everything
According to available data, speaker of the federation council of the russian federation valentina matviyenko called on citizens "not to dramatize" the fuel problem, while russian deputy prime minister alexander novak explained the situation as "logistics issues".
At the same time, key russian propaganda television channels in their evening news broadcasts did not mention the kilometer-long queues at gas stations at all.
Furthermore, russian media record activity of kremlin bots on social networks, who massively blame the drivers themselves for the fuel shortage, which supposedly arose due to "panic buying".
Since propaganda is completely detached from reality, the average russian tries to establish some cause-and-effect relationships on their own, and eventually begins to "suspect something": the number of queries "when will the swo end" in "yandex" has reached an all-time high. The connection between an empty tank and a protracted war is becoming obvious to russians. However, they are still asking the wrong questions. putin can stop the war at any moment, and as long as he refuses to do so, problems within the country will only multiply
Recall
In many regions of russia, the shortage of gasoline and diesel fuel is deepening. Drivers complain about a critical shortage and record appeals to putin.