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Propaganda enables Putin’s aggression

December 20, 2021 Ilan I. Berman The Hill

[T]he Russian government’s current mobilization is designed with some clear goals in mind: to advance its standing at home and improve its strategic posture abroad. It’s an approach that’s succeeding on both fronts — and the reasons have everything to do with propaganda.

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2499

December 6, 2021 Ilan I. BermanKate Flaherty

Russian plans to shut down NGO roil Berlin;
Citizen apathy aids "foreign agent" policies;
A Russian show of force in support of Belarus;
India risks U.S. sanctions for Russian defenses;
Putin talks Belarus migrant crisis;
Ukraine crisis highlights U.S. intelligence shortfalls