The criticisms came in prime time on one of the largest Russian news programs. The researchers believe it is a clear sign that Russian state media are struggling to manage the portrayal of the country’s decline in Ukraine.
Several clips from a Russian news program are going viral on Twitter. The clips show excerpts from a debate in which Boris Nadezhdin, a Russian politician, is particularly noted.
“We have now reached a point where it is absolutely impossible to beat Ukraine,” says Nadezhdin in the clip below. Furthermore, he criticizes the apparatus surrounding Putin.
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