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Moscow’s Pro-War “Z” Brigade Finds A Favorite New Target: Ordinary Russians

​A huge 'Z' symbol hangs on the Tabakova theater in Moscow. The 'Z' began to be used by the Russian government as a pro-war propaganda motif, and has been appropriated by pro-Putin civilians as a symbol of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A huge 'Z' symbol hangs on the Tabakova theater in Moscow. The 'Z' began to be used by the Russian government as a pro-war propaganda motif, and has been appropriated by pro-Putin civilians as a symbol of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Celestino Arce Lavin/ZUMA

Disappointed by poor gains over the past three years in Ukraine, Russia’s pro-war Z community is blaming a new scapegoat. Russian writer and historian Ivan Philippov explains why a society that just wants to live and to work is now their main enemy.

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Journalist Spy, Subversive 13-Year-Old: Law And Order In Totalitarian Russia

Photo of an anti-war drawing by a 13-year-old girl
Incriminated drawing by Maria, 13 Jean-Pierre Morales via Facebook

Even beyond the bloodshed of its war in Ukraine, lesser acts of aggression by the state are a clear expression of the intentions of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

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