Russian political psyche: history and modernity

[kaur]

Russia to Use Social Media in Fight Against Pseudoscience, Report Says
By Alexey Eremenko Oct. 07 2014 21:00

The Russian government allotted 30 million rubles ($750,000) for a social media campaign to combat rampant pseudoscience, Izvestia reported Tuesday.
The money, which will go toward a campaign on popular social media sites LiveJournal, Twitter, Facebook and VKontakte, is also meant to fund publications in the mass media and leaflets against pseudoscience, as well as lessons and journalistic workshops for students, the newspaper said, citing the Education and Science Ministry.

No direct statistics are available for pseudoscience in Russia, but 45 percent of the population believe in the existence of a global conspiracy to run the planet, state-run pollster VTsIOM said last month.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile...le/508589.html

[kaur]

Interview with Russian Security Council head Patrushev. Putin's close friend from Leningrad times and former FSB director. In the original article in Russian words USA and American were used over 50 times.

http://rt.com/politics/196456-russia...rushev-global/

[mirhond]

http://news.mail.ru/video/229498/

A man got prison term for an anecdote. looks like "old good" Soviet tradition returns. An anecdote is defined as hate speech, while it's just an ancient deja moo (but somewhat funny)
The whole situation is still the stuff of a joke, but...

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2614961
Putin defined "antinational thinking" - call for owerthowing an existent regime falls into scale.

[kaur]

mirhond, back to golden era habits?

[kaur]

Beyond Putin? Nationalism and Xenophobia in Russian Public Opinion

Published 11-25-2014

(The Washington Quarterly) The role of nationalism within the Russian public is an under- examined but potentially important aspect of the crisis surrounding Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its continuing involvement in eastern and southern regions of Ukraine. As commentators have sought to comprehend President Vladimir Putin’s motives, many have asserted or assumed that such actions enjoy tremendous Russian public support. Indeed, public opinion polls from Russia indicate that Putin’s popularity soared in the wake of the Crimean annexation and that large majorities have supported the government’s policies in Ukraine, sympathizing with the Kremlin’s negative portrayals of U.S. motives and actions.1 However, it is not clear whether this wave of public support is a fleeting “rally around the flag” phenomenon or the result of an organic, deeper tendency toward nationalism and xenophobia in the Russian public

http://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/beyond-pu...public-opinion

[kaur]

In Ukraine topic I did mention DPR unit called СССР/Soviet Union. The leader explained the name with desire to stability that existed during SU time. Today Russian business daily published 1 poll about nostalgia to SU. 13% want this.

Надежд на Евразийский союз тоже мало: постоянно идут торговые войны с Белоруссией, поэтому все тенденции очень разнонаправленные и «у людей в голове каша», поясняет Бызов: «Те 13%, которые хотят обратно в СССР, — это сложившиеся и выросшие там люди. Сейчас уже выросло несколько поколений, для которых Советский Союз — просто романтический образ, и они считают возврат туда нереальным».

http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/new...dnej-tyazhesti

[kaur]

mirhond's golden age in pictures.

http://visualhistory.livejournal.com/902413.html