The Kremlin has raised funds for domestic propaganda in the Russian Federation – GUR

The Kremlin has increased funding for domestic propaganda in the Russian Federation: in 2023, 58 billion rubles, or $500 million, have been allocated for the creation of propaganda by so-called “non-profit” organizations. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Thursday, April 11.

“We are talking about structures informally associated with the aggressor state, which position themselves as “independent”, but in fact, at the request of the Kremlin, they create the so-called “patriotic content” for Internet distribution: blogs, news, movies, TV series, video games and more,” the message said.

The GUR states that the billion dollar budget allocated by Moscow is devoted to the spending of these organizations on internal propaganda with the aim of:

● formation of public opinion loyal to the Putin regime;

● justification of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine;

● influencing the consciousness of Russian military personnel by glorifying their participation in the war.

“Increased spending on hidden propaganda for domestic audiences may indicate both a decrease in the level of trust in the official traditional media of the aggressor state, and an attempt by the Putin dictatorship to control the Internet environment in Russia, ” said the report. .

It was previously reported that Kremlin propagandists used actors to portray victims of shelling by Ukrainian forces. For example, Russian propagandists made a video about the “atrocities” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where the “dead” woman moved her head, making herself more comfortable.