Know Your KGB Propaganda: An Interview with Zarina Zabrisky
On Putin, "spetz," and Russian active measures
GREG OLEAR
JAN 3, 2020
'GO: Is there an example of something happening now that connects with what you learned about propaganda back then?
ZZ: Yes, definitely. This is how I first discovered they were at it, in March 2015. On March 10, a friend saw a photograph of Putin hugging a cuddly koala bear in front of the main medical school in San Francisco. The caption read: “PUTIN IS YOUR FRIEND.” Next to it there were posters “WALL STREET IS FINISHED,” “IMPEACH OBAMA,” American flags, and a poster explaining that the Russian president was framed in the recent assassination of an opposition leader. She took a photo of it:..' (article)
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Know Your KGB Propaganda: An Interview with Zarina Zabrisky
On Putin, "spetz," and Russian active measures
GREG OLEAR
JAN 3, 2020
'GO: Is there an example of something happening now that connects with what you learned about propaganda back then?
ZZ: Yes, definitely. This is how I first discovered they were at it, in March 2015. On March 10, a friend saw a photograph of Putin hugging a cuddly koala bear in front of the main medical school in San Francisco. The caption read: “PUTIN IS YOUR FRIEND.” Next to it there were posters “WALL STREET IS FINISHED,” “IMPEACH OBAMA,” American flags, and a poster explaining that the Russian president was framed in the recent assassination of an opposition leader. She took a photo of it:..' (article)
...'GOa photo of it:
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