Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU says
reuters.com
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Navalny gets reports that people who are tested for Coronavirus are told the following: "The result will come in 10 days. We will not answer queries. If the test turns out positive, they will find you".
Meanwhile not a single person has been reported to have died in Russia even thought this country has a border with China and there is a huge interaction between the two countries.
The Russian government is not taking this seriously and will try to cover up cases. This will be Chernobyl all over again.
It's how soviet pride and 'manliness' got in the way of public health and safety post disaster. Chernobyl happened, but the way it was handled and spun by those in charge as not so bad and "barely a concern, no need to evacuate" cost many lives.
States like Russia and China are so concerned with optics and how events like these make them week they opt for extreme secrecy above all rational measures. Until the mindset shifts to acceptance and disaster mitigation you can never trust numbers coming out of these countries. If you disagree with what I'm saying here I strongly suggest you watch the recent Chernobyl mini-series on HBO.
I'm don't know it is about manliness, but is definitely to show superiors and other stakeholders that you have things under control. This is very important in an extreme top-down organization of society like an absolute monarchy or a one-party state - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
I remember a funny story from my home town in Bulgaria during the socialist era - the party secretary is supposed to land in a helicopter near a green field in the town center, but (horror!) the grass is yellow, burnt from the summer sun. So local functionaries painted it green. The next day the grass was completely dead, but the important guest wasn't there.
Imagine how the same people would react in an emergency with no instructions from the top, with no idea how their leadership will react or who will get the blame. A few years later, communist leadership in Bulgaria suppressed the news about Chernobyl and on the 1st of May huge crowds were gathered to participate in rallies, while radioactive rain was coming down.
It seems they are taking this threat at least somewhat seriously.
These people think we are stupid so they can continue to push this crap forever. Maybe they are right.
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlin-and-disinformation-about-...
How is the fact that they will post articles with all sorts of differing and not very well thought of opinions about the corona virus any indication that a Russian government campaign is going on?
You go all "there you go buddy" like you are Jordan Peterson and I'm Cathy Newman, but all there is in that article is hot air. They have a crapton of links to their own pages, but what else is there besides a couple of barflies blogs? They even talk about Dugin! Dugin!! All that is missing is a reference to Potemkin villages.
The lies can be in various directions; they don't have to be consistent. They just have to get people worked up, and preferably distrusting the government.
They could never dream of doing as much damage spreading misinformation during a disaster than Fox News does. I'm only half kidding when I say Fox is likely studied by Russian propaganda agents.
I guess there are alot of genuine trolls in Russia and elsewhere spreading roumors. I wonder what proof of government involvement they have. The trolls are probably better at it anyway.
They have some examples: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlin-and-disinformation-about-...