“This is not just a war that’s happening on the front lines, this is a war for people’s minds,” he admonished in a video posted Saturday for his more than 1.6 million followers. Yuri Podolyaka, a military analyst who tends to parrot the government line when he appears on Russia’s popular, state-run Channel One, takes a markedly different approach in the videos he posts to Telegram.
Putin from the right, hard-liners exhorting the Kremlin to do more. Telegram has also opened the door to critics of President Vladimir V.
State-run media outlets, like Tass and RIA News, also distribute their reports via Telegram. Channels in support of Russia’s war, many of them run by unidentified users, proliferate. Propagandists have their own popular channels - Vladimir Solovyov, the host of a prime time talk show that is a font of anti-Ukraine vitriol every weeknight, has more than 1 million subscribers.
Scrambling to Deliver Shells: Officials and analysts are questioning whether Europe can expand production from its shrunken military-industrial sector enough to provide Ukraine the ammunition it needs. Ukrainian Air Defense: The leaked documents suggest that Ukraine’s air defense network could fracture without a huge influx of munitions, potentially allowing Russia’s air force to change the course of the war. Leaked Documents: A trove of classified Pentagon documents reveals how deeply Russia’s security and intelligence services have been penetrated by the United States, demonstrating Washington’s ability to warn Ukraine about planned strikes. (There have been 124 million downloads of Telegram in Russia since January 2014, according to Sensor Tower.) Since the war started, it has been the most downloaded app in Russia, with about 4.4 million downloads, according to Sensor Tower, an analytics firm. “This is one of the few channels that are left where you can receive information,” she said in a call over Telegram.Īs Russia has silenced independent news media and banned social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Telegram has become the largest remaining outlet for unrestricted information. Putin and the reaction among employees of state-run media to an on-air protest - has already garnered more than 22,000 subscribers. Her feed there - where she has written about the consolidation of Russia’s elites around President Vladimir V. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, the Russian journalist Farida Rustamova used the Telegram chat app for one purpose: messaging friends.īut as the authorities shut down media outlets that strayed from the official line, including the publications she wrote for, she started posting her articles on Telegram.
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