One Year Into War, Putin Is Crafting the Russia He Craves

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The grievance, paranoia and imperialist mind-set that drove President Vladimir V. Putin to invade Ukraine have seeped deep into Russian life after a year of war — a broad, if uneven, societal upheaval that has left the Russian leader more dominant than ever at home.

Schoolchildren collect empty cans to make candles for soldiers in the trenches, while learning in a new weekly class that the Russian military has always liberated humanity from “aggressors who seek world domination.”

Museums and theaters, which remained islands of artistic freedom during previous crackdowns, have seen that special status evaporate, their antiwar performers and artists expunged. New exhibits put on by the state have titles like “NATOzism” — a play on “Nazism” that seeks to cast the Western military alliance as posing a threat as existential as the Nazis of World War II.

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As Friday’s first anniversary of the invasion approaches, Russia’s military has suffered setback after setback, falling far short of its goal of taking control of Ukraine. But at home, facing little resistance, Mr. Putin’s year of war has allowed him to go further than many thought possible in reshaping Russia in his image.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/one-year-into-war-putin-is-crafting-the-russia-he-craves/ar-AA17FGO1

Sounds like he craves the cult of personality Stalin had.

[EleanorR]

1. Coalescing against a common "enemy" with the help of heavy propaganda and outlawing dissent

Republican wet dream.

In a series of addresses aimed at shoring up domestic support, Mr. Putin cast the invasion as a near-holy war for Russia’s very identity, declaring that it was fighting to prevent liberal gender norms and acceptance of homosexuality from being forced upon it by an aggressive West.

The full power of the state was deployed to spread and enforce that message. National television channels, all controlled by the Kremlin, dropped entertainment programming in favor of more news and political talk shows; schools were directed to add a regular flag-raising ceremony and “patriotic” education; the police hunted down people for offenses like antiwar Facebook posts, helping to push hundreds of thousands of Russians out of the country.

[Danascot]

2. The Shock Doctrine

Disaster Putinism

[Stuart G]

3. Maybe he should read about Hitler's Invasion of Russia, & the Viet Nam War the United States was in.

Maybe, that will teach him something, but I doubt it.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Only it's not really working with his conscript Army

As evidenced by their miserable performance on the battlefield; they are NOT motivated, unlike the Ukrainian 'Citizens Army' conscript army who doesn't want to be there, but are highly motivated to get the job done.