Russia’s 2026 Propaganda System: Leningrad Siege Memory, Mobilization Psychology & War Inertia
This episode analyzes how Russian state-aligned media in January 2026 reframes the Siege of Leningrad anniversary—from remembrance to psychological warfare. Using an analytical framework, we explain how “sacralized” WWII memory is deployed to subsidize the mental cost of mobilization, lock society into institutional inertia, and make de-escalation feel like an existential threat.
We break down two simultaneous messaging tracks: mathematical sublimation (war presented as sterile statistics and territorial metrics) and metaphysical dehumanization (enemy framed as non-human, demonic, or absolute…
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