The Russian state is based on deception

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It is common knowledge that Russia is the major source of anti-Western disinformation. Less understood is that Russian citizens are the primary victims of the regime’s deceptions.

The official cover-up of the number of COVID-19-related deaths in Russia demonstrates how government officials consistently lie to the public. They cannot be held accountable because the political system itself is founded on mass fraud, undergirded by myths about Russia’s achievements.

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