Maid Maryon Simonyan
Russia’s chief Baba Yaga of Disinfolklore. “Maid Maryon” is the author’s archetypal name for Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT (Russia Today) — the voice of the Russian Propagation Apparatus, whose role is to ensure that Russian War Magic reaches Western audiences disguised as journalism.
The Baba Yaga Archetype
In Indo-European folklore, Baba Yaga is the ambiguous witch-figure who guards the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead. She can help or devour those who cross her threshold. Maid Maryon occupies this liminal position in the Disinfolklore apparatus — between Russian state messaging and Western information space.
The Propagation Apparatus Voice
Where the Chief Sorcerer commands and the Chef finances, Maid Maryon broadcasts. RT and its satellite operations represent the visible layer of the Propagation Apparatus — the layer designed to seem like independent journalism while delivering Disinfolklore directly into Western minds.
Whenever politicians attempt to hack our minds with Disinfolklore (Brexit Disinfolklore: Small Boat People; Ruschist Disinfolklore: Ukrainians deserve genocide, Little Green Men; or Trump Disinfolklore: ‘Our bloodlines being poisoned by migrants…‘)
Source: Code of Positive Trolls
Key Well Articles
- Decoding Trolls Meets Silicon Curtain
- Russian Opposition Special Edition
- Russian Culture Doesn’t Excuse War Crimes
Where Next?
- Propagation Apparatus — the infrastructure she voices
- Chief Sorcerer & Chef Saucerer — the figures she serves
- Russian Disinfolklore — the Galaxy she broadcasts from