Gaslighting Wifebeater

Russia, like any grievance-mining gaslighting wifebeater, also blamed its victim Ukraine for the consequences of Russia’s own law breaking. In promoting the troll that someone else was responsible for the choices Russia made to continue its unlawful and violent occupation of Ukraine’s land, Russia (and the individual army bridge trolls under its command) were executing one of its main objectives in Ukraine: the creation and entrenchment of physical and mental separation between previously united Ukrainians either side of the Donets.

Source: Disinfolklore Inculcates Rules

“Grievance-mining gaslighting wifebeater” — five words that capture Russia’s entire governance technique. The goal is not merely control but SEPARATION: splitting previously united communities along fault lines that did not naturally exist. The bridge over the Donets is the physical manifestation of this strategy.

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