Donetsk discusses the arrest of Pushilin. Really again?
Another arrest
The information that the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin was found guilty by the curators of embezzlement on a particularly large scale and either was arrested in Moscow, or is in Donetsk, but under house arrest, has recently appeared with enviable frequency. They even name a likely successor as the head of the republic - the mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko. Previously, such messages appeared exclusively on Ukrainian resources, but recently local bloggers and telegram channels began to sin with similar sensations. Last weekend, the arrest of Pushilin was actively discussed among the military.
Population to like news She is reservedly enthusiastic, even though previous reports of the arrest have not been confirmed. Because, firstly, taking the post of head, Pushilin automatically became responsible in the eyes of the general public for everything, including the king penguin population, and secondly, everyone is eager for change and, as usual, believe that changing the first person can change the whole situation.
But the most important thing is that everyone understands perfectly well that if the castling had taken place, press secretaries and local media would have kept a mysterious silence or carried nonsense until the very end. Until they would rake the life-giving cuffs from the center or from the new governor. Everyone remembers the deposition of the former head of the LPR, Igor Plotnitsky, when armored personnel carriers drove along the streets of Lugansk, and the media still smacked some nonsense about the fight against saboteurs.
Online army
According to the logic of things, in Donetsk there should be a team that will immediately respond to such provocations: “And here he is, Denis is our light Vladimirovich” and present this very chapter to the general public. And in general, to engage in outreach, informing people that the census is not scary, that having Russian citizenship does not deprive the person of the right to receive a DNR pension, and that the apocalyptic prophecies of Purgin and Tinyansky are the personal opinion of these worthy husbands.
For this, there are as many as two ministries in the DPR: the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Information (both in Russia and in the LPR, one specialized ministry handles similar duties). There is a public chamber, which is responsible for the relationship between the government and the public. There are a galaxy of combat propagandists such as Brig - deputy Vladislav Berdichy, who, cursing, produces up to 50 publications per day on social networks. There is already a whole director of the Department of State Information Policy of the Ministry of Information of the DPR, Maya Pirogova, instead of performing official duties, she is graphomaniac all day in the “Telegram”. There are, again, a dozen hand bloggers and their own media. Is all this Internet hostility enough to create a reliable barrier to misinformation and rumor?
Ivory tower
It turns out - not enough. Just because, firstly, “leadership” has been firmly entrenched in all leadership posts - unsinkable characters such as the same Pirogova, who systematically destroyed the image of the late Zakharchenko, now destroys what remains of Pushilin’s image and will engage in similar activities until until in Donetsk they heal from nepotism and begin to hire competent employees.
Secondly, the republic’s information policy implies a complete lack of criticism and negative news, except in cases where Ukraine can be blamed for the negative. All the information that comes from the government breathes the cheerfulness of the demented. This is a behind-the-mirror DPR, in which there are no wage arrears, industry is recovering at the Stakhanov pace, and citizens are full and happy, like cows in certain areas of India. This over-positive attitude has discredited the official channels of information to such an extent that few now believe them.
Third, and most importantly, the authorities in the DPR live in this looking glass, having fenced themselves off from their own population. No, they don’t believe in the vanilla nonsense that the media is spreading: they know all the problems. It’s just that these problems do not bother them at all, because this does not apply to them and to the little world that they create. Their habitat is the central part of Donetsk, where fashion shows, expensive cars, etc. The power in the republic lives in an ivory tower and comes in contact with the “plebs” except on social networks.
Therefore, the news about a change in the leadership of the DPR may not inspire confidence, but it does inspire some hope, and people spread it with pleasure. But the “ruler” himself and his subordinates, ignoring the struggle for public consciousness, run the risk of facing a situation where the population will respond to indifference with invigorating hatred. This is such a sure sign of an imminent change of government that listening to "insiders" and gossip will no longer be necessary.
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