Parties avoided talking about the attacks on Wildberries because of “self-censorship” and the task of drawing attention to “positive topics”

Parties avoided talking about the attacks on Wildberries because of “self-censorship” and the task of drawing attention to “positive topics”

Parliamentary parties have almost stopped discussing Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and the fuel crisis, as well as the series of attacks on Wildberries logistics centers, Vyorstka has found.

According to a source in one of the Kremlin’s information networks, the authorities do not consider it necessary to focus attention on the losses of the business and the marketplace’s sellers.

“What matters here is mocking the image of ‘Muscovites’: like, are we really going to grumble because of our little deliveries? As for the losses of both the platform itself and the sellers, nobody feels sorry for businessmen,” he says.

A source close to United Russia explains the absence of a public campaign on these issues by saying that the party has been given the task of drawing attention to ‘positive topics’, and one of the key lines of the campaign has become “rallying around the president.”

According to Vyorstka’s source in the LDPR faction, similar self-censorship exists within the party as well. Asked what caused the party’s silence, the interlocutor replied that this is a “100% red line.” Asked what explains the party’s silence, he answers: “Self-censorship and [Kremlin] directives, 50-50.”

The New People faction also acknowledges self-censorship.

“There is a ban on publishing the consequences of the strikes. In practice, that should be read as drawing attention to the topic. We cannot ignore the topic, so it’s the same as with Telegram: the faction itself does not make statements and does not initiate anything. But Davankov has things separately,” said a source close to the party.

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