The famous public figure Alexei Navalny announced on March 5 that it was necessary to create the so-called "Good propaganda machine" in Russia, which would be a counterbalance to the state propaganda machine. Navalny later published a special manifesto about his new offspring, which he called "Mega-hyper-agitation machine of good."
If you briefly describe the contents of the manifesto, it turns out the following: most of the Russian people, according to Navalny, are confused by the state-owned media, and therefore cannot understand the need for democratic change. The people must be educated, open their eyes to him. And for this it is necessary to create that very kind propaganda machine, that is, a network of activist agitators (in the long term at least one hundred thousand people), who should disseminate information on the real situation in the country in any way possible. Thus, according to Navalny, after some time the predominant mass of Russians realizes the negative essence of the current government, headed by V.V. Putin will require political change.
The manifest clearly states which information needs to be disseminated. Navalny focuses on two main areas: corruption, which has really taken a huge scale, and crimes of law enforcement agencies. As a typical example, he mentions a sad story that has thundered throughout the country in Kazan, where sadistic police officers tortured a detainee to death. The main responsibility for this terrible incident, and for other negative phenomena in the country, Navalny rests with V.V. Putin. What is only the eloquent passage from the manifesto: “In Kazan, policemen raped a bottle of champagne and killed a man. And no one was politically or criminally liable. And this was because Putin only needs to protect the election ballot from the police. That's what we costs 61% of United Russia in the city of Kazan."
Of course, a decisive struggle must be waged against corruption and lawlessness. But Navalny’s allegations about the “darkness” of the prevailing mass of the Russian people in need of education can hardly be called dubious. The Russians are aware of the negative phenomena, and they do not idealize the current government at all levels, including the President of Russia. This is eloquently evidenced by the fact that the rating of V.V. Putin has declined markedly. And it’s hard to imagine that in the era of the Internet, the state propaganda machine could deceive tens of millions of people so much that they lost the ability to critically perceive reality.
Another thing is that the majority of Russians are not credible with the activities of opposition leaders, including Navalny too. If only because the opposition has not yet come up with a clear and precise program of action, confining itself to an endless repetition of slogans such as: "Everything is very bad, everywhere is one negative, Putin is to blame for everything."
