title: Putin's Russia
abstract: Nina Khrushcheva’s “Vladimir Putin’s Russia: Living in George Orwell” discusses the development of the propaganda formulas deployed by Putin’s Kremlin over the last two decades. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2024, the propaganda narratives have gotten more direct and militaristic; however, many Russians have found creative ways to confront those narratives. Given severe restrictions on free speech, protesting in public and en masse is not possible. Instead, some people have expr