"[...] Elvira Bary looks inside the world of Russia’s Z-bloggers — the most loyal and aggressive public supporters of the Russian army and its war in Ukraine. These pro-war Telegram voices believed the invasion would make them part of a new patriotic elite, but the reality is turning darker: [...] the Kremlin may eventually use these same “patriots” as scapegoats. [...]"

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