Russia: Propagandist Videos Against Alexey Navalny Flood RuNet · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

Anti-corruption blogger Alexey Navalny publishes [ru] examples of propagandist videos against him. One video claims [ru] (150,000 views) Navalny is mentally ill and needs help from a Dr Kurpatov, famous TV star. The other [ru] (152,000 views) – that Navalny is an American spy literally filled with dollars. Both techniques (mental illness and spying) of discrediting dissidents/opposition belong to the ‘classic’ toolkit of Soviet propaganda.