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POLITICSELEVATED2h ago · Sep 18, 2026, 9:32 PM

'The 'Z' bloggers have begun accusing not Putin, but everyone else around him: The military hierarchy, the government, and the media propagandists'

Le Monde [en] · eastern europe

Ivan Philippov, expert on the Z blogosphere – a term for pro-war Russian internet users who have relayed ultranationalist propaganda since the Ukraine war began – explains in an interview with Le Monde why these voices are increasingly expressing anger toward the Kremlin as Russia's parliamentary elections approach, September 18-20.

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