And like this I begin to understand Snow's hatred for the rebels and the mockingjays even more. Kidding, I have always understood this well because I've been reading such news every day since 2022 (although the new Ukrainian government began terrorism against the Russian Federation since 2014 already).
I also remember the events of 1994-2009 (Chechen wars). Back then, similar brainwashed rus idiots committed terrorist attacks in Russia against their own people too. Usually these were young Slavic girls who blew themselves up on public transport and more. Such actions were intended to intimidate the Russian civilian population and influence their support for the Russian government and the conduct of military actions against the North Caucasus. Officially, traitors were supervised by Chechen terrorists, but:
"When we started having problems in Chechnya and the North Caucasus, the Americans supported these processes, unfortunately. In this situation, Moscow expected the US to support the federal government since its American partners were verbally supporting Russia and the need for cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
[...]
This began with the Soviet war in Afghanistan, when American intelligence services supported various branches of Islamic fundamentalism in the fight against Soviet troops in Afghanistan."
- Vladimir Putin, during Oliver Stone's interview, 2017
"History has a way of repeating itself."
It's time for Russians to make avoxes out of all this biomaterial. However, such traitors already live (if you can call it life) in rus prisons where they are forced to work for the good of the country. The worst punishment for a traitor and Russophobe.
Anyway, all this made me remember another parallel between their sparkling Hollywood propaganda and our not glamorous reality.
THG shows little of realpolitik but a lot of propaganda methods which are often used in almost any country of the world. One of them is managing crowd opinion through local celebrities.
We know that in the plot Katniss became a local celebrity, served the Capitol propaganda, and then began collaborating with a third party and under their patronage she became the leader and symbol of the revolution against the Capitol, and those she once entertained.
This part of the plot fits Zelensky's life path. He made his acting career in the Russian show business, entertaining the Russian public for a long time, and then Russia's geopolitical enemies helped him make a political career in Ukraine and became the leader of the entire Russophobic movement of the West against Russia. And just like Katniss, Zelensky is only a symbol and a puppet of real power behind him. Only unlike Katniss, he is a willing puppet. "Fiction and art traditionally seek to embellish reality to enhance emotional response."
I think I don't need to explain what ordinary Russians think about Zelensky. No one takes him seriously here.
But Zelensky alone isn't enough. Russian show business is international, and half of the Russian pop scene (if not more) is made up of ethnic Ukrainians and other national minorities from Russia and the former Soviet republics. It was never a secret that all these "stars" always had a high opinion of themselves and despises Russian public, but were willing to tolerate us for sucking money from Russia. Absolutely everything these celebrities ever owned (including their castles, manors, villas and other property in Russia, Europe and the USA) they got with Russian money because outside the former USSR they are nobody. And of course Russian magazines were filled with endless useless interviews, social scandals, rumors and other information about these people to support and impose their popularity among the Russian public.
In February 2022, many local celebrities as if on cue spoke out against "Russian aggression", calling their fans to oppose the criminal government and not support the war against Ukraine. They also insulted the country and local authorities, secretly donated money to the Ukrainian army, demonstratively cut all ties with "bad Russia". Of course, all of this was a planned operation to split Russian society and create a revolutionary situation in the country through local celebrities with money from Western curators. But when they realized that the Russian people were refusing to rebel, all these treacherous "stars" began openly insulting the rus people, accuse us of racism, colonialism and war crimes, whishing us everything bad, rejoice at Ukrainian attacks on rus civilians and publicly demonstrate any support and loyalty to the Ukrainian-NATO side of the conflict (similar processes but on a smaller scale also took place during the Chechen wars).
From everything above one can draw a parallel with the tributes who willingly accepted Capitol money and privileges but at the same time hated the Capitolians "for oppression" and happily supported the revolution.
Today, it's clear that the celebrities are put on the wrong side. Russia hasn't collapsed; the money is running out, and no one in the West needs these people and their talents. With their heads down and tails between their legs losers are trying to return to the Russian stage. Russian elite don’t mind it (many celebrities have patrons among Russian politics, officials and businessmen), but for some reason the Russian plebs aren't happy about it and don't want to see them here. However, some of these people do perform at private parties of the rus elite.