

Once hailed as Russian heroes, Wagner and its founder were called traitors. The media chaos reached a peak after the Wagner Group's rebellion. His mouthpieces have contradicted themselves and even dared to speak truths, sending some to prison. Official media has had trouble explaining the war to the public. However, Russia's war failures show growing cracks in Putin's propaganda machine. For years, President Vladimir Putin has tightened his grip on media to control public opinion and crush dissent.

Russian media operatives have weaponized social media, meddling in American and European elections, and are major players in inflaming the U.S. Moscow's propaganda operations are famous for their reach and effectiveness. "A nation cannot achieve all of its foreign policy goals simply through saying the right things and supporting it with the right messaging… there has to be some connection between what is announced and the empirical reality," RAND Corp.’s Christopher Paul told Newsweek. Moscow's Propaganda Machine Is Malfunctioning We appreciate your feedback and you starting your day with us. If you have any story tips, feedback or ideas for what we should do next, please email Emeri B. If you've been forwarded this email, you can sign up on /newsletter. If you like this newsletter, please share it.
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The Series C round valued News Break at $1B post money.Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned of a potential "hybrid attack" against his country as more than 100 Wagner troops are moving toward the Suwałki Gap – a thin corridor between Poland and Lithuania.

This brings News Break's total funding to $151.4M to date. The company raised $115M in Series C round on Jan 07, 2021. News Break is backed by IDG Capital, Francisco Partners, Baidu Capital and others. With 12M+ daily active users and 25M+ monthly app users, they are the no.1 local news & information platform in the United States.
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