Since the beginning of the

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, an important role in

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has been played by a range of Russian military bloggers (also called war bloggers or milbloggers). Many of these bloggers are active on the messaging app

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. Russian military bloggers tend to be

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and pro-war in their perspective but can be critical of the Russian government's prosecution of the war.

Prominent Russian military bloggers

* Yuri Kotenok * Alexander Kots *

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* Boris Rozhin

References

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Prominent Russian military bloggers

See also

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