The Russian bloggers who earn more than a month’s wages every day with their colored view of the war

The conflict in Ukraine is a chief source of income for Russian military bloggers, who eagerly proportion data and analysis. This is obvious from studies by means of BBC.

Ever since the Russian military invaded Ukraine on February 24 of last 12 months, you could discover videos and records about what's happening at the the front and far past at the web sites of Russian milloggers.

Those Z bloggers, as they are called because they support the battle and the letter Z is the image for it, percentage their regularly coloured insights approximately the conflict and, for example, false claims about the Ukrainian president Zelensky with their followers on Telegram and reach many heaps of people along. They regularly have ties to the Russian army and, as an example, call on young people to sign on to enroll in the troops at the the front.

Big boom

What can no longer be neglected are the classified ads that seem on all their websites. From marketing for crypto cash to high-priced watches to fashion: severa brands and organizations have discovered their way there because of the terrific boom of the web sites. To find out how lots they pay for advertising and marketing area on the sites, investigative newshounds from the BBC pretending to be involved resort proprietors.

They knocked on the door of Alexander Kots and Semyon Pegov (WarGonzo), amongst others, with greater than six hundred,000 and extra than 1.3 million fans,  of the maximum popular Z bloggers. At Kots an commercial charges between 461 and 672 euros, relying on how long it remains there. At WarGonzo, costs were more than two times as high, up to at least one,800 euros. The bloggers placed at the least one advertisement on their web page every day, so they earn extra than the average month-to-month wage in Russia every day anyway. That amounts to 641 euros.

The only one that BBC desired to speak became Alexander Kots. He spoke to them from the Ukrainian city of Bachmut. He stated that he is well privy to the importance of bloggers like him for the propaganda that Russia desires to unfold. “The Russian Ministry of Defense is taking note of us and we've a direct line to talk information with them privately. It goes on backstage.” He did not need to speak about his earnings.