It has a limit. A lot of these regimes needs the west to point at them as bad agents and bad cultures. In full silence you're only left with cult of personality .. it might dry off quickly.
True but look at North Korea. No external info and it’s a complete human rights shit show.
Maybe slow down the traffic so ppl just get frustrated things are slow.
Maybe even get gov.ru to redirect to images from Ukraine… something that shows the ppl what is happening (although I feel even if they are in Ukraine right now - they will still deny it)
I think North Korea is a materially different situation though. They are three generations deep into dictatorial/dynastic rule.
The Kim family managed to keep one generation sufficiently oppressed that they could raise all the children to believe leader to be a god. Then they had a sufficiently clear line of succession (ie it’s a dynasty) that they could continue to build upon the foundation laid in that first generation rather than engage in power struggles.
I think the sanctions and isolation then came later.
Could Putin pull that out of the hat? It doesn’t seem likely to me in this day and age.
I think North Korea is very much an outlier and has a unique set of circumstances.
Maybe slow down the traffic so ppl just get frustrated things are slow.
Maybe even get gov.ru to redirect to images from Ukraine… something that shows the ppl what is happening (although I feel even if they are in Ukraine right now - they will still deny it)