Regime change in Russia lasted 24 hours, revealing more about the means by which the news is made than the situation itself.
For this one day in June, the picture of reality was shaken by events. A strong signal of unknown significance, it attracted the full power of narrative manufacture.
How did this event come to be seen as both the collapse and the consolidation of power by a visibly enraged President Putin?
What has been excluded from the picture is the most significant information, which flatters neither point of view.
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3- Cracks in the Narrative
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