The question that stands in the title of this article may seem absurd today, when Russian propaganda broadcasts its ideological narratives for the whole world, schoolchildren and students stuff this “ideology” in special classes, and history textbooks correspond to state patronage in strict accordance with the “Kremlin Line”.

With the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, restrictions on the trade of energy resources and other commodities have been wielded as geopolitical weapons, marking a significant departure from the trends of the past few decades. The idea of a world divided into hostile blocs, which will radically reduce or minimise trade with each other, is no longer seen as a far-fetched notion.

With the launch of VK Video, a fully-fledged ecosystem of social services has formed around the social network VKontakte, which, with varying degrees of success, meets all users' communication and entertainment needs. VK's management claims that this ecosystem encompasses 95% of the Russian-speaking Internet audience.

With the launch of the VK Video service, a full-fledged ecosystem of social services has formed around the VKontakte social network, which, with varying degrees of success, meet all users’ needs for communication and entertainment. VK management claims that this ecosystem covers 95% of the RuNet audience.

The question posed by the title of this article may seem absurd today, as Russian propaganda broadcasts its ideological narratives to the whole world, instilling these ideas in schoolchildren and students through specialised classes, while history textbooks are rewritten under state patronage in strict accordance with the 'Kremlin's line’.

With the outbreak of war in Ukraine, for the first time in several decades, restrictions on the supply of energy resources and other commodities began to be actively used as a weapon in geopolitical conflicts. The final division of the world into hostile blocs, which will radically reduce or minimize mutual trade, no longer seems like a fantastic future.