Sanctions control over the supply of dual-use goods to Russia should become preventive, and the main role in its implementation should belong to financial organizations, primarily financial organizations of the Western coalition, that is, carried out “at the exit”. The supply of dual-use goods to Russia does not stop and, in price terms, has reached the same level as was observed in the supply of these groups of goods before the war.

Bots and trolls are those with whom we are dealing every day, usually without noticing and without realizing it. Their number in relation to the total number of users may not be so high, but their activity, a consolidated position and aggressiveness allow them to capture and moderate the discussion, provoking the effect similar to the phenomenon of the “spiral of silence”.

Sanctions control over the supply of dual-use goods to Russia should become preventive, and financial organisations should play the main role in its implementation, primarily this should be financial organisations of the Western coalition, i.e. it should be enforced ‘at the source’. Supplies of dual-use goods to Russia have not stopped and in price terms have reached the same level that was observed before the war.

Bots and trolls are entities we deal with every day, usually without noticing or realising it. While their numbers relative to the total user population may not be very high, their activity, consolidated stance, and aggressiveness allow them to capture and moderate discussions, triggering an effect similar to the ‘spiral of silence’ phenomenon. Bots and trolls are horizontal network propaganda tools designed to distort real users' perceptions of the nation's 'imagined majority'.