Twitter Weapons: the war of narratives around the confrontation between Russia and the West is taking over the world and has been moderately successful so far
The war in Ukraine is also actively being waged on social media, with mixed success so far, and the twists and turns in its course are shedding light on the background of some political events, the grain deal in particular. For example, a Brookings Institution study demonstrates the huge resonance that the issue of food security has in Africa, where the vast majority of users accuse Russia of creating food problems, and the narrative that Western sanctions cause them is not very popular.