The state propaganda in Russia in the early 21st century: political science essay

The article considers the active use of state propaganda in the process of strengthening of the monocentric structure of the political system in Russia. It is emphasized that the state propaganda grounds on the limiting the influence of independent media, the paternalization of Russian society, the formation of intolerant society under controlled, the process of de-humanitization of education system, and so on. The author lists the foreign and internal political conditions stimulating the increase of social tension and frustrations in the Russian society as a result of the state propaganda.