According to recently leaked documents, Russia's plans for 2024 includes spending the equivalent of 1 billion Euros (or dollars) on government propaganda directed towards their own population.
Only governments that are trying to hide the truth need to spend any money on propaganda.
In addition to this €1B, Russia's costs for suppressing criticism are escalating, as ever more journalists and dissidents are being arrested and incarcerated.
Only governments that are afraid of their own population have to send critics to prison.
