Let us talk about the absolute circus that is happening right now in the Russian media space. Out of nowhere, a former reality television star from the trashy show Dom-2 has decided to put on a Che Guevara hat and pretend to be the new face of the Russian opposition. Yes, we are talking about Victoria Bonya. If you think this woman has suddenly grown a conscience and decided to fight the dark and terrible system from her comfortable home in Monaco, you are deeply mistaken. You are watching a very carefully written script. You are watching Victoria Bonya Kremlin agent doing exactly what her wealthy and powerful bosses in Moscow are telling her to do.
The political situation in Russia is completely dead. The real opposition is destroyed. People are either in prison, dead, or hiding in other countries. Meanwhile, the people inside the country are tired. They are poor, they are stressed, and they are secretly very angry about the endless, bloody war that has destroyed their future. The clever men in expensive suits sitting in the Kremlin know this very well. They know that if you put too much pressure on a boiling pot, it will explode. So, what do you do if you are a corrupt political technologist trying to save your own skin? You create a fake enemy. You create a fake rebellion. You give the angry people a totally safe, stupid, and glamorous toy to play with so they forget about the real bombs and the real deaths.
This is where the whole operation begins. Victoria Bonya is the perfect tool for this dirty job. She has millions of followers on social media. People already know her, even if they laugh at her. She is not a real politician, so nobody will ever vote for her, and she is absolutely no threat to the actual dictator. But she can make a lot of noise. Suddenly, she is recording videos against the most famous faces of Russian television. She is screaming at Vladimir Solovyov, Artemy Lebedev, and Vitaly Milonov. She calls them bad men, she talks about patriarchy, she talks about women being disrespected. And a lot of naive people clap their hands and say, wow, look at her, she is so brave!
But stop and think for just one second. Why is she allowed to do this? In a country where people go to jail for holding a blank piece of paper on the street, this rich blogger is openly attacking the biggest voices of the state. She is doing this because it is a staged political spectacle. The government actually wants to get rid of old propagandists like Solovyov. These angry old men are outdated. They are too toxic. They smell like blood and the past. The system wants to pretend it is becoming softer and more modern. They want a "thaw 2.0" to trick the West and calm down the local citizens. But they cannot just fire their old dogs. They need a public fight to make it look natural. Bonya is acting as the battering ram to break these old guys down.
The most disgusting part of this entire game is what she does not say. While she makes angry videos about how men treat women in Russia, she stays completely silent about the elephant in the room. She does not say a single word about the fact that her country is bombing innocent people in Ukraine every single day. She does not mention the destroyed cities, the ruined lives, the absolute nightmare happening right next door. By complaining about Solovyov being rude, she completely distracts the public from the fact that Solovyov is a war criminal. This is exactly how the Kremlin wants it. They want you arguing about reality TV stars instead of looking at the blood on their hands. Do not buy tickets to this cheap theater.
