kremlin wants to declare foreign toys a “propaganda channel”
state duma of the russian federation proposes to introduce mandatory “expertise” of foreign toys, strengthen customs control, and provide subsidies to “domestic” manufacturers under the slogan of “traditional values.” At a discussion with the telling title “toys as a channel of hidden propaganda…” it was stated that toys are allegedly a tool of “hybrid warfare” and “distract children from love of the homeland,” so international brands should be “filtered.”
▫️ Deputies propose labeling certain lines as “destructive,” replacing expertise with political labels to create a censorship register of “correct” images and push alternative products out of the market.
▫️ This is a logical continuation of the course toward total cultural censorship so that under the guise of “protecting children,” the russian authorities centralize control over content—from movies and games to toys. kremlin will turn the children’s segment into a tool of ideological processing. At the same time, “support for domestic manufacturers” becomes a convenient cover for redistributing budgets in favor of loyal contractors.
The Center previously reported how the kremlin promotes quotas on foreign films and scripts of “correct” war movies, and the State Duma has prepared regulations requiring social networks and online cinemas to remove content that “discredits traditional values.”
