May 07, 2026
The Presidential Administration (PA) has begun working on how to present the possible end of the war with Ukraine to Russians as a “victory,” writes the Dossier Center. This involves a set of propaganda talking points intended to explain the signing of a peace agreement, despite the enormous losses and the lack of significant results after more than four years of fighting.
At the end of winter, First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko’s subordinates were shown a presentation with the words, “You have to know when to stop.” It stated that continuing the “SVO” would require a general mobilization and a complete switch to a war footing, threatening resource depletion, higher taxes, business decline, more drone attacks, and a worsening demographic crisis. According to a Dossier source close to the Presidential Administration, the Kremlin is seriously concerned about the situation at the front and in the economy, so the political bloc’s curators have been tasked with “developing information support for the possible end of the war.”
To this end, the authorities want to change the interpretation of the “SVO”‘s goals. The emphasis is proposed to be on Donbas, whose surrender Russia has long been unsuccessfully seeking from Ukraine. Control over the region, as well as over most of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, should become the central argument for society, replacing previous claims of capturing Kyiv and changing the government in the neighboring country. The very fact of military action and the killing of Ukrainian soldiers is proposed to be presented as “denazification,” while the idea of seizing the capital is to be declared to have never been part of the Kremlin’s real plans.
The presentation’s authors acknowledge that ending the war without a clear “victory” could irritate the country, particularly among radicalized citizens. The Kremlin considers z-bloggers and “armchair patriots” focused on capturing Kyiv to be particularly problematic.
To neutralize this group, the Presidential Administration proposes organizing an “emotional retraining” of them. Loyal bloggers are planned to be gradually brought to the idea of ending the war, while those who remain uncooperative will be forced out of the public sphere, dismissed as “patriots,” marginalized, and intimidated with charges of “discrediting” the army.
A separate section is dedicated to “veterans of the Central Military District.” The Presidential Administration believes they have a right to express dissatisfaction and proposes redirecting their attention to other projects, from rebuilding occupied territories to serving in the Afrika Korps.
According to the plan, the media will feature stories of “successful adaptation” by former military personnel: how “heroes of the Soviet Military District” open businesses, buy homes, enroll in universities, and become “respected members of society.” At the same time, negative examples will also be showcased—those who drank themselves to death, committed suicide, or ended up in prison after returning from the front.
For the rest of the population, weary of war, the deteriorating economy, and restrictions, the Kremlin wants to create a sense of gradual “normalization.” Specifically, it proposes holding roundtables on the country’s future after “victory” and more actively publicizing the successes of Russian business under sanctions. Furthermore, the Presidential Administration plans to stage a “controlled thaw” in culture—relaxing censorship in film and literature, and reintroducing political humor to television. However, the presentation makes no mention of lifting internet blocking.
As Dossier notes, it’s unclear whether President Vladimir Putin will support this scenario. However, the very fact that such materials are being prepared demonstrates that the Kremlin is increasingly considering ending the war amid mounting economic problems, public fatigue, and the impossibility of continuing the conflict without new large-scale mobilization measures.
That would be the first step to a retreat. Thus, Ukraine must keep up the pressure by destroying the mafia oil industry to help accelerate this possibility.
“It stated that continuing the “SVO” would require a general mobilization and a complete switch to a war footing, threatening resource depletion, higher taxes, business decline, more drone attacks, and a worsening demographic crisis. ”
Has nobody told this clown that mafia land have been on a war economy for the last 3 years?
That ruSSia is still alive is a mystery to me. There definitely must be some secret western support in fear of ruSSia collapsing and falling into chechen hands inheriting nukes.
Important facts are conveniently left out many times.
Don’t you mean all facts? 😊