At the beginning of the article you joked about baby seals and brown people. And I have the real facts. The Russians propaganda talked about the fact that Ukrainian nationalists eat russian children, snowbirds and cut down all birches. (Russians consider that birch is national tree and snowbird is national bird.) And they believed in it! In this way Putin has justified the war with Ukraine. Around the world say that conflict in Ukraine is civil war, not Russia's aggression. And many people believe it. The Russians say that in all of the world's conflicts blamed Americans. While Russia is fighting for peace in the world. And many Russians believe in it. This phenomenon is called propaganda of Gebels. Gebels was a colleague of Hitler. The more incredible the lie, the more willing to believe in it. It is through such propaganda people go to war. It's unbelievable but true.