Ivan Zubov

It's no secret that the number of denunciations has sharply increased in Russia: reports about this appear in the media and social networks with unenviable regularity.

Here is one of the latest published at the end of last week: in the Arkhangelsk region, a student Olesya Krivtsova was arrested and two criminal cases were opened against her because of posts in social networks. And her classmates "ratted" on her…

In general, it has long been proven that one of the most lasting consequences of totalitarianism in any country is a decrease in the level of people's trust in each other. Espionage, mass denunciations, censorship, the dominance of the security forces in power, constant checks, passes everywhere, vigilant watchmen, endless fences and so on. This insurance tax is very expensive and is treated for a long time and difficult.

But the most important thing is that the level of trust is directly proportional to the standard of living. According to the results of one of the latest studies, Sweden is the leader in the level of human-to-human trust in Europe. 63% trust each other there. For comparison, in Russia, this figure was only 25% before the start of the special operation, and now, quite obviously, it is much lower.

A curious example on this topic is given by journalists from the famous satirical site Panorama: in 2019, we wrote about the application "My Denunciation" – they say, knock directly from the phone. It seemed absurd at the time.

And now, in 2023, we are looking at what requests people come to Panorama from Yandex, and we see that many have heard about this program somewhere and want to download it..."

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