I didn’t use the word never. I said they are not, i.e. the two words are not equivalent. Yes there are rumours, are they propaganda? I don’t think so in this c

I didn’t use the word never. I said they are not, i.e. the two words are not equivalent. Yes there are rumours, are they propaganda? I don’t think so in this case - young male Russians are being questioned at the border, flights are being stopped, and the idea has been floated of forced conscription of anti-war protesters. Even mentioning the word war is a crime. Russia is very close to martial law already and I’m not surprised there is speculation about it. Also, quite frankly no one in the west cares much if Putin imposes martial law, it’s already a pariah state and a dictatorship. As propaganda this rumour would be pretty useless.