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>Russian media and social media accounts that stand for the invasion often put Z in their names or logos. That's how you can detect them. What the author fails
by hollerith 5y ago
>Russian media and social media accounts that stand for the invasion often put Z in their names or logos. That's how you can detect them.
What the author fails to explain (probably because he assumes his readers already know) is that Z is not in the Russian alphabet. Adding a Z to a typical account name in Russia is analogous to my adding a Ж character to my account name, i.e., not something that would ordinarily occur to a person.
- rasz 5y agohttps://mobile.twitter.com/javihouse1968/status/1498673756285382663 https://mobile.twitter.com/javihouse1968/status/149867375628... Z: Eastern forces of Russia 🅉: Russian forces from #Crimea O: Russian forces deployed from #Belarus V: Russian Marines X: Chechens A: Special Forces Z are your basic low level grunts. Bad personal armor, no optics, no nvd, comically bad comm gear, never seen combat.