From the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukrainethe letter ‘Z’ painted in Putin’s army vehicles made us wonder why this symbol. The ‘Z’ is the last letter of our alphabet and although it does not exist in Cyrillic, it appears constantly on the side of Putin.
Military experts say the Russian army marked its troops to avoid friendly fire. From the Kremlin do not confirm the meaning, but for days share photoslike the ones seen in the video, with the ‘Z’ and propaganda phrases prorussian as: “The task will be completed”.
In this way, it has become the ‘Z’ in a symbol of support for Putin. Used by many of his supporters as an abbreviation for the expression ‘For the victory’.
The ‘Z’ in sport
One of the last to exhibit it has been the Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak. This athlete plays a sanction for wearing it on his chest when he went up to the podium. In addition to him, social networks are being filled with pro-Russian propaganda with symbols such as the Russian flag, epic music and this ‘Z’.
The symbolic Russian ‘Z’ is already being sold on T-shirts to show support for Putin. This fact emphasizes the importance of symbols in war, in this way, the Kremlin wants to make the ‘Z’ its victory badge.
Source: Lasexta
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