![]() ![]() Suddenly, George Orwell’s 1984, a dystopian novel about a totalitarian regime in a state of perpetual war written in the 1940s, became the most popular fiction book. As forbidden language was replaced with official euphemisms and the authorities launched an increasingly harsh crackdown on dissent, many Russians felt a distinct sense of déjà vu. When Russia launched the war that Russians must not call a war-the “special military operation,” in the Kremlin’s parlance-many Russians immediately recognized the Orwellian reality in which they now lived. ![]()
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