Organization created by Putin to train bloggers in Russia

The non-profit organization “Russia - the Land of Opportunities” announced that it will train everyone

blogger profession. Organizers say they have no intention of politicizing the project, but experts believe the Kremlin will use the lessons of blogging to create loyal opinion leaders.

The organization "Russia - the Land of Opportunities" wascreated in 2018 on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The new NGO project is called “Top Blog”. Its participants can be people over 14 years of age. It is argued that the project has nothing to do with politics. Its authors only want to promote “non-toxic blogging” in Russia, that is, blogging that takes responsibility for information and counters fake news. The lessons will be taught by various bloggers.

Political analyst Konstantin Kalachev told Kommersant that the presidential administration wants to have its influencers (opinion leaders) on the Internet.