Editing Milblog (section)

===Russia===
In Russia, milbloggers (sometimes called ''voenkory'', "[[war correspondent]]s"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kottasová |first=Ivana |date=2023-04-04 |title=Putin's digital footsoldiers: How bloggers became a key cog in Russia's war machine |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/europe/russia-military-bloggers-war-machine-intl-cmd/index.html |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=CNN}}</ref>) have gained prominence during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], providing a greater level of information about the war than is available from state media. Blogs range from those affiliated with state media, which often provided information more in-line with that of government positions, to independent and [[Wagner Group]]-affiliated blogs which are more critical of the Russian military establishment's performance in Ukraine. These blogs are notable for their ultranationalist and pro-war views.<ref name="bbc" /> The [[Institute for the Study of War]] attributed their popularity to the Russian government's failure to establish an effective social media presence as well as its failure in preparing the Russian public for a drawn-out war. The Russian government has protected them from calls for censorship and has selectively granted positions to nationalist and pro-war milbloggers due to their importance in the ultranationalist constituency which [[Russia under Vladimir Putin|Vladimir Putin's presidency]] has become increasingly reliant upon. Putin himself has met with prominent milbloggers aligned with state-media to discuss military matters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-13-2023 |access-date=14 June 2023 }}</ref> However, since September 2023, the Russian government arrested a number of high-profile milbloggers, which some have seen as a crackdown on the community.<ref name="insider" />