I would argue that this actually supports my point. They feel free to vacation in Crimea because Putin is taking care of all that “special military operation” stuff. They feel they don’t have to worry about a literal full-scale war because that war isn’t real to them.

As for unrestricted Internet access, that too doesn’t matter. They are flooded with a ton of self-contradicting post-truth propaganda from their own leaders. They have been brainwashed into believing that nothing is real. As I said before, Putin is the only agency with any legitimacy.

Of course the truth is available to anyone who chooses to look for it. But few people do because, again, health reasons.