Perhaps you should read the article a little closer. "Today in the Kazan Mall shopping center, students of the Kazan State Institute of Culture took part in a flash mob in support of the Russian army in Ukraine. Participation in the flash mob was mandatory. It was possible to refuse only with an explanatory note."

This was not a random mob of neo-Nazi's spontaneously reacting to the situation by choice. This was State sponsored. Participation was mandatory. It reminds me of the two minute hate in 1984, the book not the year.

@TyKC the whole article is a bit convoluted. You have a German journalist tweeting about a video that was supposedly sent to him, about some random flash mob in a Ukrainian mall.
"Newsweek has not been able to independently verify these claims, however" - whole story reeks of cheap propaganda.

@Tom81 I hate to inform you of this, but the mall was in Russia, not Ukraine.

@TyKC sure, whatever. Still cheap propaganda and shitty 'journalism'. If you can't verify facts than it's just slanted opinions.

@Tom81 I don't think this is opinion. They are reporting on what a journalist reported. And they do so factually. They clearly state that they haven't independently verified the claims by the journalist. But that's hard to do in Russia. Do you think FOX News would do better?

@Tom81 And I seriously doubt you are any judge of good or bad journalism.

@TyKC if you rely on mainstream/corporate media for all your journalism and can't see through their lies (and fall for their narratives which can't be verified) then you certainly don't know good journalism.
And I don't watch Fox, so I wouldn't know if they do better but I doubt it. They all take cash and have an agenda.

@Tom81 I don't rely on mainstream/corporate media. I simply read the article to see if it makes sense and is an honest attempt at telling an accurate story. I don't assume that if it is not the Daily Mail or Infowars, it's bad journalism.