Time changes, but not the tools?
The current football World Cup tournament going on in Qatar pursues improving Qatar's reputation and status worldwide and economic benefits for a country. However, such a huge international event grabbed an attention to the range of problems in Qatar, including social related issues:​​
Following the lesson of Argentinian junta in 1978, Russian authority made the same movement in 2018 in order to "play muscles" and show off its "greatness" to the whole World. Initially, the main goal was equal to Videla's - a propaganda. Russia had the number of items to hide by the euphoria of the World Cup:​​
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Military invasion and the further annexation of Crimea from Ukraine on 20 February 2014
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Deployment of troops in Eastern Ukraine and creation of puppet quasi states in the territory of Donbas (February 2014)
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 tragedy: a plain was shot down by Russian forces on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine (all 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed
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Dictatorship and bloody suppression of an opposition
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Persecution of LGBT+ individuals
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Deaths of migrant workers and human rights abuses
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Corruption