fbpx
Tags Alternative medicine

Tag: alternative medicine

“Ruski doktor” magazine in Macedonian is no longer published, but the Serbian edition sells in North Macedonia at the lowest price within the region

Print copies of “Ruski doktor” magazine; Photo: Meta.mk The “Ruski doktor” (Russian physician) magazine is no longer published in Macedonian language. However, this print magazine, as one of the methods of spreading Russian soft power in the Balkans, is present in North Macedonia through the Serbian edition, which is available at the selling points throughout North Macedonia. Оn the former Yugoslavia...

Alternative medicine magazines as another tool for glorifying Russia through propaganda

In North Macedonia, several Russian alternative medicine magazines are sold: “Russian herbalist”, “Russian doctor” and “Russian medicine”. They send messages such as: “Russian advice is worth your health”, “Russians have medicine” and “You ask, Russian doctors answer”. In these magazines, folk medicine is “Russian folk medicine”, and various folk recipes are also “Russian recipes”. But despite the attempt to...

Alternative medicine magazines continue to promote Putin’s cult in North Macedonia and the region

The network of magazines promoting the 'brand Russia' and Putin's image in the form of alternative medicine advice continues to operate in most states following the breakup of Yugoslavia. In April 2019, Meta.mk released an analysis indicating the impact of two magazine networks coming from Serbia, that are also distributed through direct exports to Bosnia and Montenegro and/or through local...

Soft power: How alternative medicine publications promote brand Russia in the Balkans

One method for spreading Russian influence in the Balkans is through alternative medicine magazines. While the newspaper industry in all Balkan countries is in steep decline, numbers of magazines with titles like “Russian Doctor,” “Russian Herbalist,” “Russian Encyclopedia of Health” had been increasing since 2015. At least half dozens of them originate in Serbia and spread through the newsstands of...