The usual propaganda on both sides. So weird that people are falling for the same shit over and over through many generations.
I think, because of the internet, people in general have become more criticial. Information used to come only from the government trough tv/radio. Still many people simply believe this propaganda, as you indicated.
It's because anyone can post on the internet and it's extremely chaotic, one of the reasons I like the internet so much is because many conflicting opinions clash, you often end up going to corners of the internet you like most but there are a ton of different viewpoints out there.
Thankfully television and radio has a lot smaller influence than it used to, I think.
What do you believe Putin is then? An more importantly, how do you know, when as you said there's tons of propaganda from both sides.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides_paradox - My response to all of this.
Thomas Fowler (1869) states the paradox as follows: "Epimenides the Cretan says, 'that all the Cretans are liars,' but Epimenides is himself a Cretan; therefore he is himself a liar. But if he be a liar, what he says is untrue, and consequently the Cretans are veracious; but Epimenides is a Cretan, and therefore what he says is true; saying the Cretans are liars, Epimenides is himself a liar, and what he says is untrue. Thus we may go on alternately proving that Epimenides and the Cretans are truthful and untruthful."[1]