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Ukraine war: 'vranyo' – Russian for when you lie and everyone knows it, but you don't care

By Neil Bermel, Professor of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Sheffield

‘Vranyo’ is the Russian word for a lie that you tell to make yourself look good, whether people believe it or not.

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