Russia Believes Fidget Spinners Are Corrupting, 'Zombifying', 'Hypnotising' Youth
It's looking into banning them according to Trevor Noah.
Russia has launched an aggressive probe into fidget spinners because authorities believe the opposition is using them to attract the youth.
cnn
The country is due for election in nine months. State-owned media, Rossiya 24, reported last month that they were sold at an opposition rally and online ads of the product promoted the opposition as well.
In The Daily Show, Trevor Noah said that Russia has already banned fidget spinners because Putin believes they are ¡°zombifying¡± the youth, triggering a kind of ¡°hypnosis¡±.
radio free europe
Russian independent journalist was one among those to call out this strange accusation and tweeted, ¡°Fidget spinners are used by the opposition to pacify followers and distract them from real issues. Because that's what opposition usually does.¡±
