You're right: I realised that the Russians I know skew urban and young and are not representative; and Putin seems to have majority approval [1]. Still not sur

You're right: I realised that the Russians I know skew urban and young and are not representative; and Putin seems to have majority approval [1]. Still not sure that changes in attitude will come about by making life more miserable for ordinary Russians; and even if the majority disapproves of Putin, there is not much they can do about it [2]. [1] https://www.levada.ru/en/ratings/ https://www.levada.ru/en/ratings/ [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/world/europe/russia-ukrai... > And yet there is desperately little that Russians can do to change their country’s trajectory.