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Judging by the protests against this war in Russia itself, it is more likely the perspective of the Russian government not the Russian people.
by NoPie 5y ago
Judging by the protests against this war in Russia itself, it is more likely the perspective of the Russian government not the Russian people.
- thiagoharry 5y agoProtests means that a minimal discontentment exist. But not necessarily more than this. The fact that there are protests do not mean that the manifestants are the majority or have much power. They can be, but they can be not.
- moonchrome 5y agoReally? From what I've seen reported it seems like there were minor protests and the rest is either scared or support the move.
- goldsteinq 5y agoIt’s complicated. There’re people who support war because the Russian government maintains an information blockade about the topic. Saying anything about the war that was not previously said by the government is going to become a criminal offence tomorrow. Two independent media (TV Rain and Echo of Moscow) were recently banned for telling too much. At the same time, every state-controlled media is spreading propaganda non-stop. Many citizens genuinely think that Ukraine is ruled by Nazis, and Russian military is successfully removing these Nazis without damaging non-combatants. It’s hard to spread the truth because government is going all-in on stopping opposition.
- criddell 5y agoCNN showed a pro-war protestor who said something to the effect of "Ukraine today, the rest of Europe tomorrow". There's definitely a faction that wants to see a new Soviet Union.
- goldsteinq 5y agoIdiots exist, but this isn’t even a common opinion among pro-Putin people.
- foverzar 5y agoThis is a purely wargames matter, so obviously.