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It's because you are not old and you are educated. Unfortunately, some Russians (older and less educated) do support Putin. But for sure, even amongst them, alm
by EugeneOZ 5y ago
It's because you are not old and you are educated. Unfortunately, some Russians (older and less educated) do support Putin. But for sure, even amongst them, almost nobody supports the war.
- MrDisposable 5y agoSadly, I'm not that young -- I'm about 50. Absolutely, older Russians ("The TV people" as we call them here) did support Putin before the war. However, I haven't yet formed my opinion about what they think now. Remember, they've been raised during the Soviet era, when Ukraine was considered one of the brother nations to Russia, who fought together with us against Hitler. And now we're bombing their cities -- we're the Hitler now. Maybe they'll go into denial ("NATO hates us and forced us to do it"). Maybe. Also, their life quality will severely degrade in the coming months -- they'll have to spend much more money on food and medicine; and that would also be a factor.
- int_19h 5y agoJudging by my extended family, it seems to depend on the proportion of news obtained from the TV versus the Internet. Many older people basically don't trust the Net, but have an ingrained habit of religiously following the news on TV - and right now it's basically non-stop propaganda, from what I hear.