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> Putin who wants this war, and that most Russians don't. I don't think we have enough data to say this confidently. Putin enjoys a very broad base of support
by google234123 4y ago
> Putin who wants this war, and that most Russians don't.
I don't think we have enough data to say this confidently. Putin enjoys a very broad base of support
- dragonwriter 4y agoPeople, including elites in Putin’s inner circle, perceived as insufficiently loyal to Putin have experienced a rash of widely reported “murder-suicides” of their entire families, and others who have avoided that fate have experienced, other very public, severe adverse consequences. This, along with Russia’s notoriously pervasive secret police and domestic surveillance may have something to do why even “anonymous” polling of Russia finds fairly small numbers of people willing to say they don't support the regime wholeheartedly, independent of actual sentiment.
- mcv 4y agoBecause he controls the media. There have also been very persistent protests against the war. Russians in a position to speak freely often criticise it. That's not true for the majority of Russians, however.