> ...but lots of 60+ yr old Russians are living in a past they'll never get back to and are blithely ruining Russia's future to get there. That sounds like a R

> ...but lots of 60+ yr old Russians are living in a past they'll never get back to and are blithely ruining Russia's future to get there. That sounds like a Russian Federatiom Boomer generation dragging the rest of the nation down with it to rack and ruin for a nostalgic kick. For those on the ground in the Russian Federation or corresponding closely with those on the ground, is support for the war really mostly stemming from that generation and do they possess the kind of sociopolitical leverage as Boomers in the US? It sounds overly simplistic to me to say, "lots of 60+ yr old Russians" are driving the support for the war. I'd be more inclined to subscribe to a description of an elite that control the levers of power and the economy are the drivers, and the general population like in too many nation-states (even the US, since objectively most legislation is passed by and for the elite) is more or less powerless.