Are they Russians living in Russia? A good friend of mine is Russian and from his recent trip to Moscow to see his relatives his conclusion was they are helples

Are they Russians living in Russia? A good friend of mine is Russian and from his recent trip to Moscow to see his relatives his conclusion was they are helpless when it comes to changing their optics on the invasion of Ukraine. And these are highly educated people, including lawyers and doctors, definitely not dumb. Growing up under a dictatorial regime myself I know how effective the influx of propaganda can be, combine that with high levels of paranoia (the west is out to get us!) and distrust among family members, friends and neighbors (you learn how to keep your opinions to your self because you never know who's going to snitch) and what you get is a large portion of the population which doesn't belong to the stereotypical undecuated and easily manipulated bunch supporting a regime involved in war crimes. Not rare at all.