there is the headline 73% support the invasion, of course, but once its examined closer things are not so clear cut.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-strong-is-russian-public-support-for-the-invasion-of-ukraine-2/
I know people in Sochi, St Petersburg and Yaketerinburg, they are worried what might come after Putin, but they say there is very little support for him amongst them and the people they know, except when it comes to the older generation 55+. They resent having some of their freedoms curtailed, but there remains a clear and obvious fear of the state too.
Its a very small sample yes, but from 3 diverse cities, and I retain sympathy for the many innocent Russians who did not want this. And the sample is no smaller than one journalist who lived there for 20yrs is it?
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