According to surveys, every second person in Russia wants peace negotiations. Most of them are young people. In addition, support for Russian President Vladimir Putin is declining. Many no longer see him as a strong leader.
According to analysts, fear, insecurity and often hatred of the Kremlin are pervasive in Russia. Many would no longer view President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader. He would have no answers to pressing questions and offer no orientation. Putin has a reputation for losing touch with reality. In politics it is different. There is still a militaristic mood here. Many powerful people in Moscow have high hopes for victory.
No coup
According to the analysts, Putin is losing power and control, but there is no coup or revolution in sight. High-ranking officials, the management of security structures and companies would repeatedly provide Putin with embellished information about the course of the war in order to save their posts. According to political scientist Tatyana Stanovaya, “radicals with revolutionary attitudes” could become stronger.
The military has many supporters
At the same time, the share of supporters of the Russian armed forces is high at 71 percent, according to a December study by the opinion research institute Levada. Conversely, about one in five people (21 percent) said they did not support the military’s actions. These monthly values have hardly changed since the start of the war on February 24.
veracity difficult
It is difficult to judge to what extent the answers actually correspond to one’s own attitude. For example, sociologists point out that it is difficult to get truthful statements because of the general intimidation by the authorities and the manipulation by the state television. What is clear is that especially young people in Russia are against the war in Ukraine.
20,000 political arrests
Another result of recent surveys is that about one in three people (34 percent) in Russia see their own moral responsibility for the death of civilians and destruction in Ukraine. But the majority think not. It should be noted that people risk years in prison if they publicly criticize the armed forces or even accuse them of war crimes. More than 20,000 people were arrested for political reasons last year and up to a million people left the country, according to the Kremlin’s London-based critic. More than 5,000 cases were filed for insulting the military.
Source: Krone
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