Vladimir Putin has launched his invasion of Ukraine, seemingly expecting that his forces can subdue Ukrainian resistance. But the attack could severely destabilize his regime — with Russians already showing a notable lack of enthusiasm for war.
I already had no idea why russians seem to support Putin as much as they do for 22 years
Because the people who don’t have been tortured, murdered, disappeared, or have managed to escape the country and become refugees in the rest of the world. I mean that’s pretty much the same story in any dictatorship. source: i first-hand know several people who have been tortured by russian security services
See for yourself
https://theconversation.com/putins-public-approval-is-soaring-during-the-russia-ukraine-crisis-but-its-unlikely-to-last-177302
You went ahead and read your source, didn’t you? :) That’s good.
Gun referred to this https://theconversation.com/putins-public-approval-is-soaring-during-the-russia-ukraine-crisis-but-its-unlikely-to-last-177302 which refers to https://www.levada.ru/2022/02/04/odobrenie-institutov-polozhenie-del-v-strane-doverie-politikam/ which shows that Putin’s approval rating was 69% in January 2022.
Fair enough, I’ll correct it
Because the people who don’t have been tortured, murdered, disappeared, or have managed to escape the country and become refugees in the rest of the world. I mean that’s pretty much the same story in any dictatorship. source: i first-hand know several people who have been tortured by russian security services