According to two Russian soldiers interviewed by a pro-invasion blogger, if you wear a Russian military uniform on the metro in Moscow people distance themselves and give you dirty looks.

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        1 year ago

        On average, you need just 3.5% of the population to actively oppose the regime to achieve a successful revolution. People can change things, but it looks like a vast majority of Russians are just fine with killing Ukrainians. More expensive iPhones are a bigger issue.

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          I don’t think demonizing the Russian populace is really achieving anything, people aren’t their government. The US has done some abhorrent things, and I’m not an evil person, nor am I just fine with killing anyone.

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            The other extreme is treating Russians as poor innocent fellows being oppressed by Putin.

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              Those poor innocent Russians will be lumbered with the cost of this war.

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          That’s just a bit more than 5m people. Russia has plenty of free space in GULAGs to house 5m people.

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            Russia doesn’t have a GULAG system.

            If 5m is too little, make it a 10% (15m) then. Most of the army/security forces are currently engaged in Ukraine.

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              Not officially, but a lot of Soviet camps are still operational. Creating new ones won’t be a big issue. Russian government has plenty of experience.

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                Well, that would be a good opportunity for Russians to revolt. But I think they’re just fine with the current system.

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        THAT is the truth. They can love or hate the situation but there’s nothing they can do about it. So, no point in generalising and hating on Russians. Save it for Putin, the Russian gov and there butt-licking oligarchs

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      The population in Moscow maybe doing that because of the bombing campaign being inflicted in that area. The outer cities are not seeing the consequences of war unless they loose someone.

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        Except this started way before bombing. Police and rosgvardia are and were seen same way.