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R3D3-1 t1_j9kmy0m wrote

It is down voted. But leaving aside the interpretation as "hate", pretty much accurate apparently :/

Even recent Interviews shown in Western media at best show a wariness of the war, but rarely disagreement in the fundental idea of the politics.

Sure, there are anti-putin Russians. But increasingly I get the feeling that the idea that Russia will rise against it's government,or that there could be a coup from within privileged circles when wealth is at stake, looks like wishful thinking of us in the West. If Putin suddenly dies to a stroke, I don't think the politics would change fundamentally, though I suspect internal stability of the country would go to hell – which might end up being worse than the current situation for all of the world.

For Ukraine I've heard different things, ranging from a correspondent saying that pro-Russian sentiment in regions directly attacked by artillery is at most in the single-digit percents, to second-hand accounts of pro-Government Ukrainians frustrated that "half the village wants Putin to win" to a refugee teacher estimating at one-in-three pro-Russian sentiment.

Even among my own friends and aquantainces the sentiments range from volunteering for defense against Russia to sending mutual congratulations that Putin is finally acting last February. Sometimes within a family.

Complete mess.

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