Support for the Kremlin's war aims endures, despite mounting losses and the continued economic fallout of the invasion, according to a poll.
  • ForestOrca@kbin.social
    70·
    1 year ago

    I’m not really sure why Russian popular opinion is relevant in this case.

    Also, “Surveying public opinion in Russia is complicated, with the Kremlin’s war propaganda and fierce repression of anti-war sentiment obscuring the real picture.”

    • gigachad@feddit.deEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      On top of that, what do you think russians will answer when the “moscow-based levada center” asks them if they would not support Putin if X happens…

    • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Yeah no shit is it “complicated”. The question is mostly if you want to support the war in a vague and indirect sense, or if you prefer supporting the war directly from a penal battalion.

        • UmmdustryEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Ok, but there’s a reason the article leads with the 15% interest rate (Germany is at 4.5%)

          • SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.deEnglish
            13·
            1 year ago

            That doesn’t really affect people though.

            30% or 50% inflation would. Rationing would. Power outages would. Having to go to air raid shelters every night would.

            None of that is happening. The losses are downplayed, hidden, and the people sent to war are usually from regions or population groups with little influence. No wonder the population supports the war.

            The government also isn’t losing anything important: they don’t care about the people, the weapon systems being lost are outdated scrap, and neither the luxuries of the elites nor the manufacturing and infrastructure inside Russia are being hit. Why would they stop?

            • UmmdustryEnglish
              61·
              1 year ago

              It does effect some people (I.e. People with variable rate mortgages)

              But yeah, overall sanctions are completely insufficient. Partly because they are incomplete, partly because Russia is a massive country able to supply almost all of her own necessities.

            • vivadanang@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              China. Eventually the russian losses will present too tempting a target to China, which is already seeking deeper ties with the -stan countries. Also, China still wants Vladivostok back.

    • Quittenbrot@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Feeling strong and important. Something that is apparently especially important when you are neither.

  • copacetic@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    181·
    1 year ago

    Also, most Ukrainians against ending Russian war if captured land not returned. Thus, the killing continues.

    • magnetosphere@kbin.social
      392·
      1 year ago

      I’m against it, too. I’m definitely not happy about it, but I think the only thing worse than the war continuing would be to give up and reward Putin for his war crimes. He must not be allowed to keep any Ukrainian territory, including Crimea.

      If there was a solution that didn’t involve further bloodshed, then great, but that doesn’t seem possible right now.

  • fne8w2ah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    1 year ago

    The russkie serfs ain’t gonna feel anything as long as they are perpetually brainwashed.