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"No war!" at the Borisovsky cemetery in Moscow

Video: BBC Russian Service


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“He was not afraid, and we are not afraid!”, “Yulia, we are with you,” chant those who came to ask for Navalny.


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The crowd chants "Putin is a murderer!" - Russian media.


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“Putin killed him, but didn’t break him,” - this is the poster hung on a tree on Borisovskie Prudy Street


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“Bring the soldiers home!”, “Ukrainians are good people,” chant those gathered at the Borisov cemetery

People also turned on flashlights in memory of Navalny.

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The vast majority of Russians respond to polls saying they support the war and Putin. The actual margin is much more thin. But unfortunately there are still many many Russians who support the war.

Edit: here's a video explaining the phenomenon https://youtu.be/WrO5-fXTbYs

[–] photoncollector@mastodon.social 1 points 8 months ago

@JohnDClay
The two fundamental of Russian thinking.
1, Suffering is inescapable, and must be accepted.
2, A strongman leader is always best, even if he does terrible things to us.

These beliefs have been a constant throughout one thousand years of Russian history

Sure, not every Russian agrees with those beliefs, but the number of those who don't, are so small, as to be effectively zero.

[–] photoncollector@mastodon.social 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where are you getting that? Polls as I said aren't a great indicator since people are afraid.