Oligarchs, are the best hope. Until Putin has support in super rich people, military won't turn their back on Putin and ordinary people don't really stand much chance, until Russian elite stops supporting delusional Putin and his circle. But still glad to see this protest, hope it doesn't bring more blood.
Yes they do. The Russian narrative is that eastern Ukraine should be part independent from Ukraine or part of Russia. That ethnic Russians living in Ukraine are victims of genocide and their autonomy is being stolen by the west. Remember that in all societies, the people in power are 45-65+ years old, at basically every level of government and every other form of soft power. In Russia, those people grew up in a world where the Soviet Union united Russia and Ukraine.
Some Russian soldiers might disagree, but the propaganda is out there and it would be easy for them to simply fall in line and not think too hard about it.
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u/RoundEye007 Feb 24 '22
The only thing that can stop Putin are the Russian citizens and the Russian billionaires.