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In December 2022, it will be 100 years since the founding of the USSR, since Putin loves symbolism, it is important for him to end the war in Ukraine and unite with Belarus, to form a “union of Slavic republics”.
This was stated by the Russian oppositionist Ilya Ponomarev on the air of Channel 24. He also added that Russian elites are well aware that it is impossible to win the war in Ukraine.
The vast majority of Putin's entourage understands that this attack was a mistake. But still, they are more afraid of Putin than the consequences of the war,” the oppositionist notes.
According to Ponomarev, the Russian elite still believes that Russia is a victorious state and a big country. Those oligarchs who previously tried to speak out against the war in Ukraine are not being heard.
