In the public space, Russia tries to avoid topics related to the losses of the aggressor country. The Russians generally know little about the sinking of the Moskva cruiser and the “pops” at the Engels airfield.
This Channel 24 was told by Russian opposition journalist Igor Yakovenko. He believes that now the population of the Russian Federation is already indifferent about Crimea.Yakovenko noted that the hype about the “attachment” of the four regions of Ukraine to Russia was not as massive and significant among the population of this country as, for example, the occupation of Crimea at one time. Indeed, in 2014, almost everywhere you could see various symbolic signs on clothes, cars and in general on the street. Now there is almost no such thing.
Therefore, I think that the Russians are quite indifferent to this. It is no coincidence that the de-occupation of Kherson was perceived quite calmly, – the Russian opposition journalist emphasized.
Yakovenko spoke about the Russians' reaction to the sinking of the Moskva cruiser and the fight for Crimea: watch the video p> Yakovenko believes that the population of Russia now does not care about Crimea either. The Russians are not ready to do anything to fight for the peninsula. The Putin regime may somehow react to this, but not the Russians.
According to him, the Russians generally know little about the sinking of the Moskva cruiser and the “pops” at the Engels airfield. Indeed, in the Russian public space, they try to avoid these issues and place completely different accents. Therefore, such incidents, of course, affect the Russian authorities, but not so much for the Russians.
More about the situation in Russia
- Russia will have to start a new wave of mobilization, although the previous one is not over yet. Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, noted that Russian units no longer have enough manpower.
- Sanctions against Russia are effective – the enemy does not have the ability to produce enough Caliber cruise missiles, as well as other weapons. The air force believes that the Kremlin's statements that their stock of cruise missiles will never run out are only indicative and an attempt to hide the real situation.
- Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov believes that Russia as an empire or federation will inevitably disintegrate, and in its place something new will arise. However, who will control these formations remains an open question.
