In Russia they think even more often about the senselessness of war / Collage 24 Channel / GettyImages As reported by the Institute for the Study of War, if in the first days of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, 80% of Russians surveyed completely trusted their army, now only 75% do so. However, this figure may be incredibly overestimated. This opinion was expressed to Channel 24 by opposition journalist and editor of The Insider Timur Olevsky, noting that otherwise Russian mobilized women would not have tried to go to rallies. Let us note that analysts explain the drop in the trust rating of the army by the fact that Russians began to perceive it and the political leadership of Russia. more apart. The issue of sociology in Russia is now very sensitive – it is difficult to believe in it. People's answers to the question “how do they view Vladimir Putin and are they ready to criticize him” are perceived as an answer to the question about “loyalty to the leadership of the state.” Like, the “wrong” answer can be costly. “In such a situation, we can often observe in other countries how the “sacral” leader is separated from the problem. And the problem is transferred to a lower level, which supposedly can be criticized,” Olevsky emphasized. The fall in the ratings of the occupying army is a reaction to the lack of “successes” and the attitude towards soldiers and mobilized people there. Meanwhile, the Putin administration is trying in every possible way to suppress rallies of squads of mobilized Russians. The editor of The Insider suggests that these people who are now protesting could support Russia’s war against Ukraine a year ago. It seems to me that Putin does not have very many resources for the war. After all, he had already killed those people whom he could easily kill. People who have something to live for are starting to be missed. We see the protests of their wives,” noted the opposition journalist. Why Russians began to trust the army less: watch the video That is why, in his opinion, the rating of the Russian army is falling. In addition, the Minister of Defense of the aggressor country, Sergei Shoigu , does not have any “successes” or evidence of “successes” for the population – no captured territories, no reasonable operations, no well-prepared material assets. There is nothing to show that the occupying army is supposedly “effective”, “retains people” or “performs tasks well”. “Those people who see that their loved ones are simply being killed in rags, they will be the first, except for the independent media, to spread the opinion among their neighbors that perhaps this war is meaningless if their loved ones are treated this way,” said the editor of the publication. The Insider.” In Russia, an artist from St. Petersburg, Alexander Skochilenko, was imprisoned for 7 years because she replaced price tags in a supermarket with data on the number of deaths in Russia’s war against Ukraine. She was accused of “spreading fake news” about the Russian army. After such verdicts, the question is: “Are you ready to criticize Putin?” “No, 98% are not ready,” would be very logical. After all, it’s very scary if you can send someone to 7 years,” says Timur Olevsky. Why did the rating of the Russian army fall?
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They separate Putin and the army: in Russia they think even more often about the senselessness of war
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