Fed up with the war and feeling powerless, Russians want Vladimir Putin to end it - VoxEurop
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Driven by economic hardship and war fatigue, Russians are increasingly in favour of withdrawing troops from Ukraine without achieving the war's objectives, according to recent sociological research. The lack of public engagement and people's sense of powerlessness suggest a desire for the Russian leader to end the conflict, while the…

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By the end of 2023, Russians who support a troop withdrawal from Ukraine “without achieving the war goals” were for the first time more numerous than those who oppose such a move. Ordinary Russians consider the war to be the most important negative fact in their lives and want it to end quickly.

This is the conclusion reached by independent sociologists working for Khroniky (“Chronicles”) and the Public Sociology Laboratory projects. It is backed up by those who measure public opinion for the Kremlin.

Other analysts – from Z-bloggers [pro-war bloggers] to clinical psychologists – have also noticed a lack of mass support for the war effort. They all observe that Russians are not ready to protest to end the war, but nonetheless expect Vladimir Putin to end it. As the March presidential election approaches, the Kremlin’s political strategists seem to be trying to meet this demand.

  • @w2tpmfEnglish
    14•10 months ago

    without achieving the war’s objectives

    What exactly does the Russian populous think those are anyway?

    • @[email protected]English
      13•10 months ago

      The Russian populace doesn’t think about it.
      They think about their private life and let the “experts” deal with “politics”.

      • @w2tpmfEnglish
        5•10 months ago

        That was what I’ve garhered. So again … What the hell does this headline even mean when it says “without achieving the war goals”

      • @[email protected]English
        -1•10 months ago

        Do you think we deal differently with it in the West and do you think it is morally more appropriate?