Just one in four Russians support Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, leaked Kremlin study shows
By JAMES FRANEY IN BUCHAREST FOR THE DAILY MAIL
30 November 2022
Russian support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has plummeted to new lows – with just one in four supporting the war, it emerged last night.
A leaked study, conducted by the Kremlin’s Federal Protective Service, showed just 25 per cent of the public supported a continuation of Putin’s so-called ‘special military operation’.
It comes as British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called for the Russian leader to face trial for war crimes.
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Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11487855/Just-one-four-Russians-support-Vladimir-Putins-invasion-Ukraine-leaked-Kremlin-study-shows.html
@Kamaji This is BIG when you stop and consider that almost all the votes will come from St.Petersburg and Moscow.
I am not sure about St.Pete,but I know for a fact that "only the fit and faithful" were granted the "privilege" of living in Moscow. They were,for the most part,the "party faithful that were 100 percent in favor of Communism,and put their asses on the line in the 20's,30's,and 40's to protect and build Communist Russia into a super power.
I was told by Russians on both of my trips to Russia that in order to live in Moscow,your family had to have a strict pro-Soviet POV on life and government. You couldn't just move there,you had to apply for a permit to live there,have your family investigated,fingerprinted,and photographed,and their history of support for Communism had to have been without question. And this was told to me BY Russians who lived in Moscow.
One example was one woman I dated while there was the daughter of a "Hero of the Soviet Union" during WW-2,and was then a professor at Moscow State University. The family consisted of him,her,and her daughter,yet they had the entire top floor of an apartment block building all to themselves.
Another woman I dated while there shared a one bathroom,1 kitchen apartment with another family. Her father was killed in WW-2 while fighting the Nazi's,and that is why they were allowed to live in Moscow and work at a factory.
Even decorated WW-2 Soviet veterans with facial scarring or missing limbs from amputations were not allowed to live in Moscow. They didn't present the right image for "victorious heroes".