There is no one as successful in Brainwashing as Russia is and has been since the existence of Soviet Union. C'mon, they have a Lenin's Mausoleum, people still pray for Stalin and wish him to be alive despite the fact that Stalin brutally killed their father or mother or siblings for no reason.
To be honest, one can't really understand what is right and what is wrong via media. The best way to understand is to be in that area in that moment, otherwise you don't really know what happened. Not even reading of news from tons of different media is going to help you in this case.
Indeed, Putin’s propaganda for resolving territorial issues by military means has reached its maximum levels. At the same time, the word “war” itself is banned there and you can end up in prison for pronouncing it. But propaganda has worked very well so far.
According to the results of a survey of Russians in January 2024, the majority of respondents (77%) support the war against Ukraine, 16% of respondents do not support it, and another 8% find it difficult to answer. About 64% of Russians do not think that the country made a mistake by starting the war; about 22% of respondents consider the start of the war against Ukraine a mistake.
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Of course, some Russians are afraid to openly express their opinions for fear of persecution. Thus, the share of those who openly express disagreement with the “special operation” fluctuated slightly and in the February wave of surveys amounted to 11%. But the fact that there is practically no freedom of speech in Russia is the fault of Russian citizens themselves. Other countries have no right to interfere in these internal processes of Russia.
For now, we must assume that the majority of the Russian population wants to continue bombing and shelling civilian settlements in Ukraine and turning them into ruins, as well as killing women and children in Ukraine. Therefore, they deserve that sanctions continue to be strengthened to include them, and that Ukraine intensifies attacks on military and dual-use installations on Russian territory.