Ukraine war Why so many Russians turn a blind eye to the conflict

This tiny chapel is on the grounds of the Northeast Science Station near the Russian town of Chersky. Ukrainian attitudes toward Russia were stable until 2013, with positive attitudes ranging from 65 percent in the west to 93 percent in the east. These figures belied allegations of a Russophobic western Ukraine; only twenty percent of the public there held negative views of Russians. In 2010, with the election of Viktor Yanukovych, Russian attitudes toward Ukraine dramatically improved, doubling to a 70 percent approval rating. Yanukovych signed the Kharkiv Accords extending the Black Sea Fleet basing agreement to 2042, and Ukraine adopted a ‘non-bloc’ foreign policy and changed its approach to national identity questions such as the Holodomor. “I know activists from other countries and they support Russian activists, but they don’t understand how we can continue to live and work under the war and the current government.

But, since Russia invaded Ukraine, it's been increasingly difficult for climate scientists in Russia to collaborate or share data about conditions in the country's vast frozen areas. Lack of data about conditions in the Russian Arctic is already hampering climate science, and will cause ever-growing gaps in our understanding of how climate change affects the fastest-warming region of the planet, scientists warn. But since the invasion of Ukraine, it has been harder for Russian scientists to share data about how climate change is affecting the region.

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It’s too scary, the idea of dying or being locked up for life. Plus, I can see that despite many years of huge protests, the people have not achieved anything at all. I want peace, but my grandmother thinks our military is needed to protect Russians in eastern Ukraine.

What we do know is that young Russians, unlike their elders, are growing up in an era of smartphones and social networks, and therefore have access to a wider range of information compared with what they are told about the war on state media. Vladimir Putin has said there is broad public support for the invasion of Ukraine that he announced just before dawn on Thursday morning. But by evening, thousands of people in cities across Russia had defied police threats to take to central squares and protest against the military campaign. Many shout about it openly, but it doesn’t end in anything good. We really want to help, but we haven’t been able to solve problems even in our own country, and now requests are flying around that we stop the war in another country.

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Moscow’s move against Ukraine, once a member of the Soviet Union, is sure to increase fears over the security of other former Soviet countries in Eastern Europe. It will heighten concerns about the strength of the post-1989 international order and America’s ability to influence it. "The rouble (Russia's currency) will fall and people will have it really bad. So this must be avoided. It is not people's fault, but it will be ordinary people who will be hit," he said.

• International scientists started collaborating with Russian scientists to investigate how permafrost was changing.









• The night ends with a 39-year-old man driving a car into the police barriers at Pushkin Square with signs “This is war!









• I believe that the political system in Russia will be severely degraded in the coming years.









• You don’t know when your friends and family will be taken away for mobilisation.









• Now, any anti-war speech can result in up to 15 years of imprisonment.

On Sunday evening, when sanctions against Russian central bank reserves were announced, you could still use an app to order a dollar for up to 140 roubles, and a euro for up to 150. Dollars and euros began running out within a couple of hours of the invasion. Since then, very limited amounts of those currencies have been available and there is a cap on how many roubles you can withdraw. At https://etextpad.com/ji5dwiv9is of 2022 one dollar traded for about 75 roubles and a euro for 80.

But if you have imperialist views, you will not be able to live in Tbilisi for long. Polls have suggested that even though they are the least likely to support the invasion, many still back it. US intelligence has for months warned that Russia would seek to fabricate a major pretext before launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the end, no major false flag came, and experts now believe that Putin decided to act without gathering the backing of his own electorate.

• The day before the start of the war, Putin told the nation of WWII-era promises not to expand NATO eastward and said those promises had been broken five times.









• But since the invasion of Ukraine, it has been harder for Russian scientists to share data about how climate change is affecting the region.









• By immobilising Ukraine, life is being preserved,” said pundit Vladislav Shurygin on the Channel One programme Vremya Pokazhet.









• Since anyone with anti-war signs is arrested immediately, protesters casually stroll along until a large enough crowd gathers to shout their opposition to what's going on in Ukraine.









• But everyone who wants to participate can easily find out about it.

I’m against the war, and most of my friends and people I know feel the same way. These are mostly people around my age with the same level of education. However, when it comes to family, I, unfortunately, do have a conflict with my parents. This has been pretty hard as we have very different views. On one hand, it’s affected everyone – psychologically, economically, and in many other ways. And on the other hand, I understand that we could be hurt if we did something to try and change it.

• For example, in certain online communities, they’ll just post a single number (indicating a date) and everyone understands everything.









• Travel is hard – you can’t go anywhere with a Russian passport.









• But the war’s relentless destruction also poses a more existential question, one which fuels an urgent need to resist and prevail.









• Officials in Washington, Kyiv, and European partner nations have sounded the alarms that the consequences of aid drying up may be catastrophic.









• The failures of the Ukrainian counteroffensive set the stage for renewed Russian offensives in eastern Ukraine, which kicked off in October and focused heavily around the city of Avdiivka.

That a sledgehammer is now a positive symbol of Russian power in executions captured on camera and posted by MPs on Twitter. That the Kremlin was right to block the majority of independent media sites they used to read. Probably yes, if more people had stood up for their freedom and challenged state TV propaganda about trumped up threats from the West and Ukraine.

• As the war rages on, thousands have been killed according to Ukrainian authorities and many more injured.









• Large-scale protests are reportedly planned in several Russian cities later on Thursday, and social media images have showed an increased number of single-pickets across the country.









• While Moscow has suffered heavy losses during its ongoing assault — both in manpower and in armored vehicles — its forces continue to advance, making small territorial gains.









• A man serving in Ukraine’s national guard has been arrested after four people were murdered in a Donetsk city.









• War is a different matter altogether, though; in recent days, Russia has not seen any of the jubilation that accompanied the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

On the sixth day of the war in Ukraine, there have been more than 6,000 arrests at anti-war protests across Russia. However, Gudkov also noted that Russia is struggling with high inflation due to the mounting cost of war. He said recent surveys show that Russians consider rising prices, especially for food and medicine, as their biggest problem. To them, inflation is a more pressing issue than the war, even though most Russians do not see a link between military spending and its impact on everyday life.