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A bit of me on Fox News, explaining (rather sadly and slowly) | Екатерина Шульман

A bit of me on Fox News, explaining (rather sadly and slowly) the political dynamics of recent months:

(does one translate the Указание for the English-language posts? Or should the Russian sacred text appear in its entirety, no matter what the linguistic context?)

ДАННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ (МАТЕРИАЛ) СОЗДАНО И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕНО ИНОСТРАННЫМ СРЕДСТВОМ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА, И (ИЛИ) РОССИЙСКИМ ЮРИДИЧЕСКИМ ЛИЦОМ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА

"Despite clearly significant numbers of people strongly opposed to the war in Ukraine, many of them young, a recent poll by the Levada Center showed over 70% of Russians would like to see Putin as president after 2024 when his current term ends. At the time of the referendum on extending his ability to run again for president back in 2020, the country was split on the idea.

"It is a very dramatic dynamic we can’t help but witness. It has always been my impression that the reason for this whole thing may be domestic rather than external," Schulmann said.

In other words, war was not about warding off further NATO expansion.

"And if I was right, then the decision was not so irrational as many analysts suppose. It has helped to consolidate the elites by giving them no option. It helped to consolidate the people by giving them no choice. It drained Russia quite successfully of those parts of its society that could hold and pronounce alternative opinions," Schulmann said, adding that of course, anything can change in a moment. However, "for the moment, this is what the picture looks like. And, in all honesty, I think we need to look it in the face and not try to deceive ourselves with fancy interpretations."

https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-emerge-stronger-russia-ukraine-war-political-scientist-warning-signs