Digital Bureau, AnyTV, Moscow
Published by: Abhishek Dixit
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:14 PM IST
Summary
The Russian government claims that there is widespread public support in the country for its military action on Ukraine. Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the level of support in the country for the President and his decisions is very high.
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According to media reports, observers with such views believe that the attack on Ukraine has caused outrage among the general Russian public. On the other hand, oligarchs, or wealthy groups, have suffered heavy losses due to the sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia after the attack, due to which there is a possibility of deepening anti-Putin sentiment among them. Some reports in the Western media have said that these sections may further try to remove Putin from power.
The scale of anti-war protests in Russia after the February 24 attack on Ukraine has been described as astonishing. In the first week after the attack, 7,669 people were detained during protests across the country. This information has been given by Russia’s human rights organization OVD-Info. According to this organization, those who were taken into custody included many school children and many elderly people. Anti-Putin leader Alexei Navalny also called for anti-war demonstrations inside and outside Russia.
Apart from this, a large number of intellectuals, cultural workers, and sportspersons have raised their voice against the attack. Well-known personalities wrote a letter against the war, which was also signed by the big chess players and educationists of the country. Several TV journalists have also raised their voices against President Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine.
Analysts say most of these people have protested on moral grounds, while the oligarch community is facing real financial losses. Mikhail Friedman and Oleg Deripakssa, among the country’s richest men, have called for peace. LukOil, one of the country’s largest oil companies, has called for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine. Some political officials have also expressed dissatisfaction with Putin’s decision. These include a Russian adviser to the World Bank and a Russian delegate to the United Nations Climate Conference.
However, the Russian government claims that there is widespread public support in the country for its military action on Ukraine. Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the level of support in the country for the President and his decisions is very high. Meanwhile, the polling agency VTSIOM, said to be close to the Kremlin (the office of the Russian President), has released a survey report, according to which 68 percent of Russian people support military action against Ukraine. It said that after the outbreak of war, the number of people who reposed faith in the President has increased from 60 to 71 percent.
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According to media reports, observers with such views believe that the attack on Ukraine has caused outrage among the general Russian public. On the other hand, oligarchs, or wealthy groups, have suffered heavy losses due to the sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia after the attack, due to which there is a possibility of deepening anti-Putin sentiment among them. Some reports in the Western media have said that these sections may further try to remove Putin from power.
The scale of anti-war protests in Russia after the February 24 attack on Ukraine has been described as astonishing. In the first week after the attack, 7,669 people were detained during protests across the country. This information has been given by Russia’s human rights organization OVD-Info. According to this organization, those who were taken into custody included many school children and many elderly people. Anti-Putin leader Alexei Navalny also called for anti-war demonstrations inside and outside Russia.
Apart from this, a large number of intellectuals, cultural workers, and sportspersons have raised their voice against the attack. Well-known personalities wrote a letter against the war, which was also signed by the big chess players and educationists of the country. Several TV journalists have also raised their voices against President Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine.
Analysts say most of these people have protested on moral grounds, while the oligarch community is facing real financial losses. Mikhail Friedman and Oleg Deripakssa, among the country’s richest men, have called for peace. LukOil, one of the country’s largest oil companies, has called for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine. Some political officials have also expressed dissatisfaction with Putin’s decision. These include a Russian adviser to the World Bank and a Russian delegate to the United Nations Climate Conference.
However, the Russian government claims that there is widespread public support in the country for its military action on Ukraine. Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the level of support in the country for the President and his decisions is very high. Meanwhile, the polling agency VTSIOM, said to be close to the Kremlin (the office of the Russian President), has released a survey report, according to which 68 percent of Russian people support military action against Ukraine. It said that after the outbreak of war, the number of people who reposed faith in the President has increased from 60 to 71 percent.