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Re:Russia's top bank quits Europe due to sanctions by watwut on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @01:35PM (#30530975)
All in all, on average, primary source of info. Afaik, a lot of works goes into controlling which parts of internet are well accessible and which are not. The social networks and group chats are amplifier of what you see elsewhere. They don't bring new information from outside into debate. They are also reflection of what you consider appropriate or safe to share. And with new criminalization of "disinformation about war", it will be less.

And right now, as far as Russian official version is, afaik, Ukranians are nazi child killers and Russia is there to denazify and protect regions of it.

Moreover, ousting Putin requires more then unhappy disagreeing populace. It requires either super weak regime or internal coup of powerful players. Regime is not weak currently.

Re:Russia's top bank quits Europe due to sanctions by def_true_false on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:31PM (#30535500)
People still remember Chechnya and Afghanistan, so I think they expect to have to use unofficial sources for certain kinds of information, like getting information about their dead or missing relatives. I guess we'll see what happens when the coffins start coming back.

Putin's regime wouldn't be the first to fall over a failed war.