Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends

Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends by Yajirobe on Saturday March 05, 2022 @11:38AM (#30568965)

> A million people marching in Moscow would change minds.

How? What would they do? They would march and riot and protest and then after a day or two they would go home. Meanwhile the politicians will just wait it out and the show will go on (see Belarus).

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Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends by drakonka on Saturday March 05, 2022 @11:45AM (#30569055)

Why would you assume that? (See Euromaidan)

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Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends by 331c8c71 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @11:55AM (#30569172)

One possibility is that Yanukovich is more humane than putin or lukashenko. I don't know enough about him to compare but the last two are merciless dictators.

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Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends by jacquesm on Saturday March 05, 2022 @12:29PM (#30569619)

That's not a real possibility though, the only way Ukraine will be kept down will be with continuous threats. I personally don't think he will live an hour after he sets foot into Kyiv.

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Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends by roveo on Saturday March 05, 2022 @12:59PM (#30569979)

There's another thing that was different at Euromaidan vs current Russia: Yanukovich and his people had somewhere to run (Russia). Putin doesn't.

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Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends by jacquesm on Saturday March 05, 2022 @05:06PM (#30572412)

He doesn't have to run to someplace, he can just run into some stuff. Preferably a bullet.

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Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends by utrack on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:09PM (#30570096)

Compare the total area of Ukraine and Russia - and max distance between the border and the capital city.

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