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Re:Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war? by omdv on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:21AM (#30588797)
I am Ukrainian, living in US, but have plenty of Russian friends and (still) some connections with people living in Russia.

My strong believe is that there is pretty high support of Putin in Russia, especially around mainstream population, I'd estimate at least 40-50%. This is related to 20+ years of propaganda and phantom pains of USSR collapse. West people should not be delusional. Of course it is also not black and white - not liking West in general is one thing, supporting Putin's war is another.

Finally, I hope you realize that by asking here you will get a _very_ distorted view.

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Re:Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war? by 52-6F-62 on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:34AM (#30588952)
Do you happpen to have heard/know how groups like this are viewed?

https://mobile.twitter.com/guychazan/status/1500543700295987...

https://mobile.twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/15004953095957...

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Re:Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war? by rasz on Monday March 07, 2022 @06:39PM (#30594794)
Holy shit that first video :o

This organization probably grew out of scouts https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/01/putins-boy-scout-army-r...

going "The Youth Army, open to both boys and girls, is a militarized throwback to the Young Pioneers of the Soviet era." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/world/europe/russia-sovie...

and ending up with straight up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Youth

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Re:Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war? by brodouevencode on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:35AM (#30588970)
> Finally, I hope you realize that by asking here you will get a _very_ distorted view.

This cannot be overstated. It's hard to know what and who to believe anymore.

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Re:Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war? by Klaster_1 on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:52AM (#30589216)
The point was probably that people who visit HN from Russia bias heavily against the war - mostly young, educated, well off.
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Re:Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war? by omdv on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:21AM (#30589650)
Precisely. "The internet survey showed that 100% use internet"
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Re:Ask HN: What do Russians on HN think about this war? by brodouevencode on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:47PM (#30593132)
Chalk it up to you being smarter than you thought :)
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