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Re:Why aren't Russians protesting (more)? by netsharc on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:35AM (#33007162)
> I was reading vk.com and generally there was 1 post or comment against the war in Ukraine for every 10 or 20 posts pro-war.

In a climate where protesting against the war can get you beaten up, arrested, and sent to jail for 20 years, I wonder why the numbers are like that... I wonder.

Re:Why aren't Russians protesting (more)? by NoPie on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @09:55AM (#33007967)
True, but some of those on vk are people I know personally and they were actively supporting it. Others were more reserved and said, the war massacres are wrong but Ukraine is still bad and it would be better if they capitulated to Russia.

This all indicates that the support for the war is immense.

And what changed now that many of the same people now are against the draft? I didn't notice it among my contacts, they mostly stopped writing or said something that every bad thing passes, even mobilization will come to an end but there are some examples where some people very actively changed their opinion with the start of mobilization.

Re:Why aren't Russians protesting (more)? by NoPie on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:10AM (#33008146)
Just to clarify, I am not against those Russians who changed their minds and now wants to avoid draft. I certainly support that the EU accepts them because that means less people sent to fight in Ukraine. The access to good information was very limited in Russia and don't blame them if they were ignorant before what is really happening in Ukraine.