49% of Russians support withdrawal of troops from Ukraine, poll says

https://kyivindependent.com/49-of-russians-support-withdrawal-of-troops-from-ukraine-poll-says/

27 Comments

  1. I bet their definition of withdrawal is different than Ukraine’s definition. Return to 2014 lines?

  2. Imagine living through Covid lockdowns and then your government does this to your life.

    Depressing.

  3. >The pollsters also probed the extent to which Russians were willing to support the full-scale invasion. According to the results, 32% are prepared to participate in the war if ordered by the Russian Defense Ministry, while 29% said they are not prepared to fight.

    I wonder how many of them are of the fighting age. The people who have no active role in going to war may feel like it’s fulfilling their unfulfilled wish. Those who are eligible may truly feel the heat and may not want to go to the war front

  4. PlatypusRare3234 on

    As considerative as it is, Russians are wayyyy too slow to act upon. Yes, the repression from Putler is still rampant to say the least but it’s in their history, for fuck sake.
    After 91, the Russian population was supposed to be badass and put their fucking government in check, otherwise they fuck shit up.

    It’s easy for me to say since I don’t have to live in that nightmare, but little do the Russians know that the world is waiting on them to revolt otherwise this shit is spiraling out of control

  5. The only poll that matters unfortunately is the one given to Putin.  He’ll pull the country in whatever direction he decides to take it.  

  6. SteakEconomy2024 on

    *sigh* I guess that pretty well dooms another 100,000 russians to death or disability. Just go home already. Bloody Nazis.

  7. Now_then_here_there on

    The high levels of popular support for a bloody brutal war of aggression against Ukraine is the reason why economic sanctions should be far more general. That 51% still don’t support ending this genocidal campaign says it all.

    It is ludicrous that Western governments are worried about insulating average Russians from the consequences of their own personal accountability. For example, it remains perfectly legal for most Russians to engage in transactions with Western banks or to purchase insurance products in European cities. There should be a blanket ban on banking and financial services with any Russian resident, with allowance for exemptions on specific applications. That is the opposite of the current situation where it is allowable unless your name is on a specific list.

    *All* trade and commerce with Russia should default to being sanctioned with only products and services on an exemption list being permitted, rather than only products on the list being sanctioned. The arguments for need, as in certain energy exemptions, possibly food exemptions, can each be considered on their individual merits. But candy? Socks? Appliances and parts? None of that is essential to the West. It should all be blocked.

  8. golitsyn_nosenko on

    This is a positive sign. Russians are always going to be disinclined to express a view contradictory to current Russians doctrine and propaganda, so it’s likely the number is much higher. It was very very low at earlier points in the war, so the fact it’s nearing a majority will start to create political heat and tension as dissenting views become normalised. Russians tend to believe what’s convenient or safe to do so, so once the paradigm shift happens it good get ugly for Putin.

  9. RequestSingularity on

    EU is loaning almost $40 billion USD to Ukraine. They’re using Russian interest as collateral. So if Ukraine falls, they don’t pay, and that money is coming from Russia’s pocket.

    I really hope come mid-November the US takes Ukraine’s handcuffs off. Let them defend themselves to the best of their ability.

    As long as they’re targeting military and related infrastructure, they should be free to rapidly disassemble it.